The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) caught the world by surprise. Whatever becomes the new normal, the United States will be a different country from what it was on March 13, when President Donald J. Trump declared a national emergency. At this writing on May 28, more than 100,000 people in the…
In a retrospective study, addition of carboplatin to chemotherapy regimens improved survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer whose disease progressed on second-generation hormone therapy.
In a study, natural killer cell activity (NKA) below 200 pg/mL predicted a nearly 5-fold greater risk of having a positive prostate biopsy compared with higher NKA values.
Type 1 diabetes onset before the age of 14 years is independently associated with a greater risk of kidney disease compared with later age at onset, according to a new study.
Among men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, the risk of developing metastasis increased with decreasing PSA doubling time, a study found.
Kidney stone recurrence risk increases along with the number of metabolic syndrome components, which include abdominal obesity, hypertension, elevated fasting glucose, low high-density lipoprotein, and elevated triglycerides.
Among women with a history of smoking, menopause onset at age 45 or younger is associated with a 66% higher risk of bladder cancer compared with onset at age 50 or older.
Whole exome sequencing, a technique for sequencing the protein-coding genes in the genome, can identify multiple potential genetic causes of inherited kidney disease, according to investigators. Their study of exome sequencing and diagnostic analysis involving 2 cohorts totaling 3315 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) detected diagnostic variants in 307 patients (9.3%). Of these, 206…
