Prostate Cancer; Each year, 1 million men in the U.S. undergo biopsies to determine whether they have prostate cancer. The biopsy procedure traditionally has guide by ultrasound imaging; but this method cannot clearly display the location of tumors in the prostate gland. A multidisciplinary team of UCLA physicians has found that a new method; which…
Clinical guidelines on urinary tract infection in women were released in May 2019 by the American Urological Association (AUA), Canadian Urological Association (CUA), and the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU). The American Urological Association (AUA) has issued its first guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of uncomplicated recurrent urinary tract…
Prostate Cancer; UK doctors and surgeons have formulate what is probably the world’s first clinical guidance on anal sex before, during, and after diagnosis and treatment for prostate cancer. This consensus guideline, which is aim at clinicians as well as gay and bisexual men with prostate cancer; which recommends that men should abstain from receiving…
Bladder cancer is a painful and sometimes life-threatening condition that patients can find difficult to talk about, with many becoming home bound as they manage with debilitating side effects such as incontinence. Bladder cancer mainly starts between the ages of 50 and 80 years old; affecting men at a ratio of 3:1, and is increasing…
Bladder cancer is a painful and sometimes life-threatening condition; so that patients can find difficult to talk about, with many becoming home bound as they cope with debilitating side effects such as incontinence. Bladder cancer mainly starts between the ages of 50 and 80 years old, affecting men at a ratio of 3:1; also is…
UT Southwestern study suggests why urinary tract infections (UTIs) have such a high recurrence rate in postmenopausal women several species of bacteria can invade the bladder walls. UTI treatment is the most common reason for antibiotic prescriptions in older adults. Because of the prevalence of UTIs, the societal impact is high and treatment costs billions of dollars…
Testicular tissue samples obtained from 189 males who were facing procedures that could imperil fertility were cryopreserved at one university, proving the feasibility of centralized processing and freezing of testicular tissue obtained from academic medical centers, including Children’s National, scatter around the world. Fertility preservation options An estimate 2,000 U.S. boys and young men each…
The study find that the prostate cancer in an analysis that looked at how black and white men had fared when treated in settings where patients had standardized access to care. Previous research found that black men were nearly 2.5 times more likely to die of prostate cancer when compared with non-Hispanic white men; note…
Testicular tissue samples obtained from 189 males who were facing procedures that could imperil fertility were cryopreserved at one university, proving the feasibility of centralized processing and freezing of testicular tissue obtained from academic medical centers, including Children’s National, scatter around the world. Cancers or blood disorders An estimated 2,000 U.S. boys and young men…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today ordered the manufacturers of vaginal mesh products to stop selling and distributing their products in the US immediately, saying the companies fail to provide reasonable assurance that the products are safe and effective. Reclassifying the devices The three vaginal mesh devices available in the United States are…
Two new urine tests appear to accurately detect bladder cancer, determine its severity and detect its recurrence, investigators report. The tests look at activity and levels of V1, a gene variant upregulated in bladder cancer that dissolves natural sugars in the mucosal lining of the fist-size bladder, making it more vulnerable to cancer. Investigators hope…
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discover that blocking a specific protein, may be a promising strategy to prevent the spread of castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Under the direction of BUSM’s Gerald V. Denis PhD, researchers have long studied a family of three closely related proteins, called BET bromodomain proteins, composed…