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New collaboration brings over 20,000 onsite COVID-19 tests to Detroit’s residents

A partnership among Altimetrik, a Southfield-based fast-growing global business transformation company, the 501(c)(3) Vattikutti Foundation, Henry Ford Health System and the City of Detroit has provided more than 20,000 onsite COVID-19 tests to residents in 163 of Detroit's senior and congregate living facilities, as well as the city's first responders and essential workers.

23 Jul 2020

Novel biomarkers for diagnosis of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in infants

One in every 500 babies is born with a condition called ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO), an obstruction of the ureter that prevents urine from flowing from one or both of the kidneys into the bladder.

22 Jul 2020

Cancer diagnostic capacity should be ramped up to avoid unnecessary deaths, say researchers

Delays to cancer referral through reduced use of the urgent GP referral pathway during the coronavirus pandemic could result in more than a thousand additional deaths in England, a new study reports.

22 Jul 2020

How to decide whether or not to start treatment for prostate cancer?

You have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and your doctor gives you the option of not being treated, but of remaining under observation: is there any objective way you can decide to be treated or not treated? What should you do?

19 Jul 2020

Study reports a change in why men seek help for sexual problems

Scientists report a change in why men seek help for sexual problems, with fewer men complaining about impotence (erectile dysfunction) and premature ejaculation, and more men, especially younger men, complaining about low sexual desire and curvature of the penis (Peyronie's disease).

19 Jul 2020

Collaborative study evaluates fertility preservation counseling prior to chemotherapy

For younger cancer patients, fertility counseling at the time of diagnosis is important for making family planning decisions, according to Ranjith Ramasamy, M.D., a clinician and researcher at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

17 Jul 2020

Research will help improve diagnosis of disease in newborn babies from urine samples

New research will help health-care practitioners to more accurately diagnose disease and illness in newborn babies from urine samples, according to a study by researchers at the University of Alberta and the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas.

16 Jul 2020

New trial investigates if prostate cancer drug can be used to treat COVID-19

In a new trial, Swedish researchers will investigate if a medicine normally used to treat prostate cancer can also be used to treat COVID-19 in patients.

15 Jul 2020

PSMA PET/CT has high impact in the detection, management of recurrent prostate cancer

New research confirms the high impact of PSMA PET/CT in the detection and management of recurrent disease in prostate cancer patients.

13 Jul 2020

GE Healthcare selects UH to evaluate new mobile x-ray system enabled with Critical Care Suite

GE Healthcare chose University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in November of 2019 as the first hospital in the US to evaluate its new mobile x-ray system enabled with Critical Care Suite, the world's first on-device AI solution for triage & notification of critical findings and quality errors.

12 Jul 2020

Plant-based diet associated with healthy testosterone levels

Men who follow plant-based diets have testosterone levels that are basically the same as the levels in men who eat meat, a study shows.

8 Jul 2020

New technique to sort out complex interactions unique to prostate cancer cells

UT Southwestern researchers have identified vast webs of small snippets of the genome that interact with each other and with genes to promote prostate cancer.

7 Jul 2020

Bees-Haus method of cell therapy for treating urethral stricture receives Japanese patent

Treating male urethral stricture with the patient’s own buccal mucosal cells, encapsulated in a polymer scaffold as carrier, has been granted a patent in Japan.

3 Jul 2020

New scanner to detect early signs of bladder cancer could save thousands of lives

Thousands of lives lost to bladder cancers each year could be saved thanks to a new scanner that uses photonics to illuminate parts of the tissue that are currently impossible to visualize.

3 Jul 2020

Newly discovered endometrial cancer biomarker enables early detection and treatment

A newly discovered endometrial (uterine) cancer biomarker and diagnostic method will enable detection of the tumor type that is likely to spread and recur so that clinicians can initiate treatment early and stop the cancer from attacking other parts of the body.

3 Jul 2020

Urology News and Research

Latest Urology News and Research

New collaboration brings over 20,000 onsite COVID-19 tests to Detroit’s residents

Novel biomarkers for diagnosis of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in infants

Cancer diagnostic capacity should be ramped up to avoid unnecessary deaths, say researchers

How to decide whether or not to start treatment for prostate cancer?

Study reports a change in why men seek help for sexual problems

Collaborative study evaluates fertility preservation counseling prior to chemotherapy

Research will help improve diagnosis of disease in newborn babies from urine samples

New trial investigates if prostate cancer drug can be used to treat COVID-19

PSMA PET/CT has high impact in the detection, management of recurrent prostate cancer

GE Healthcare selects UH to evaluate new mobile x-ray system enabled with Critical Care Suite

Plant-based diet associated with healthy testosterone levels

New technique to sort out complex interactions unique to prostate cancer cells

Bees-Haus method of cell therapy for treating urethral stricture receives Japanese patent

New scanner to detect early signs of bladder cancer could save thousands of lives

Newly discovered endometrial cancer biomarker enables early detection and treatment

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Researchers unravel how the body fights off urinary tract infections

Inflammatory changes in tumors can cause drug resistance in cancer blood vessels

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