Urinary retention is when your bladder doesn’t empty completely. It’s more common in people with a penis but can occur in people with a vagina. It’s especially common in people at older ages. When you ...

As many as one in four men admitted to hospital with acute urinary retention will die within a year. The risk of death in men after acute urinary retention is close to that seen in patients who had a ...

Male lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia can be progressive in some patients and lead to adverse consequences such as acute urinary retention (AUR), which might ...

Rotterdam, the Netherlands - Current use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with an increased risk of acute urinary retention (AUR), an epidemiological study has found [ 1] ...

A new study examined the absolute and relative risk of urogenital, colorectal, and neurological cancers after a diagnosis of AUR. Higher risk was generally confined to the first 3 months after ...

The reliability of serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) measurements in men with acute urinary retention is unclear. Total PSA, free and complexed PSA were measured, and the free/total (f/t) PSA and ...

SkinJect™ , a novel localized immuno-oncology precision product focused on non-melanoma skin diseases, especially basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and Gorlin Syndrome , a rare autosomal dominant disease ...

Non‑obstructive urinary retention is the inability to empty the bladder with no physical obstruction to the urine flow. It can occur as a result of neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis ...

The use of an intraoperative catheter did not protect against the development of postoperative urinary retention (PUR) for patients who underwent laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair surgery, a ...

A six-month-long carefully controlled study by physicians at the University of Chicago, published in the December issue of the journal Urology, shows that the herbal remedy saw palmetto can improve ...

What is the recommendation for the use of anticholinergics to treat lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in patients aged 70-90 years?—GRACIELA WEST, MPA, PA-C, Branford, Conn. As with all medications, ...