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A 2-year assessment of patients implanted with the urethral bulking agent Macroplastique (Uroplasty, Minnetonka, MN) for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence showed that 84% of patients maintained significant improvement from their 12-month assessment.

Sipuleucel-T (Provenge) extends overall survival in men with metastatic, castrate-resistant prostate cancer, investigators in Dendreon Corp.?s phase III IMPACT (IMmunotherapy for Prostate AdenoCarcinoma Treatment) study recently announced at the 2010 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco.

Results from a phase III trial have shown that cabazitaxel, an investigational compound, plus prednisone/prednisolone significantly improved overall survival and progression-free survival in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer whose disease progressed following treatment with docetaxel (Taxotere)-based chemotherapy.

Men should discuss the uncertainties, risks, and potential benefits of screening for prostate cancer before deciding whether to be tested, according to newly updated prostate cancer screening guidelines from the American Cancer Society.

The Urgent PC System (Uroplasty, Inc., Minnetonka, MN) appears to improve urinary symptoms associated with overactive bladder, according to results of a recent multicenter trial.

The Calypso System (Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., Seattle) offers a significant reduction in rectal and urinary treatment-related side effects during high-dose external beam radiation for prostate cancer, recent study findings show.

Obesity nearly doubles the risk of developing kidney stones, although the degree of obesity does not appear to increase or decrease the risk, according to a recent study from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

Open radical prostatectomy and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy appear to offer comparable rates of success, according to a recent study from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.

Diagnosing UTIs in teens can be tricky because symptoms of UTIs and STIs overlap. Antibiotics are standard treatment, though resistance is increasing.

While doctors in private practice explore cost-savings options such as sharing space with other physicians or peddling simple cosmetic procedures, more practices are streamlining their billing and collection programs.

Physicians are evaluating what the stock market nosedive has done to their portfolios and plans. Physicians who are at or near retirement have been forced to reconsider whether to retire, keep working, or go back to work if they are already retired.

As the recession lingers and more people lose jobs and health insurance, the consequences for medical practices are likely to grow more severe.

Although it's not the kind of gains you can take to the bank, one physician said he has found value in giving free annual exams to established patients who have recently lost their insurance.

A recent study demonstrated that long-term, low-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) was associated with a modest decrease in urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children who had had at least 1 such symptomatic infection in the past.

This review examines the underlying causes associated with ED and PE and evaluates currently available treatment options and those under investigation.

Infection-retardant coatings on penile prostheses, which have been shown to reduce primary implantation infection rates by more than half, appear to have minimal effect on bacterial growth based on culture data as found at the time of revision surgery

A form of testosterone replacement therapy that uses implantable testosterone pellets (Testopel) is a viable alternative to existing treatments for hypogonadism, with a number of practical advantages for patients.

Ultra low-dose CT imaging (7.5 mA seconds) offers equivalent sensitivity and specificity for detecting ureteral stones compared with a standard CT scanning protocol (140 mA seconds) while reducing radiation exposure by 95%.

When it comes to making a good first impression on patients, one area that should not be overlooked is your practice's Web site.

A simple alteration in how detrusor leak point pressure (DLPP) is measured in patients with neurogenic bladder may result in a more accurate assessment of a patient's potential risk for renal injury.

For the past 9 years, a steady increase in the number of children being diagnosed with urolithiasis has been accompanied by an equally steady increase in the ratio of those children undergoing surgery for the condition.

When it comes to Medicare, supplies are included for all services provided in the office setting.

Newly available urology products and services from Olympus, the National Institutes of Health, Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp., and Midmark.

An analgesic spray was used in 60 children scheduled to undergo lysis of glanular adhesions, lysis of labial adhesions, or excision of glanular skin bridges, and worked about 30 minutes faster than analgesic cream.

Estate tax repeal is now officially under way. However, repeal may be temporary, as many believe Congress will revive the tax this year.

Publication of a major observational study from Harvard Medical School, Boston, followed within weeks by a science advisory from AUA and other professional organizations, adds further evidence of a link between androgen deprivation therapy and elevated risks of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, although this relationship has not been definitively established.

Recent updates to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology-Prostate Cancer include new recommendations on active surveillance, a new requirement for external beam radiation therapy, and revisions to the entire section on chemotherapy.

A new study challenges what many urologists may feel is understood-that augmentation serves as an independent risk factor for malignancy in young patients with inherent congenital bladder anomalies.