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Abundant choices for any budgetFrom Caribbean and Continental to Southwest fare and seafood, restaurants in San Antonio offer an abundance of choices to suit your taste and budget.Below is a list you can refer to during the AUA annual meeting. Urology Times thanks San Antonio urologists Allen Morey, MD, Juan Reyna, MD, Michael Sarosdy, MD, and Ritchie Spence, MD, for commenting on some of their favorite area restaurants.Note that the area code for all restaurants in 210.

Montreal--Phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitors appear to be effective in treating erectile dysfunction in men who are also receiving pharmacologic treatment for depression. A retrospective study presented here at the Canadian Psychiatric Association annual meeting that looked specifically at tadalafil (Cialis) demonstrated that the drug was effective in improving erections and achieving intercourse in this population.

Anti-inflammatory drugs, either alone or in combination with an alpha-blocker or 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, may have an important role in treating or possibly even preventing the progression of BPH.

Orlando, FL--What are the benefits of combining castration with a nonsteroidal antiandrogen in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer? Laurence Klotz, MD, of the University of Toronto, has found a high probability that bicalutamide (Casodex), 50 mg/day, plus castration provides a survival advantage over castration alone.

Orlando, FL--Testosterone's effect on the development and progression of BPH and prostate cancer is well known, but a group of University of Tennessee researchers has been focusing on testosterone's less frequently studied "partner in crime"—estrogen.

Orlando, FL--A genetically modified vaccine has demonstrated immunogenicity and clinical activity in hormone-refractory prostate cancer patients with metastatic disease, researchers reported in a poster presentation at the 2005 Multidisciplinary Prostate Cancer Symposium.

The average intravaginal ejaculatory latency time of premature ejaculation sufferers is 1.8 minutes, versus 7.3 minutes in men without PE, according to a large epidemiologic study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine (2005; 2:358).

The average intravaginal ejaculatory latency time of premature ejaculation sufferers is 1.8 minutes, versus 7.3 minutes in men without PE, according to a large epidemiologic study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine (2005; 2:358).

The American Foundation of Urologic Disease will be under the ageis of the American Urological Association following an agreement between leaders of the two groups.

Within 36 hours after ingesting sildenafil citrate (Viagra) for erectile dysfunction, some men have nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), described as "stroke of the eye," according to a report of seven cases published in the Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology (2005; 25:9-13).

A clinical study evaluating the effect of co-administration of an investigational intranasal agent PT-141 and sildenafil citrate (Viagra) shows positive results in patients with erectile dysfunction, according to researchers from Palatin Technologies Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals Inc.

The FDA has approved triptorelin pamoate for injectable suspension (Trelstar Depot, 3.75 mg, and Trelstar LA 11.25 mg). The sustained-release, 1- and 3-month intramuscular injectable formulations are now available nationwide for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer when orchiectomy or estrogen administration are either not indicated or are unacceptable to the patient.

Androgen suppression immediately after radiotherapy in high-risk prostate cancer patients reduces the disease progression and significantly improves survival, according to long-term data published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (2005; 61:1285-90).

San Francisco--Environmental factors have emerged as potential contributors to genetic anomalies affecting male genitalia, according to studies reported at the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Urology annual meeting.

Honolulu--Ureteroscopy may be safe and effective for the diagnosis and treatment of renal colic and urolithiasis during pregnancy, according to research findings presented at the annual Kimbrough Urological Seminar.

Philadelphia--Urologists who manage patients with overactive bladder are challenged not only with choosing from a growing list of pharmacologic treatment options, but also with the prospect that some patients may not respond to oral anticholinergic treatment at all. In these patients with "refractory detrusor overactivity," it is important to realize that a number of factors mitigate against successful therapy, said Roger R. Dmochowski, MD, professor of urology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Houston--Nuclear matrix protein 22 (NMP22) is to bladder cancer as PSA is to prostate cancer, perhaps better. That is the implication of a recently published, prospective, multi-institution study showing the point-of-care NMP22 assay (BladderChek, Matritech, Newton, MA) has a sensitivity of 55.7% and a specificity of 85.7%. In contrast, cytology was found to have lower sensitivity (15.8%) but higher specificity (99.2%).