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October 2011 Issue of Renal And Urology News

Cover Articles

Antibiotics May Improve Treatment of Overactive Bladder

GLASGOW—Antibiotics may be a useful adjunctive treatment for overactive bladder (OAB), according to British researchers.

High BMI and Kidney Transplant Waitlisting

Many obese dialysis patients are asked to lose weight to qualify for kidney transplantation. If such usual weight reduction programs as dieting or anti-appetite medications ...

Treating SLE in ESRD May Boost Survival

Frequent follow-up with a rheumatologist and continued immunosuppressive treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) improves their chances of ...

On the Forefront

Renal Function Preservation for Patients with Kidney Cancer

The renal function preservation clinic for patients with kidney cancer represents a new multidisciplinary approach to an old problem.

Keeping Up with Quality and Patient Safety Measures in Urology and Nephrology

There has recently been a tremendous increase in emphasis on quality and patient safety within American medicine. Much of this is due to an improved ...

News in Brief

Renal Failure Warning Okayed for Reclast Label

The FDA has approved an update to the drug label for Reclast (zoledronic acid) so that health care professionals are better informed about the risk ...

Insufficient Evidence for Routine Bladder Cancer Screening

In an update to its 2004 guidance on screening for bladder cancer, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has changed its recommendation from ...

High Serum Phosphate May Advance CKD

Those with phosphate levels in the highest two quartiles progressed significantly faster either to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or to a composite endpoint of a ...

PCa More Likely in BPH Sufferers

Prostate cancer (PCa) is more likely to be diagnosed in men who have been hospitalized for clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or undergone surgery for ...

Urine Test Improves PCa Prediction

Testing for the genetic anomaly TMPRSS2:ERG in conjunction with use prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) is better at predicting the presence of prostate cancer (PCa) ...

Tacrolimus/MMF Regimen Cuts Acute Rejection Rate

In a long-term randomized trial of 150 kidney transplant recipients with a median follow-up of eight years post-transplant, those undergoing immunosuppressive therapy with tacrolimus/mycophenolate mofetil ...

SCD Risk Factor Identified in Diabetic HD Patients

A recent analysis of data from 1,255 diabetic hemodialysis (HD) patients found that low levels of homoarginine are a strong risk factor for sudden cardiac ...

Feature

Issues in Hypertension: An Interview with George Bakris, MD

George Bakris, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Hypertensive Diseases Center at the University of Chicago Medical Center, is an internationally recognized hypertension ...

Hyponatremia: An Update on the Management of SIADH

Therapeutic options for SIADH have been significantly enhanced with the introduction of specific vasopressin receptor antagonists

Editor's Letter

Some Thoughts on Patient Education

Physicians are indeed spending less face time with patients, according to studies and to what doctors have told me in conversation. One consequence of this ...

FDA News

Drug Cleared for Treating ADT-Related Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer Patients

The FDA has approved denosumab (Prolia) as a treatment to increase bone mass in prostate cancer patients at high risk for fracture undergoing androgen deprivation ...

Legal Issues

Patient Sues Physician for Not Removing Blood Pressure Cuff

Dr. K, 45, was an ophthalmologist with a private practice. One of Dr. K's patients, Mrs. M, 72, was having a small mass on her ...

Renal Nutrition Update

AKI Patients Require Strong Assessment to Prevent Protein-Energy Wasting

Recent reports have demonstrated a link between acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Individuals with AKI are more likely to have CKD ...