News & Blog

Year: 2016

Bladder Hydrodistention/Intravesical Sodium Hyaluronate “Immediately Effective” in Severe IC

Yang JY, Wei W, Lan YL, Liu JQ, Wang HB, Li S. Role of Bladder Hydrodistention and Intravesical Sodium Hyaluronate in the Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis. Urol J. 2015 Dec…

Trigger Point Wand Plus Relaxation Therapy: A Combination That May Improve Pelvic Pain

Anderson RU, Wise D, Sawyer T, Nathanson BH, Nevin Smith J. Equal Improvement in Men and Women in the Treatment of Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Using a Multi-modal Protocol…

Eviprostat May Offer Symptom Relief in Patients With CP/CPPS

Iwamura H, Koie T, Soma O, Matsumoto T, Imai A, Hatakeyama S, Yoneyama T, Hashimoto Y, Ohyama C. Eviprostat has an identical effect compared to pollen extract (Cernilton) in patients…

Anti-NGF Therapy: A Potentially Effective Treatment for Bladder Symptoms?

Kawamorita N, Yoshikawa S, Kashyap M, Tyagi P, Arai Y, Chancellor MB, Yoshimura N. Liposome-based Intravesical Therapy targeting Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) ameliorates Bladder Hypersensitivity in Rats with Experimental Colitis.…

New Study Provides Insights on Vulvodynia Relapse and What Might Trigger It

Reed BD, Harlow SD, Plegue MA, Sen A. Remission, Relapse, and Persistence of Vulvodynia: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016 Jan 11. [Epub ahead of print] This…

Diet Choices and Lifestyle Factors Implicated In Men With Chronic Pelvic Pain

Chen X, Hu C, Peng Y, Lu J, Yang NQ, Chen L, Zhang GQ, Tang LK, Dai JC. Association of diet and lifestyle with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and…

Infrequent Coffee Drinkers May Be Most Vulnerable to Effects of Coffee on Urinary Symptoms

Staack A, Distelberg B, Schlaifer A, Sabaté J. Prospective study on the effects of regular and decaffeinated coffee on urinary symptoms in young and healthy volunteers. Neurourol Urodyn. 2015 Dec…

Stem Cell Therapy: A Valuable Approach to IC/BPS in the Future?

im A, Shin DM, Choo MS. Stem Cell Therapy for Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome. Curr Urol Rep. 2016 Jan;17(1):1. doi: 10.1007/s11934-015-0563-1. In this review article, the authors argue that there…

IC/BPS Surveys: Predisposing Factors and Factors that May Increase IC Symptoms

IC researchers need your help! This Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) research focuses on looking at lifestyle factors prior to an IC diagnosis and examining factors that may increase the…

ICA Responds to Research on the American Diet and Pain Susceptibility

Recently a team from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, focused on the impact of the Total Western Diet (TWD), typically consisting of foods containing fewer calories from proteins and…