Endo Type: Medicare to Cover Sex Change Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- A Medicare decision to pay for sex reassignment surgery offers a teachable moment, says one reproductive endocrinologist who specializes in transgender medicine. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - June 5, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
FDA OKs Nasal Testosterone
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has approved an inhalable formulation of testosterone (Natesto) to treat hypogonadism, according to drugmaker Trimel Pharmaceuticals. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - May 30, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Peeing Astronauts: That's Improbable!
(MedPage Today) -- A weekly report from our friends at Improbable Research. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - May 23, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This week's topics include kidney denervation, long-term impact of bariatric surgery, the dangers of transfusions, and prevention of erectile dysfunction in men who have radiation for prostate cancer. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - April 4, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Coming This Week: Death and Marriage, Teens and Drugs
(MedPage Today) -- The week kicked off with buzz-worthy news about a blood test that might predict the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease, and still to come: will marriage keep your heart beating? (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - March 9, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This week's topics include DNA testing for genetic fetal abnormalities, fever in African children, a vaccine for enterovirus, and selenium, vitamin E, and prostate cancer. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - March 1, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Prostate Cancer: 10 Years of Progress
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Options for castration-resistant prostate cancer have gone from embarrassingly limited to an embarrassment of riches over the past 10 years, authorities in the field said here. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - February 5, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
EndoType: Journal Revisits Study Standards
(MedPage Today) -- The Endocrine Society is revisiting a call for tighter editorial standards on sex hormone studies accepted for publication. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - January 17, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
BPA Linked to Prostate Cancer?
(MedPage Today) -- Exposure to even low levels of the plastic-hardening chemical bisphenol-A in utero may be associated with an increased risk for prostate cancer later in life, a study in mice suggests. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - January 16, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
No Help for Hot Flashes in Prostate Cancer (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- A regimen found useful for treating hot flashes in female cancer patients failed to relieve vasomotor symptoms in prostate cancer patients treated with androgen deprivation therapy, according to a randomized trial. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - November 15, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Amniotic Fluid Dynamics: That's Improbable!
(MedPage Today) -- Parasites, a woman's choice of mates, and urine fluid dynamics: This week's Improbable Research finds. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - October 19, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Creativity With Copper Wire and a Penis
(MedPage Today) -- "Ivan Today" brings you a creative way to treat cavernous hemangioma of the penis. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - October 16, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Morning Break: Low-T Woes, For Watson, It's Elementary
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - October 16, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Morning Break: Emailing Drug Reps, an MD 'Genius'
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - September 26, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Cancer Headlines from Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This month's topics include the high cost of chemotherapy drugs, gene sequencing, PSA guidelines, and prophylactic mastectomy. (Source: MedPage Today Urology)
Source: MedPage Today Urology - June 12, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
