Fusion biopsy boosts cancer detection in enlarged prostates
Researchers have shown that using magnetic resonance imaging to guide transrectal ultrasound prostate biopsy can increase cancer detection in men with enlarged prostates. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - July 9, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Slimming underwear gets one over urinary incontinence
Japanese researchers have found that weight loss underwear holds potential in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - July 8, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Young Black men least likely to undergo prostate cancer screening follow-up
Black men under the age of 65 years are significantly less likely to receive follow-up after an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test than White men, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - July 5, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Women with urinary tract cancers experience primary care delay
UK researchers have found that women with urinary tract cancers are less likely to receive a prompt diagnosis than men, which may be due to general practitioners misinterpreting their symptoms as benign. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - July 1, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Prostatectomy patients ‘should be spared bowel preparation’
Japanese research shows that patients with T1 or T2 prostate cancer who do not undergo mechanical bowel preparation prior to laparoscopic prostatectomy fair no worse than patients who do. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - July 1, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Antibiotic prophylaxis reduces post-catheter UTI risk
Antibiotic prophylaxis can help reduce the risk for urinary tract infection after the removal of a urinary catheter, suggest findings from the first meta-analysis of study results. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - June 26, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Sudden hearing loss raises ED alarm
Clinicans should be alert to the development of erectile dysfunction in patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss, say the authors of a population-based study from Taiwan. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - June 24, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Vegetable fat linked to lower prostate cancer mortality
Increased vegetable fat intake following diagnosis for prostate cancer is associated with a lower risk for lethal disease and mortality, report US researchers in JAMA Internal Medicine. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - June 17, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Early motherhood reduces kidney cancer risk
Data from Taiwan suggest that a younger age at first birth may be protective against kidney cancer in women. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - June 17, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Nerve stimulation shows long-term results for overactive bladder
The benefits of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation for overactive bladder are maintained over the long-term in responsive patients, say the authors of a 3-year study. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - June 12, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Transperineal prostate biopsy shows core–complication connection
Research shows that clinical complications after transperineal prostate biopsy are common, but rarely result in hospital admission. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - June 10, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Pyuria predicts poor outcome in NMIBC
Japanese research shows that pyuria at diagnosis is independently associated with disease recurrence and progression in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - June 3, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Primary care physicians boost prostate cancer BMD monitoring
A US study has found that rates of bone mineral density testing in men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy are highest among those whose primary care physician is involved in their care. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - June 3, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Call for depression awareness in urge urinary incontinence
Both physical and drug therapy significantly reduce depressive symptoms in women with urge urinary incontinence, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - May 30, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
IMRT shows rapid uptake but fails to outperform CRT
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy is equivalent to conventional conformal radiotherapy in terms of morbidity and cancer control outcomes in the treatment of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy, shows a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - May 27, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
