At 24 months after treatment for refractory BPH symptoms, patients who underwent transurethral resection of the prostate had more pronounced improvements in most functional outcomes compared with those treated with prostatic artery embolization, a study found.
Adherence to diuretic therapy decreases as lower urinary tract symptoms increase in severity, according to a new study.
Physicians can take steps to reduce their risk of being sued by having a low threshold for discharging angry patients from their practice and carefully documenting all discussions and interactions with these patients.
Castration-resistant prostate cancer correlates strongly with development of metastasis in men with PSA relapse following radical surgery for localized prostate cancer, but it occurs much sooner, and thus may provide an intermediate endpoint in clinical trials of new therapeutics.
In a study, men who underwent high-intensity focused ultrasound partial gland ablation for prostate cancer had excellent preservation of potency and continence.
The newest KDOQI guideline for renal nutrition, which took 5 years to develop, expands recommendations to include patients with all stages of chronic kidney disease.
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.
