Dr. Neal Shore will guide urologists through the techniques necessary to insert and remove a temporary prostatic stent in their clinical practice. To read a physician-authored article in…
On April 22nd, 2009, people from around the globe gathered at US Cellular Field in Chicago to announce the Learning Living & Loving campaign. This call to action…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Advanced prostate cancer appears to be of a more aggressive type when it occurs in young men, leading to dramatically higher cancer-specific mortality…
Jaime Landman, MD, Director of Minimally Invasive Urology at Columbia Medical Center, describes the emerging techniques in “endo-urology.” References and Resources Andonian S, Okeke Z, Smith AD. Digital…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The presence of multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with increased prostate cancer risk, coupled with a positive family history, accurately identify men…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that marijuana use may increase the risk of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs), primarily nonseminoma types. According to the report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – By binding dietary oxalate, calcium supplements or calcium-containing foods may be useful in the management of hyperoxaluria, new research suggests. Hyperoxaluria is present…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a small phase II trial suggest that stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), which involves a higher dose but shorter course than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of aspirin as a cardioprotective agent significantly reduces recurrence among patients being treated for high-grade, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, the results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Modafinil, a wake-promoting drug initially used to treat narcolepsy, increases extracellular dopamine — an effect that increases the drug’s potential for abuse —…
