NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men with localized prostate cancer treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) are apt to have better sexual function afterward than men treated with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term treatment with low-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is modestly effective in preventing urinary tract infections (UTI) in predisposed children, according to a report in The…
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued recommendations for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). ACP strongly recommends that physicians initiate therapy with an oral phosphodiesterase type…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Neoadjuvant treatment with erlotinib (Tarceva), an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor, can help downstage bladder cancer to organ-confined disease, thereby increasing the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Coronary angiography is a recommended screening test for many patients undergoing kidney transplantation and now new research shows that it can be performed…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP) offers certain advantages over open retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP), such as a shorter hospital stay, it also…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sildenafil (Viagra) is associated with a number of side effects, but data on long-term harms are still lacking, a systematic review and meta-analysis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In detecting prostate cancer, no single prostate specific antigen (PSA) cut-off value achieves the likelihood ratios usually required of a screening test, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who undergo vaginal hysterectomy and reconstructive pelvic surgery during the same operation are more likely to have perioperative complications than those who…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that over half of men who choose watchful waiting as the initial strategy for prostate cancer require no treatment on…