SAN FRANCISCO—Ferumoxytol, a novel IV iron replacement drug, may be more effective than oral iron in hemodialysis patients receiving anemia treatment with an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA), according to study findings presented here at Renal Week 2007.
Preliminary data suggest that severe acne, as measured by tetracycline use for four or more years, may be associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, according to a recent report.
SAN ANTONIO—Kidney and other solid organ recipients are largely unaware of their elevated risk for skin cancer, according to data presented here at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting.
Researchers who studied the prevalence of prostate cancer among male organ donors found that approximately one in eight of them had the malignancy.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is rare in organ transplant recipients, but it is progressive and is associated with high morbidity, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Acupuncture may ease symptoms of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain (CP/CPPS), according to a report in The American Journal of Medicine (2008;121:79.e1-79.e7).
