News & Blog

Month: February 2016

Diet Choices and Lifestyle Factors Implicated In Men With Chronic Pelvic Pain

February 4, 2016

Chen X, Hu C, Peng Y, Lu J, Yang NQ, Chen L, Zhang GQ, Tang LK, Dai JC. Association of diet and lifestyle with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and…

Infrequent Coffee Drinkers May Be Most Vulnerable to Effects of Coffee on Urinary Symptoms

February 4, 2016

Staack A, Distelberg B, Schlaifer A, Sabaté J. Prospective study on the effects of regular and decaffeinated coffee on urinary symptoms in young and healthy volunteers. Neurourol Urodyn. 2015 Dec…

Stem Cell Therapy: A Valuable Approach to IC/BPS in the Future?

February 4, 2016

im A, Shin DM, Choo MS. Stem Cell Therapy for Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome. Curr Urol Rep. 2016 Jan;17(1):1. doi: 10.1007/s11934-015-0563-1. In this review article, the authors argue that there…

IC/BPS Surveys: Predisposing Factors and Factors that May Increase IC Symptoms

February 4, 2016

IC researchers need your help! This Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) research focuses on looking at lifestyle factors prior to an IC diagnosis and examining factors that may increase the…