Congress doesn’t appear to like very much President Obama’s FY 2016 budget proposal to eliminate funding for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention activities that are focused on education about prostate cancer screening and treatment, as well as tracking disease incidence and mortality data.
This article focuses on the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' recently released 2013 utilization and payment data and what they tell us about the business of urology.
A novel investigational oral testosterone replacement therapy restored and maintained testosterone levels to a eugonadal range in 88% of hypogondal men treated with the agent in a randomized clinical trial.
ARN-509, a novel oral antiandrogen, was safe, well tolerated, and showed promising efficacy in men with high-risk, non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) in a phase II study, reported Neal D. Shore, MD.
Use of testosterone replacement therapy more than tripled between 2003 and 2012 in a population of reproductive-age men, according to a study presented at the AUA annual meeting in New Orleans.
Higher radiation doses don’t confer a survival benefit in men with low-risk prostate cancer, although they do increase survival rates for men with medium- and high-risk cancers, the authors of a new study report.
Mini-laparoscopic surgery has evolved since its initial introduction, but its benefits are still the subject of debate.
While there is no benefit from using tamsulosin (Flomax) versus placebo for the treatment of small ureteral stones, there is a potential upside of increased passage from using the drug to treat 5- to 10-mm stones, according to a study from Australia published online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine (July 13, 2015).
A recently published review expands understanding of the effectiveness and side effects of mid-urethral sling procedures for stress urinary incontinence, providing more information for women considering minimally invasive surgical treatment.
Despite the strategy’s benefits, many low-risk patients still undergo surgical or radiation treatment, researchers report.
The recently published findings may open new avenues for treating urinary tract infections.
The authors of a recently published study have found that bariatric surgery may provide a significant benefit beyond dramatic weight loss.
New findings based on pharmacy claims data show just how adherent patients are to a thiazide, alkali citrate, and allopurinol.
A large, randomized trial provides a head-to-head comparison of late complications involving the two approaches to BPH.
New study data suggest an answer to the problem of managing stones in pregnant women.
Study findings suggest that high levels of vitamin D could be harmful to the prostate.
Urologist Stephen G. Weiss II, MD, FACS, explains why he is voluntarily relinquishing his American Board of Urology certificate.
Urology Times blogger Henry Rosevear, MD, got reactions to an earlier blog about falls in the elderly-but not from who he was expecting to hear from.
The first clinical trial of a novel ultrasound technology shows that it can safely reposition stones in situ to make them more amenable to natural passage and treatment.
In this interview, AUA President William F. Gee, MD, discusses current challenges facing the AUA and its members, possible solutions, and novel new AUA initiatives.
With several years now passing since the USPSTF issued its grade D recommendation discouraging PSA-based prostate cancer screening, researchers are reporting conflicting findings on its impact on clinical practice.
We are entering a new era when patients will present not with an elevated PSA but rather with symptoms, writes Henry Rosevear, MD.
The Independent Payment Review Board appears to be headed out of existence, much to the pleasure of much of the provider community-including urologists.
When anticipating a divorce, it’s important to understand there are often major financial consequences and some important tax issues that need to be addressed.
In this article, we describe the use of morphological market research to identify six themes or modes that shape men’s health behaviors and how those modes can be ultimately used to improve men’s health.
In this article, Nick van Terheyden, MD (aka “Dr. Nick”), explains why you need to be active on social media and how to get started.
In this column, Ray Painter, MD, and Mark Painter also answer questions about coding for bladder hydrodistention under moderate sedation and re-positioning of a ureteral stent by a radiologist.
“The FDA is being very cautious, which as the protector of public health, it’s got to be," says one urologist.
Urology Times’ “Best of AUA 2015” report provides a guide to the meeting’s take-home messages in 15 therapeutic areas-an information-packed, condensed summary of the top papers and presentations.
The Affordable Care Act has survived its latest legal challenge. After reading the Supreme Court's recent decision in King v. Burwell, Dan Shaffer of the AACU discusses how the justices arrived at it and what it means to you.