admin wrote a new blog post: No Significant Association Found Between Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Cardiovascular Death 1 week, 1 day ago
Treatment with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) does not significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular mortality according to evaluation of mortality data in a large registry of men treated for prostate cancer.
ADT is commonly used to treat prostate cancer. Some studies have shown that it may increase the [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: Botox Approved in Ireland for Treatment of Urinary Incontinence 2 weeks, 1 day ago
The Irish Medicines Board has approved Botulinum toxin type A to treat urinary incontinence management in adults with neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO).
Neurogenic detrusor overactivity results from nuerogenic bladder due to multiple sclerosis or stable sub-cervical spinal cord injury.
Allergan Inc. has said that this step is important in securing national licenses in [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: Saturation Biopsy Detects More Cancers 3 weeks, 1 day ago
According to a new report, analysis of 20 to 24 biopsy cores is superior to analysis of 12 to 14 cores for detecting prostate cancer in men who’ve had a normal prostate biopsy in the past.
J. Stephen Jones, M.D., from Cleveland Clinic, Ohio said, “We have shown that transrectal saturation biopsy [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: Study Finds Strong Association Between Smoking and Risk for Bladder Cancer 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Data from a large cohort study showed that smoking’s contribution to bladder cancer risk increased over the past 25 years, and the attributable risk in women caught up with that of men.
Current smokers increased risk of bladder cancer by four times compared to people who never smoked. The risk among former [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: Pre-op Counseling For Prostate Surgery Not Effective 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Researchers have found that over half of men undergoing radical prostatectomy have unrealistic expectations about some of the outcomes.
Daniela Wittmann, MSW, and colleagues at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan found that despite a pre-operative education program, 61 percent of men expected the same or better <span style="text-decoration: [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: Botox Approved in Ireland for Treatment of Urinary Incontinence 1 month ago
The Irish Medicines Board has approved Botulinum toxin type A to treat urinary incontinence management in adults with neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO).
Neurogenic detrusor overactivity results from nuerogenic bladder due to multiple sclerosis or stable sub-cervical spinal cord injury.
Allergan Inc. has said that this step is important in securing national licenses in [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: Saturation Biopsy Detects More Cancers 1 month ago
According to a new report, analysis of 20 to 24 biopsy cores is superior to analysis of 12 to 14 cores for detecting prostate cancer in men who’ve had a normal prostate biopsy in the past.
J. Stephen Jones, M.D., from Cleveland Clinic, Ohio said, “We have shown that transrectal saturation biopsy [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: Stem Cell Injections Better than Collagen Injections in Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence 1 month ago
A new study from Austria has found that injections of stem cells and other cells obtained from a woman’s own body can treat stress urinary incontinence with dramatically better results than conventional collagen injections.
These results mimic those from U.S. research that is underway and might also be long-lasting.
The study appears in [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: Study Finds Strong Association Between Smoking and Risk for Bladder Cancer 1 month, 1 week ago
Data from a large cohort study showed that smoking’s contribution to bladder cancer risk increased over the past 25 years, and the attributable risk in women caught up with that of men.
Current smokers increased risk of bladder cancer by four times compared to people who never smoked. The risk among former [...]
admin wrote a new blog post: No Significant Association Found Between Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Cardiovascular Death 1 month, 1 week ago
Treatment with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) does not significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular mortality according to evaluation of mortality data in a large registry of men treated for prostate cancer.
ADT is commonly used to treat prostate cancer. Some studies have shown that it may increase the [...]