Bladder Buzz Podcast RRTC on Neurogenic Bladder

Dr. Catherine Forster, a Pediatric Hospitalist and Researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, interviews Dr. Alan Wolfe, Microbiologist at Loyola University in Chicago about his work on the urinary microbiome, or urobiome. They discuss what the urobiome is, what research has been done to date looking at the urobiome, and future directions for this area of research. Articles discussed in the podcastUrine Is Not Sterile: Use of Enhanced Urine Culture Techniques To Detect Resident B...

Dr. Mandy Rounds, a Research Fellow at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, interviews Dr. John Stoffel, Urologist at the University of Michigan and Neurogenic Bladder Research Group about the findings of his article “Self-Reported Urological Hospitalizations or Emergency Room Visits in a Contemporary Spinal Cord Injury Cohort”. They discuss the important take-aways that people with spinal cord injury can consider when seeking medical attention for urologic issues, as well as considerati...

Dr. Mandy Rounds, a Research Fellow at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, interviews Dr. Argy Stampas an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and the Director of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Research at TIRR Memorial Hermann about his article, “Safety, Feasibility, and Efficacy of Transcutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Neurogenic Bladder: A Randomized Control Pilot Trial”. They d...

Dr. Mandy Rounds, a Research Fellow at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, interviews Dr. Katie Forster, a pediatric hospitalist and researcher at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine about the findings of the article, “The association between urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (urine NGAL) and UTI in people with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction”. They discuss the importance of this new type of biomarker (uNGAL) and the implications it has for UTIs in thos...

Bladder symptoms are extremely common in individuals with MS. These symptoms include urinary frequency, urgency, incontinence or difficulty voiding or both. Voiding dysfunction (VD), a common neurogenic lower urinary tract symptom in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), often leads to urinary retention. The current primary management for MS patients with VD involves catheterization. Our team has explored the safety and therapeutic effects of a multi focal transcranial magnetic stimulator...

La disfunción neurogénica del tracto urinario inferior, más comúnmente conocida como “vejia neurogénica”, puede ser de difícil manejo. Acompañe a la Dra. Yahir Santiago-Lastra y al Dr. Isaac Hernández Jiménez (expertos en vejiga neurogénica y rehabilitación) en su conversación acerca de las complejidades de la vejiga neurogénica y su tratamiento. Si tu, algún familiar o algún amigo tienen preguntas acerca de la vejiga neurogénica, este episodio (podcast) es para ti.