Posts by: Inês Martins, PhD

Inês Martins, PhD

Inês Martins holds a BSc in Cell and Molecular Biology from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and is currently finishing her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at Universidade de Lisboa. Her work has been focused on blood vessels and their role in both hematopoiesis and cancer development.

August 30, 2016August 30, 2016

Robot-aided Simple Protatectomy Safe Option for Patients with Severe LUTS, Study Finds

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Robot-assisted simple prostatectomy is a reasonable alternative to more complex, but less invasive, endoscopic procedures in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and severely enlarged prostate glands, according ... Read more

August 26, 2016

Therapy Dervived from Cinnamon Tree Seen to Improve BPH in Animal Model

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Cinnamomi cortex, a cinnamon tree-derived drug that is commonly used in traditional Korean medicine, may be a promising therapeutic approach for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a ... Read more

August 23, 2016

Hormonal Imbalance in BPH Results in Disrupted Cell Death Pathways

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) has been widely linked to disturbances in apoptotic (cell death) pathways. In a recent review, Italian researchers described the apoptotic pathways that are modified in patients ... Read more

August 17, 2016August 17, 2016

Review Looks at Various Ways Botox Helps to Treat Patients with Lower Urinary Tract Diseases

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Botox, also known as therapeutic onabotulinumtoxinA (BoNT-A), is increasingly being used to treat patients with lower urinary tract diseases (LUTDs) although its mechanisms of action are still unclear. Researchers at the Buddhist Tzu Chi ... Read more

August 4, 2016

BPH Treatment Transurethral PVP Leads to Shorter Catheterization, Hospital Stays, Study Finds

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Patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) may be effectively treated with the surgical technology of straight beam lithium triborate laser (LBO), with shorter duration for catheterization and hospital stay after ... Read more

July 15, 2016July 15, 2016

Testosterone Replacement Therapy Does Not Worsen LUTS/BPH Symptoms, Study Says

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Testosterone products are required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to come with a warning stating that testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) used by men with benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) may ... Read more

May 3, 2016May 3, 2016

Botox Injection May Benefit LUTS Patients Unable to Undergo Surgery, Study Finds

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The ultimate treatment goal for people with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is to ease the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) commonly associated with BPH and release the obstruction. Usually, this ... Read more

April 28, 2016April 28, 2016

Review Looks at Laser Surgery Options for BPH Patients with Extremely Large Prostates

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When drug therapy fails, surgery is the standard of care for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). For prostates around 80 ml, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and open prostatectomy (OP) are ... Read more