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Autumn 2002 (Q3)


Special care products - Posted 30 Sep 2002
Special Care Products have launched a new range of washable waterproof bedding, chair pads and incontinence pants. The bedding...

Ready-made from Bard - Posted 30 Sep 2002
Bard has launched a new version of its Lubri-Sil Foley indwelling catheter - already the only silicone catheter to come with a...

Alarm bells - Posted 30 Sep 2002
The Good2night alarm aims to help people who wet the bed. Its sensor strip buzzes and vibrates when wet - this should be enoug...

Bard competition winner takes to the skies - Posted 30 Sep 2002
 John Eastwood from Bedfordshire was the lucky reader to win Bard’s `Flight of Freedom Competition’, allowing him to take t...

New information about herbal medicine - Posted 30 Sep 2002
A new information service has been launched to advise on the safety of herbal medicines. Herbal Safety News has been developed...

Disabled United - Posted 30 Sep 2002
Disabled United is a website which provides a meeting place for disabled people, their carers and anyone involved with any kin...

Dress to impress - Posted 30 Sep 2002
The focus for this year’s National Continence Week was making it easier for people to get to the toilet. Many people have cont...

New trustees for Incontact needed - Posted 30 Sep 2002
Incontact is looking for consumers and carers to join its board of trustees. The board looks after the affairs of the charity...

Incontact Conference 2002 - Posted 30 Sep 2002
Jill Mulelly brings you the low down, direct from Derby From workshops to freebies, goodie bags to exhibition stands, the Incon...

Summer 2002 (Q2)


Skin care - Posted 30 Jun 2002
Skin care is always an issue for people with bladder and bowel problems - and Cavilon barrier cream can help by protecting and m...

Bladder scan - Posted 30 Jun 2002
Bard have introduced Bardscan, a new portable bladder scanner. The scanner uses ultrasound to produce a picture of the bladder i...

What the doctor really thinks - Posted 30 Jun 2002
The Department of Health (DH) has launched a nw initiative to allow patients to see letters about them, sent from one doctor t...

Language counts - Posted 30 Jun 2002
Patients who speak little English face a much greater risk of medical error and misdiagnosis, a new study warns. The problem i...

More than cosmetics - Posted 30 Jun 2002
Botox injections used to reduce wrinkles can help treat bladder complaints, researchers have found. The botulinum toxin is wid...

Childbirth and incontinence - Posted 30 Jun 2002
Childbirth - and particularly the birth of the first child - is a major cause of incontinence in women. Up to one in three wom...

Spring 2002 (Q1)


Multi-sensory story packs - Posted 30 Mar 2002
PromoCon has produced a set of three multi-sensory story packs aimed at children with a range of needs. The packs, produced in...

Loo directory - Posted 30 Mar 2002
Ever wanted to find the nearest accessible loo? A new directory has been produced listing over 4000 accessible loos around the U...

Herb extract - Posted 30 Mar 2002
Inurin is a special combination of herb extracts and vitamins to help with bladder health. The herbal product contains St John...

Discrimination in the NHS - Posted 30 Mar 2002
Age discrimination is rife in the NHS, a report from Help the Aged and British Gas says. Upper age limits, longer waiting time...

New names for old problems - Posted 30 Mar 2002
The International Continence Society (ICS) has issued new guidelines for the words we use to describe some common bladder prob...


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