Anticholinergics are competitive inhibitors of acetylcholine at muscarinic receptors (mainly the M3 receptor subtype), and they thereby inhibit involuntary bladder contractions. [19] The effective ...

Many drugs commonly prescribed to the elderly have anticholinergic properties. Due to the current clinical use of drugs with mild-to-modest anticholinergic activity, the clinical manifestations of ...

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Bladder cancer is a cancer that forms in tissues of the bladder. Most bladder cancers are transitional cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in cells that normally make up the inner lining of the ...

Aug. 6, 2024 — An AI-based analysis of over 2 million hospital visits has found that most of the time, a pneumonia diagnosis made in the hospital will change from a patient's entrance to their ...

Gallbladder pain is often felt in the right upper belly, under the ribs. It can also spread (radiate) to the lower chest or your right shoulder blade and may be confused with a heart attack. The ...

Continuing prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening after age 70 years might benefit men at high risk of prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM) or metastatic prostate cancer (mPCa), but the ...