AUGS Press Releases and Announcements
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Winners of the 2013 AUGS Foundation Research Grants Program Announced
Blog: AUGS Press Releases and Announcements | By: Colleen Hughes | Released: Apr 18, 2013 02:45 PM WASHINGTON (April 12, 2013)—AUGS and the AUGS Foundation are pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 AUGS Foundation Research Grants Program.... 0 Comment(s) — Latest:None | Average Rating: 0.0/5.0 (0 ratings) Keywords: Announcements | grants FDA approves Botox to treat overactive bladder
Blog: AUGS Press Releases and Announcements | By: Colleen Hughes | Released: Feb 01, 2013 01:53 PM FDA approves Botox to treat overactive bladder The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) to treat adults with overactive bladder who cannot use or do not adequately respond to a class of medications known as anticholinergics. ... 0 Comment(s) — Latest:None | Average Rating: 5.0/5.0 (1 ratings) Keywords: Announcements | FDA SGR and Sequestration Cuts Averted
Blog: AUGS Press Releases and Announcements | By: Colleen Hughes | Released: Jan 03, 2013 01:19 PM A nearly 30% cut in Medicare physician payments was averted on Jan.1 when the House of Representatives passed H.R. 8 the American Taxpayer Relief Act, also known as the Middle Class Tax Relief Act. Previously the Senate approved the package on a vote of 89-8. ... 0 Comment(s) — Latest:None | Average Rating: 0.0/5.0 (0 ratings) Keywords: Announcements | health policy Physicians Deliver SGR "Declaration of Independence" to Capitol Hill: Surgeons Urge Congress to Act
Blog: AUGS Press Releases and Announcements | By: Colleen Hughes | Released: Dec 19, 2012 09:03 AM Physicians Deliver SGR "Declaration of Independence" to Capitol Hill: Surgeons Urge Congress to Act... 1 Comment(s) — Latest:Apr 08, 2013 12:09 AM | Average Rating: 0.0/5.0 (0 ratings) Keywords: Announcements | health policy Botox Therapy Provides Treatment Options for Patients with Bladder Control Problems
Blog: AUGS Press Releases and Announcements | By: Kara Dress | Released: Oct 04, 2012 07:10 AM Results from a study comparing one Botox injection in the bladder vs. daily pills to reduce episodes of urinary incontinence indicate that both are effective, increasing treatment options for patients with bladder control problems. ... 2 Comment(s) — Latest:Mar 22, 2013 02:32 AM | Average Rating: 0.0/5.0 (0 ratings) Keywords: Website | Annual Meeting | Annual Scientific Meeting | Botox | incontinence | Urinary Incontinence Low-risk Women Experience Little Pelvic Floor Dysfunction After Both Vaginal and Cesarean Birth
Blog: AUGS Press Releases and Announcements | By: Kara Dress | Released: Oct 04, 2012 03:17 AM New research indicates that women without pregnancy complications or maternal risk factors for complications have low rates of significant pelvic floor dysfunction after birth, whether they deliver vaginally or via cesarean section.... 1 Comment(s) — Latest:Apr 08, 2013 12:25 AM | Average Rating: 5.0/5.0 (1 ratings) Keywords: Website | Annual Meeting | Annual Scientific Meeting | childbirth | incontinence | prolapse | sex | Urinary Incontinence Caucasian Women Twice as Likely to Experience Fecal Incontinence
Blog: AUGS Press Releases and Announcements | By: Kara Dress | Released: Oct 04, 2012 03:17 AM Results from a study of nearly 3,000 women indicate that fecal incontinence, the involuntary loss of bowel control that results in accidental passing of stool, affect more Caucasian women than women of color. ... 0 Comment(s) — Latest:None | Average Rating: 0.0/5.0 (0 ratings) Keywords: Website | Annual Meeting | Annual Scientific Meeting | incontinence | stool Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment Provides Potential Treatment for Post-Childbirth Urinary Incontinenc
Blog: AUGS Press Releases and Announcements | By: Kara Dress | Released: Oct 04, 2012 03:16 AM In a new study, researchers found that intravenously infused mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) help treat stress urinary incontinence after simulated childbirth injury in female rats. These findings suggest that MSC treatment could help facilitate recovery from vaginal injury and prevent the development... 0 Comment(s) — Latest:None | Average Rating: 0.0/5.0 (0 ratings) Keywords: Website | Annual Meeting | Annual Scientific Meeting | childbirth | incontinence | Urinary Incontinence New Injectable Biomaterials Improve Pelvic Floor Connective Tissue Regeneration
Blog: AUGS Press Releases and Announcements | By: Kara Dress | Released: Oct 04, 2012 03:16 AM Texas researchers developed a new non-toxic, thermosensitive nanoparticle hydrogel to deliver proteins to the connective tissues of the pelvic floor. Delivery of proteins by hydrogel may present a novel approach to vaginal prolapse prevention and treatment. ... 1 Comment(s) — Latest:Apr 12, 2013 02:05 AM | Average Rating: 0.0/5.0 (0 ratings) Keywords: Website | Annual Meeting | Annual Scientific Meeting | mesh | pelvic floor disorders | prolapse Supreme Court Upholds the Affordable Care Act with a ruling of 5-4 on the Question of the Individual
Blog: AUGS Press Releases and Announcements | By: Colleen Hughes | Released: Jun 29, 2012 12:32 PM On Thursday, June 28th at 10:15 am, the Supreme Court ruled by a vote of 5-4, that the Affordable Care Act, including its individual mandate that virtually all Americans buy health insurance, is constitutional. ... 0 Comment(s) — Latest:None | Average Rating: 0.0/5.0 (0 ratings) Keywords: Website |
