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  1. CathWear Underwear: Improving the Lives of Catheter Users

    CathWear Medical Underwear

    In this insightful look at CathWear Underwear, learn how it is quickly becoming the go-to solution for supporting and disguising urinary leg bags.

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  2. Adult Diaper Sizing Guide

    Adult Diaper Sizing Guide: How to Select and Choose the Proper Fit.

    Learn how to find the best-fitting incontinence protection in this complete guide to adult diaper sizing.

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  3. Urinary Catheter Size Guide - What Size Catheter Should I Use?

    Catheterization may seem scary but it’s actually a routine process that is easy to navigate with the right information. If you are in need of home catheter supplies or guidance on how to choose them, you are in the right place.
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  4. Conveen® Optima offers a reliable and discreet option for male urinary incontinence

    Conveen® Optima offers a reliable and discreet option for male urinary incontinence

    This article is sponsored by Coloplast.

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  5. Can intermittent catheter use increase the risk of bladder cancer?

    Can intermittent catheter use increase the risk of bladder cancer?

    In the spinal cord injury (SCI) population bladder cancer incidence is around 3% versus the less than 1% in the general population.  Although bladder cancer typically is 100 times more likely in SCI individuals, it is still rather uncommon.  Survivors of spinal cord injury have more concerns with complications of pressure sores, kidney failure and spinal cord cysts.  The risk of bladder cancer increases with the use of a “foley” or “indwelling” catheter or even a suprapubic catheter.  The main culprit for bladder cancer is bladder irritation.  Recurrent or frequent urinary tract infections (UTIs) or bladder infections, repeat bladder stones, and irritation resulting from catheters are known bladder irritants.  Consult your doctor about your risk of developing bladder cancer if you use catheters especially foley or suprapubic.  Your urologist can inspect your bladder, which is recommended around 5 years after your SCI. 1,2

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  6. The Magic behind the Magic Bullet

    The Magic behind the Magic Bullet

    One of the top selling items on AllegroMedical.com is the Magic Bullet Suppository. Many similar products out on the market are oil based, but the Magic Bullet is a water soluble bisacodyl made from Polyethylene Glycol. This seemingly minor yet important change in the product makeup has a significant impact on bowel stimulation.  Anyone who has ever had to use laxatives, especially those with spinal cord injuries (SPI), knows that time is of the essence.

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  7. Experimental Drug Helps Mice With Spinal Cord Injuries

    Millions of people around the world suffer from severe spinal cord injuries that result in permanent loss of control of their arms or legs, or loss of bladder, bowel or sexual functions. Now, US researchers have developed an oral medication that offers hope that some of these lost functions could be regained. When given to laboratory mice shortly after a spinal cord injury, the drug restored the animals' mobility.

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  8. Discovery may help nerve regeneration in spinal injury

    Scientists at the Universities of Liverpool and Glasgow have uncovered a possible new method of enhancing nerve repair in the treatment of spinal cord injuries.
    It is known that scar tissue, which forms following spinal cord injury, creates an impenetrable barrier to nerve regeneration, leading to the irreversible paralysis associated with spinal injuries. Scientists at Liverpool and Glasgow have discovered that long-chain sugars, called heparan sulfates, play a significant role in the process of scar formation in cell models in the laboratory. Research findings have the potential to contribute to new strategies for manipulating the scarring process induced in spinal cord injury and improving the effectiveness of cell transplantation therapies in patients with this type of injury.
    Click HERE to read the whole story at MedicalExpress.com
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  9. Top 10 Exam Gloves & Medical Gloves at Wholesale Prices

    Top 10 Exam Gloves & Medical Gloves at Wholesale Prices

    Powder Free Vinyl Exam GlovesMedical glove users love Allegro.  We have a huge selection of powdered, colored, non-sterile, textured, opaque, sterile, powder-free and clear exam gloves in Vinyl, Latex or Nitrile . . . all at amazing prices.  If you work in the medical field, you probably go through a box of exam gloves or surgical gloves faster than a tamale through a tourist.  Not a problem.  We can deliver gloves by the 100's or even the 1,000's - right to your doorstep.

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  10. Buyers Guide for Urinary Incontinence Products

    Urinary incontinence (UI) is defined as the involuntary release of urine.  It's way more common than you might think and no matter what your age, it is treatable or can be managed.  The good thing is that it is not a serious health problem, but it can be embarrassing.  UI occurs twice as often in women as men, and older women experience UI more often than younger.  

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