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Prevalence of symptoms is influenced by adiposity, but in different ways in men and women, suggesting a different pathophysiology of LUTS in men and women.

Results from a series of studies do not confirm prior evidence that extracorporeal shock wave lithtripsy treatment increases the risks of developing diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

This article, the second in a series of three examining medicolegal issues in urology, discusses how the physician should respond to adverse events that affect their patients.

Efforts are under way to make certain urologists' voices are heard when the new Congress convenes in January and considers legislation that will dramatically affect their practices and patients.

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Hypoandrogenism is common among men with nonobstructive azoospermia, and even those with normospermia.

Among infertile men, testicular hypotrophy is about twice as common in men with varicoceles as in those without varicoceles.

Prolonged warm ischemia, increased blood loss, and solitary kidney status predict post-surgical complications.

The AdVance male sling controls mild to moderate urinary incontinence is effective and the functional membranous urethra is lengthened when male sling is in its final position.

Lower urinary tract symptoms can put a damper on many women's sexual enjoyment and activity.

Getting good results with the minimally invasive TVT SECUR vaginal sling for stress urinary incontinence may be a matter of technique.

Data show that testosterone replacement therapy in hypogonadal men can be effective in significantly improving insulin sensitivity and sexual function, with durable results.

Correcting congenital penile curvature with excision and plicating closure of the tunica albuginea without grafting leads to excellent outcomes.

While many US urologists claim to be experts in sexual medicine, few know how to treat Peyronie'd disease.

Management of patients with urolithiasis can place them at risk for significant radiation exposure.

Stone patients undergoing shock wave lithotripsy are significantly more likely to undergo a subsequent surgical procedure than are patients undergoing ureteroscopy with or without laser lithotripsy.

Novartis has announced that RAD001 (everolimus), an oral once-daily inhibitor of mTOR, for treatment of advanced kidney cancer, has been granted priority review by the FDA.

The colon is irritated by spicy food, which can cause a flare-up of symptoms in patients with interstitial cystitis.

An 11-year follow-up on the safety and efficacy of tension-free vaginal tape for female stress urinary incontinence found 90% of patients were objectively cured, and 97% considered themselves subjectively cured or improved.

Health risk behaviors are associated with lower awareness of PSA, which could lead to a lower likelihood of undergoing prostate cancer screening.

When men and women from India and Pakistan migrate to the United States, their disease profiles change, mirroring the American risk.

TWINCREST, LLC has formed a joint venture with Pathology Solutions, LLC, to offer expanded in-office pathology services for specialty medical practices.

Mitchell H. Sokoloff, MD, has been appointed chief of the section of urology and professor of surgery at the University of Arizona department of surgery. In this capacity, his objective will be to expand clinical, educational, and research programs in laparoscopy, voiding dysfunction, and urologic cancers, and to build a pediatric urology program in collaboration with university and community physicians.

Dendreon Corp. has initiated its second of two new phase II trials of sipuleucel-T (Provenge), the company’s investigational active cellular immunotherapy for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer.

Although cigarette smoking accounts for up to half of all bladder cancer cases, few people are aware of the connection, including more than three-quarters of patients who have the disease, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor. This knowledge vacuum suggests that urologists need to communicate the risks of smoking to their patients and encourage them to quit, study authors say.

Brachytherapy may be a more beneficial treatment than surgery or external beam radiation therapy for overweight or obese prostate cancer patients, according to a study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (2008; 71:1302-8).

One-fifth of men under age 50 reported undergoing a PSA test to detect prostate cancer in the previous year, yet only one in three young African-American men reported ever having had a PSA test in the previous year, according to researchers at the Duke University Prostate Center (Durham, NC). The findings appear in the June 23 online edition of Cancer and will appear in the Sept. 15 print edition.

A daily dose of tadalafil (Cialis) may relieve lower urinary tract symptoms in men with BPH symptoms, according to a study published in the Aug. 21 online edition of The Journal of Urology.