August 2010 Issue of Renal And Urology News

Cover Articles

DNA Test May Aid PCa Detection

CHICAGO—DNA blood tests under development may provide a more accurate way to detect prostate and breast cancer, according to findings presented at the American Society ...

Early Dialysis Start Not Advantageous

MUNICH, GERMANY—Planned early initiation of dialysis does not improve survival or clinical outcomes among patients with end-stage renal disease, study findings show.

AKI After Angiography Raises Risks

MONTREAL—Patients who experience acute kidney injury (AKI) after undergoing coronary angiography have more than double the long-term risk of dying and a 74% greater likelihood ...

News in Brief

Acupuncture May Ease Hot Flashes from ADT

Acupuncture may be an effective treatment for hot flashes in men receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer (PCa), according to findings published online ...

Heart Beat May Signal Kidney Risk

A high resting heart rate and low beat-to-beat heart rate variability raises the odds of developing kidney disease, according to a study that examined data ...

CKD, Low Income Linked in Blacks

Low socioeconomic status (SES) increases blacks' risk of developing CKD nearly twofold, but does not increase the risk in whites, according to a recent report ...

Cardiovascular Events Halt Study of Testosterone Gel

A study of testosterone supplementation in older men was terminated after daily application of a testosterone gel was associated with a significantly increased risk of ...

PSA Testing Found to Reduce Prostate Cancer Mortality

Deaths from prostate cancer (PCa) fell by almost half after 14 years of biennial screening, according to data from a Swedish study.

Report: Data Do Not Justify Advised BP Goals in CKD

The target BP level of less than 130/80 mm Hg for CKD patients—which is recommended by a Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative guideline—is not definitively ...

Feature

Unique Treatment Raises Tricky Bioethical Issues

Vaccine for advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer prolongs life by a median of four months, but at an extremely high cost.

Legal Issues

Urologist Defends Himself in Malpractice Case from Post-Circumcision Impotence Patient

At 60 years old and with almost 30 years of private practice under his belt, Dr. G understood what sort of physician he was. Better ...

Renal Nutrition Update

Managing Metabolic Acidosis in CKD Patients

The condition occurs frequently in both pre-dialysis and dialysis patients, but correction with either sodium bicarbonate or sodium citrate is safe and effective.