Treatment outcomes are similar to those of laparoscopic procedures, but operating times are shorter and surgeons operate with ergonomic comfort.

Brachytherapy offers excellent oncologic outcomes and is associated with a low rate of adverse events, data show.

Adding spironolactone to a regimen that includes maximal ACE inhibition improves renoprotection in hypertensive patients with diabetic nephropathy, data suggest.

Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) is a safe and effective approach for nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) that is capable of providing patients with excellent short-term oncologic outcomes, according to the largest RAPN experience described to date.

Obesity is associated with greater survival in African-American maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients compared with other races, according to a study.

Serious renal damage is a possible consequence of long-term abuse of anabolic steroids, data show .

Bone mineral content (BMC) declines with age to a less extent in men with prostate cancer, especially those with high-risk disease, than in healthy men, according to a study.

Its accuracy is at least similar to that of MRI and it is more cost effective, researchers say.

Coronary atherosclerosis severity is significantly associated with decreased renal function, according to researchers.

Brachytherapy may provide an effective alternative treatment for younger men who are reluctant to undergo surgery for favorable risk prostate cancer, according to Canadian researchers.