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Sleeping Pills & Urinary Incontinence: How Medications Affect Bladder Control
Sleeping pills can affect bladder control, especially at night. By changing how the body responds during sleep, they may make it harder to wake in time or react to physical signals, even when bladder function itself remains normal. In this article, we look at how sleeping pills and related medications influence nighttime incontinence and why these changes tend to become more noticeable after starting or adjusting medication. What are Sleeping Pills and How are They Used? Slee
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The Future of Immunotherapy in Prostate Cancer: Learning From Failed Trials
For years, immunotherapy has shown limited success in prostate cancer, with six phase 3 checkpoint inhibitor trials failing to demonstrate significant benefits. However, researchers are now studying rare patients who experienced exceptional responses to uncover why some tumors can be eliminated while most remain resistant. Studies suggest that prostate cancer is often an immunologically “cold” tumor, lacking active immune cells needed for checkpoint inhibitors to work. Resear
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AI Toilet Camera Brings New Era of Gut Health Monitoring
Throne Science, an Austin-based health technology startup, has raised $10 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered toilet camera designed to monitor gut health, hydration, and urinary function. Founded in 2023, the company aims to address a major gap in personal health tracking by creating a “smoke detector for colorectal cancer,” according to CEO Scott Hickle. While wearable devices commonly track sleep, exercise, heart rate, and metabolic health, digestive and u
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