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The U.S. will face serious shortages in the combined work force of physicians, advanced practice nurses, and physician assistants over the next 2 decades, say researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. By 2025, the physician shortage alone could reach 20%.

Nearly all patients with high-grade, noninvasive bladder cancer are not receiving the guideline-recommended care that would best protect them from recurrence?a finding characterized as alarming by researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Rising operating costs and selecting and implementing a new electronic health records (EHR) system are among medical practice professionals? greatest challenges to running a group practice, recent questionnaire results indicate.

Karl Kreder, MD, MBA, has been named the head of the department of urology at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. He succeeds the late Richard Williams, MD, who led the department for more than 25 years.

A new minimally invasive surgical technique known as hidden incision endoscopic surgery (HIdES) makes scarring after pediatric kidney surgery virtually invisible, yet it is as effective as more common surgical methods, according to the urologist who developed it.

The American Medical Association has adopted a policy recognizing bisphenol A (BPA) as an endocrine-disrupting agent and urging that BPA-containing products with the potential for human exposure be clearly identified.

Using a human vaccine, researchers from Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and the United Kingdom appeared to cure well-established prostate tumors in mice, with no apparent side effects.

Americans 65 years of age and older say that urinary incontinence affects their quality of life physically, mentally, and socially to a greater degree than diabetes, arthritis, and many other chronic conditions, according to a recent study.

Robot-assisted radical cystectomy can be performed safely and effectively by urologists who are experienced with robotic surgery.

Urology drugs and devices that are in the pipeline from Bayer Healthcare, Tengion, Inc., Advantagene, Inc., Hybrigenics, and Vivus.

Urologists say their accessibility to their patients negates the need for urgent care centers.

Bladder cancer control outcomes have not significantly improved in the United States within the last 30 years.

This article discusses the rising incidence of both fluoroquinolone resistance and serious post-biopsy infectious complications, and offers recommended preventive measures, including a new algorithm incorporating targeted antimicrobial prophylaxis based on rectal swab cultures.

Five-year follow-up of older patients with renal tumors less than 3 cm shows that minimally invasive surgery with tumor enucleation yields less tumor progression than either percutaneous radiofrequency ablation or active surveillance.

Urology Times asked urologists what regulations create the most issues in their practices, and how the rules could be changed to make them more palatable.

By practicing medicine in an ecologically conscious atmosphere, we can contribute to the health of our patients, our staff, and our community; on a much larger scale, we will be helping to sustain the future of our ecosystem.

Marketing remains a major challenge for many medical practices. Here are seven essential factors for building a healthy marketing program for your practice.

The newest urology products and services from SRS Medical, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Centocor Ortho Biotech, Boston Scientific, Bostwick Laboratories, GE Healthcare, Abbott Laboratories, and GlaxoSmithKline.

A population-based study evaluating 25-year trends in renal stone findings among children reported a 4% per year increase in incidence driven by consistently escalating renal stone rates in the 12- to 17-year age group.

The coverage, and subsequent payment, for a PSA test is determined by the contractual agreement with the patient's insurance company. Some insurance companies pay and others do not for procedures and other services with different diagnoses.

Radiation and surgical techniques for treating kidney stones may not be appropriate in a pediatric population.

Unfortunately, there is no "one-size-fits-all" answer to when you should start receiving Social Security benefits.

A random sampling of national health care claims data indicates that the use of non-hospital ambulatory facilities as the setting for common outpatient urologic procedures does not adversely affect short-term patient morbidity or mortality.

Public health issues-obesity, diet, smoking, and sleep disorders, among others-and their links to a range of benign and malignant urologic diseases made headlines at the 2011 AUA annual meeting in Washington. In particular, research focused on the impact of lifestyle factors on stone disease and prostate cancer.

Urologists seem to lack the confidence to screen for bone-related side effects in men with prostate cancer who are treated with androgen deprivation therapy.

Despite the nation's budget crisis, the fact that Medicare reform is being discussed and a near-30% cut in Medicare physician fees looms in January appears to be providing some incentive for lawmakers to get serious about reforming the system used to pay doctors who treat patients under the program.

Varicoceles may interfere with the production of testosterone in men, but microsurgery can increase testosterone levels in these patients, according to researchers at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.