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The American Board of Urology (ABU) has joined several other member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) in reporting publicly whether its physicians are meeting ABMS maintenance of certification requirements.

Researchers from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles have found a link between recreational marijuana use and an increased risk of developing subtypes of testicular cancer that tend to carry a worse prognosis.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology has submitted a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services opposing proposed policy changes for calendar year 2013 that would cut nearly $300 million for cancer treatment.

Taking aspirin is associated with a lower risk of death from prostate cancer, especially in men with high-risk disease, according to a recent multicenter study.

Academic Urology, a large urology group practice in eastern Pennsylvania, has signed a new 3-year contract with Independence Blue Cross (IBC) and is currently participating in IBC’s network.

A 2008 Medicare policy to stop payment for preventable, hospital-acquired conditions such as post-catheterization urinary tract infections has led to very little change in hospital payment, say researchers from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Prostate cancer in African-American men appears to be associated with specific changes in the IL-16 gene, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.

A procedure designed to streamline robotic partial nephrectomy significantly reduces warm ischemia time (WIT) by nearly 25%, according to a recent analysis.

The FDA recently approved the oral androgen receptor inhibitor enzalutamide (Xtandi) for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have previously received docetaxel (Taxotere).

AKSM, Ltd. commended the federal government’s recent decision to close its investigation and fully dismiss a qui tam complaint filed by a "whistleblower" against the company.

African-American men with prostate cancer receive lower quality surgical care than Caucasian men, according to a study led by researchers from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN.

New scientific evidence shows the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks of the procedure, but the benefits are not great enough to recommend routine circumcision for all newborn boys, according to an updated policy statement published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Prostate cancer screening decreases a patient's risk of developing metastatic disease, according to Cleveland Clinic researchers.

In the Halls of Power, Project Prevention, an incentivized sterilization program, has received a "pass." It will therefore be in the operating room where Project Prevention's solution will succeed or fail.

In the hands of high-volume surgeons, there is no evidence to suggest that robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy results in worse oncologic outcomes then open radical prostatectomy, even in patients with high-risk cancer.

Men with previously treated castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) lived almost 5 months longer when they received the androgen receptor signaling inhibitor enzalutamide.

With marijuana legalized for medical use in Canada since 2001 and now in 17 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, urology patients in pain have been turning to marijuana for relief.

Filling a gap in the knowledge of the incidence of sexual dysfunction following Thulium YAG vaporesection (ThuVaRP), a recent study found that the risk of erectile dysfunction was 20%, while that of retrograde ejaculation was 56% in a group of patients who had been sexually active before the procedure.

While they don't contact patients directly with personal social media accounts, physicians are aware of its importance with keeping patients updated.

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Results from a prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial suggest that bipolar plasma vaporization of the prostate is a promising advance in the surgical treatment of BPH in men with average-size prostates.

The newest urology products and services from Astellas Pharma US, Inc., Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Poiesis Medical, and Verathon Inc.

Repeat surgery occurs two to three times as often after newer minimally invasive interventions for BPH compared with transurethral resection of the prostate.

Do urologists consider the possibility that conditions other than strictly urologic problems in men are causing or contributing to their symptoms? And how willing are urologists to coordinate with other physicians when patients' conditions suggest other care is needed?

J. Stuart Wolf, Jr, MD, chair of the AUA Practice Guidelines Committee, discusses how AUA ensures that guidelines are scientifically rigorous and timely, the value of clinical guidelines, and the challenge of disseminating and implementing them.

Every urology practice faces this situation eventually: a difficult employee who demands disproportionate time and attention from management.