NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transurethral thermal therapy for benign prostatic hypertrophy delivered by a new-generation, cooled, high-energy microwave catheter is effective and safe, with a high rate…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men who receive radiation treatment for prostate cancer are at greater risk of hip fracture, a new study in the March 16 issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Evidence from a case-series review and a meta-analysis of other published studies indicates that pelvic lymph node dissection during radical prostatectomy increases the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Based on the limited evidence available, adjuvant plasma exchange may reduce the risk of end-stage renal disease in patients with renal vasculitis or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Removing more lymph nodes from patients with lymph node positive renal cell carcinoma meant fewer died of the disease, according to a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sodium bicarbonate isn’t any more effective than sodium chloride at preventing contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients with diabetic nephropathy, according to a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In cases of elective partial nephrectomy for localized renal cortical tumors, a warm ischemia time of up to 20 minutes is not associated…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The combination of an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) is often prescribed for elderly patients who do not…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous balloon angioplasty with stenting of renal artery stenosis (RAS) added to medical therapy reduces the need for antihypertensive medication slightly, but otherwise…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Elderly women who were treated for urinary tract infections with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were 3 times more likely to be hospitalized for hyperkalemia in the…