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Edwin Posadas, MD, has joined Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, as the clinical director of the genitourinary medical oncology program in the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute.

Rare atypical fractures of the femur appear to be a class effect of bisphosphonates, according to the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP).

A pelvic magnetic resonance imaging scan with intravenous contrast and rectal balloon is highly effective in identifying local recurrence even at low PSA values in prostate cancer patients with a rising or persistently elevated PSA after prostatectomy, according to research presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium in Atlanta.

The FDA has announced steps to help reduce the risk of exposure to improperly reprocessed medical devices, including endoscopes, that can lead to the transmission of disease.

Acupuncture appears to provide long-lasting relief to hot flashes, heart palpitations, and anxiety due to side effects of hormone treatment for prostate cancer, according to a recent study.

Providers who indicated they received on call compensation, including urologists, were more likely to be compensated daily or annually in 2010 compared with previous years, recent survey results indicate.

In patients with low-grade prostate cancer, forgoing immediate radiation or radical prostatectomy poses no added risk of death, say researchers from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

The 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor dutasteride (Avodart), when added to an active surveillance strategy, slows progression of prostate cancer in men with localized disease and decreases patient anxiety.

The survival benefits of abiraterone acetate remained consistent across a wide range of subgroups of men with castration-resistant prostate cancer that had progressed on docetaxel (Taxotere).

The AUA has finalized its first ever clinical guideline for one of urology's most vexing conditions to diagnose and treat-interstitial cystitis.

There is no set fee that you are required to charge, and the patient's contract with his or her insurance company may vary as to how much the insurance company pays.

Obesity is associated with hormonal dysfunction and with impaired spermatogenesis. What remains unknown is the causal factor.

Being obese-or even overweight-increases a man's likelihood of infertility.

A pattern of biologic markers derived from peripheral blood samples can assess a patient's risk for bladder cancer with significant accuracy and reliability.

Museums, theaters, monuments, parks, and restaurants are plentiful in DC and cater to the budget friendly as well as the extravagant traveler.

Weight-loss surgery has no impact on obese men's poor sperm quality, despite improvements in their hormonal profile and sexual function.

A 529 plan is an education savings plan operated by a state or educational institution designed to help families set aside funds for future college costs.

Some urologists have started experimenting with social media due to patient demand. Others are taking a wait-and-see approach while weighing the benefits and possible drawbacks.

As physicians, hospitals, insurance companies, and other organizations grapple with this new entity, it appears there are more questions than answers.

Urologists say spending time with family helps them deal with the stress of practicing medicine.

Taking a brief patient service quiz can help you determine what you're doing right and what areas could use improvement.

Determined to defend their profession and their practices, some 180 urologists from 39 states across the nation came to Washington in late March for the 2011 Joint Advocacy Conference, sponsored by the AUA and the American Association of Clinical Urologists.

Continuous dosing of sunitinib (Sutent) proved no better than the conventional 4/2 regimen in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Every ethnic group is represented in Washington, from Vietnamese to Soul, Peruvian to Belgian in all parts of the city. There are far too many restaurants to mention each one, but the following offer a sample of what is available in a few of the sections near downtown and Capitol Hill and recommended by the visitor's bureau. Note that all phone numbers use the 202 area code.

Urologists who came to Washington in March to let Congress know their concerns about key regulatory issues had a big target in mind-killing the Independent Payment Advisory Board, created by the new health care reform law as a way to reduce Medicare costs.

Intermittent androgen suppression is as effective as continuous androgen deprivation, according to a non-inferiority study of men with a rising PSA following definitive primary therapy for prostate cancer.

In this article, you'll find information about products and services from manufacturers that are exhibiting at the American Urological Association annual meeting in Washington. Exhibit hall booth numbers have been included so that you can search for product demonstrations and exhibits that are of particular interest to you.

Urology drugs and devices that are in the pipeline from Astellas Pharma, Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Medivation, Inc., Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp., and TARIS Biomedical.