The FDA has approved Welchol (colesevelam hydrochloride) to reduce blood glucose in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in combination with metformin, sulfonylureas, or insulin, either alone or in combination with other agents, according to Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., of Parsippany, N.J.
The consequences of anabolic steroid use is a treatment reality for many clinicians, including urologists. Although anabolic steroid use among professional athletes gets the lion’s share of attention in the media, many more casual competitors partake as well.
Among men undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) for localized prostate cancer, younger age, bilateral nerve sparing, and good surgical technique improve the likelihood of a return to potency after surgery.
SAN FRANCISCO—Dialysis patients hospitalized for infection, GI bleeding, or a major surgical procedure may experience a significant decline in hematocrit (Hct) levels, researchers say. The decline increases with length of stay.
Hemodialysis patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) have a significantly decreased requirement for erythropoietin (EPO) compared with hemodialysis patients with no history of HCV infection.
BOSTON—Rituximab is highly effective for treating resistant systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but, in certain patients, the medication does not prevent progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD), British researchers conclude.
BOSTON—A widely used classification scheme for lupus glomerulonephritis (GN) may mask the pathologic and prognostic implications of focal segmental lupus GN, according to researchers.
Research developments that have implications for nephrology and urology certainly are not limited to the meetings and journals targeting these specialties. That is why our news coverage extends to meetings that nephrologists and urologists usually do not attend and journals they usually do not read.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Weight loss which is achieved through Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (GBS) may reverse abnormal reproductive hormone profiles in obese men, according to researchers.
Risk is greater for overweight individuals than for those of normal weight, meta-analysis shows.
