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Young women more likely to have negative urodynamics experience

Research from the USA suggests that while urodynamic testing is well-tolerated by women on the whole, patients who are younger, or have anxiety or depression may have more negative experiences of the procedure than other patients.

24 Dec 2013

Low testosterone levels linked to nocturia in men

Research from South Korea indicates that low testosterone levels are associated with nocturia in men, independent of both age and prostate volume.

24 Dec 2013

Researchers start first cancer operation room with navigator

A team of researchers from Gregorio Marañón Hospital, the company GMV and the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have started the first cancer operation room with a navigator. This image-guided system will allow for increased intraoperative radiotherapy safety.

22 Dec 2013

Pelvic radiation therapy to treat uterine cancer may increase risk of developing bladder cancer

Radiation therapy used to treat uterine cancer may increase a patient's risk of developing bladder cancer. That is the conclusion of a recent study published in BJU International.

18 Dec 2013

Researchers identify new technique to reduce postoperative pain in children

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18 Dec 2013

Study provides important new perspective on how we look at bladder cancer biology

Bladder cancer will kill upward of 170,000 people worldwide this year, but bladder cancer isn't fatal in the bladder. Instead, in order to be fatal the disease must metastasize to faraway sites. The question has been this: does localized, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer eventually become the more dangerous, muscle-invasive form of the disease, or are NMI and MI bladder cancers genetically distinct from the start?

17 Dec 2013

New report shows death rates for lung cancer dropping at a faster pace

The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, covering the period 1975, showed death rates for lung cancer, which accounts for more than one in four cancer deaths, dropping at a faster pace than in previous years. The recent larger drop in lung cancer deaths is likely the result of decreased cigarette smoking prevalence over many years, and is now being reflected in mortality trends. The lung cancer death rate decline, as well as declines in colorectal, breast, and prostate cancer death rates, has also helped drive decreases in death rates for all cancers types combined, a trend that began about 20 years ago.

17 Dec 2013

Targacept reports top-line results from TC-5619 Phase 2b trial for negative symptoms in schizophrenia

Targacept, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel NNR Therapeutics, today announced top-line results from a Phase 2b clinical trial of TC-5619 as an augmentation therapy for the treatment of negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

17 Dec 2013

St. Joseph's Children's Hospital opens new Steinbrenner Children's Emergency/Trauma Center

St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in Tampa opened its new and expanded Steinbrenner Children's Emergency/Trauma Center Dec. 16, 2013. The hospital has the busiest children's emergency center in the region, and the larger, advanced facility will increase the community's access to the highest level of pediatric emergency care in the area.

16 Dec 2013

Potential dual benefits to tackling LUTS progression risk factors

Research shows that several risk factors associated with Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease also predict the progression of storage and voiding lower urinary tract symptoms in men, suggesting that targeting these could have multiple benefits.

16 Dec 2013

Incision technique shows potential for bladder neck contracture

A US team reports that deep lateral transurethral incisions are a promising technique for the treatment of recurrent bladder neck contracture in men following prostate surgery.

16 Dec 2013

Protein in Salmonella inactivates mast cells that fight against bacteria

A protein in Salmonella inactivates mast cells -- critical players in the body's fight against bacteria and other pathogens -- rendering them unable to protect against bacterial spread in the body, according to researchers at Duke Medicine and Duke-National University of Singapore (Duke-NUS).

13 Dec 2013

RPCI enrolls patients in clinical trials of immunotherapy approaches for treating genitourinary cancers

Researchers at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute Center for Immunotherapy are enrolling patients in three different clinical trials of novel immunotherapy approaches for treating genitourinary cancers.

13 Dec 2013

AudioEducator presents audio conferences on latest CPT coding updates for 2014

The providers want accurate reimbursement, whereas the payers want efficient claims processing. The ever-changing CPT® code set doesn't make your job easy. According to the American Medical Association (AMA), there will be 335 total code changes in 2014, to include 175 new codes, 107 revised codes, and 47 deleted codes.

12 Dec 2013

Market research report on global and China insulin industry

As the third largest human health disease following neoplastic disease, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, the number of diabetic patients has continued growing from 246 million in 2007 to 382 million in 2013 at a compound annual growth rate of 7.6%.

12 Dec 2013

New assay allows rapid and sensitive detection of Chlamydia trachomatis

Researchers have developed a new assay for rapid and sensitive detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in humans.

12 Dec 2013

Palo Alto Medical Foundation, El Camino Hospital to explore collaborative partnerships to improve community health

El Camino Hospital and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation today announced that following the return of its delegation to India as part of Mayor Ed Lee's SF Bangalore Sister City Initiative, the organizations will be exploring memoranda of understanding (MOU) with local Indian hospitals, healthcare organizations and technology companies.

12 Dec 2013

AP, Kaiser Permanente initiate clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of Promescent lidocaine spray

Absorption Pharmaceuticals LLC in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente announced today the initiation of a clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of Promescent lidocaine spray for men with premature ejaculation. This Phase III, double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study will measure the intravaginal ejaculatory latency time for subjects aged 18 and older.

11 Dec 2013

Low sodium levels linked to poor targeted therapy outcomes in RCC

Low serum sodium levels in patients receiving targeted therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) may signal a poor outcome, study findings indicate.

11 Dec 2013

UC Davis experts call for updated prostate cancer treatment guidelines

With a deluge of promising new drug treatments for advanced prostate cancer on the market, a new model of care is needed that emphasizes collaboration between urologists and medical oncologists, according to UC Davis prostate cancer experts.

9 Dec 2013