Men's Health

June 12, 2020

"The rigorous study and promising clinical availability of oral therapy for testosterone deficiency are flash points in the current era, in which the utility of testosterone therapy is under critical review," writes Arthur L. Burnett II, MD, MBA.

June 12, 2020

Neither oral nor gel testosterones show significant effect on liver function test results.

June 12, 2020

The treatment improves markers of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, an investigator reports.

May 27, 2020

Men whose activity exceeded guideline-based exercise levels experienced a decreased likelihood of lower serum testosterone, according to study results presented at the American Urological Association 2020 Virtual Experience.

May 12, 2020

"As we seek to understand MIST retreatment rates, as Houlihan and Köhler suggest, we must rely upon real-world population data," writes Gregg Eure, MD, in a letter to the editor.

March 25, 2020

Interim results from a clinical trial of a next-generation penile traction therapy device were encouraging and demonstrated statistically significant increases in penile length and a smaller reduction in erectile function among post-prostatectomy men who were treated with the device, known as RestoreX, according to PathRight Medical.

March 18, 2020

Kevin McVary, MD, of Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL, provides urologists with tips on how to assess the adoptability of minimally invasive surgical therapies for BPH.

March 17, 2020

A recent study is questioning some of the current trends in sperm retrieval practices in private U.S. clinics that treat infertile couples.

March 13, 2020

The updated guidelines focus on appropriate pre-procedure evaluation and novel surgical enhancements, according to Matthew D. Houlihan, DO, and Tobias S. Köhler, MD, MPH.

March 13, 2020

"My conclusion is to do what you know best, learn a new technology from an expert, and consider participating in a clinical trial,” writes Gopal H. Badlani, MD.

March 11, 2020

Cycling has multiple benefits, and steps can be taken to prevent genitourinary injury.

February 28, 2020

A course of treatment with prednisone may offer improvement in mean total motile count for men who undergo vasectomy reversal and subsequently have partial or complete anastomotic obstruction, according to a recent study.

January 28, 2020

Prostatic artery embolization offers a safe and durably effective treatment for urinary retention and gross hematuria in challenging non-index BPH patients, according to the results of a retrospective study published in Urology (Nov. 14, 2019 [Epub ahead of print]).

January 27, 2020

Results of a cross-sectional study of adult American men show that adherence to a low-fat diet is associated with a lower serum testosterone level.

January 23, 2020

Men who undergo transurethral resection of the prostate are more likely to need a repeat procedure if their urologist graduated medical school after 1995 rather than earlier, according to findings of a retrospective population-based cohort study.

January 15, 2020

Researchers studying a novel multimodal analgesia protocol at multiple institutions in the U.S. for patients having penile implant surgery found narcotic prescriptions before, during, and in the post-surgery recovery period fell from as high as 50 to 60 narcotic pills to 10 to 15 pills.

January 10, 2020

An expert multidisciplinary panel using robust methodology has developed recommendations for guiding urinary catheter management after transurethral surgery for BPH.

December 03, 2019

Guideline-directed care often leads to better outcomes, but that’s not the case with the AUA’s antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines for diabetic patients undergoing primary penile prosthesis implantation. Authors of an ongoing study have found that adhering to the antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines results in a five-fold increased infection risk among diabetic penile prothesis patients, greatly increasing their risk for explantation.

November 27, 2019

Results from analyses of data collected in the randomized, placebo-controlled Reduction by Dutasteride of prostate Cancer Events (REDUCE) trial point to a potential role for statins in attenuating age-related prostate enlargement.

November 21, 2019

A recent study found low levels of free testosterone in older men with prostate cancer could increase these men’s odds of facing erectile dysfunction after undergoing radical prostatectomy.