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Insufficiency Fractures After Pelvic Radiotherapy In Patients With Prostate Cancer
Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today : March 19, 2010
UroToday.com - In this study, we reported our experience with sacral insufficiency fractures (IF) in patients with prostate cancer who underwent pelvic radiotherapy as part of their definitive treatment. Insufficiency fractures are considered a rare complication of radiotherapy. IF has been described after irradiation for gynaecologic, anal, and rectal cancer...
Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy For Renal Cell Carcinoma: Oncological Outcomes At 10 Years Or More
Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today : March 19, 2010
UroToday.com - Key finding: Perioperative and surrogate oncologic outcomes were analyzed in the urological literature. In this study, however, we were able to address the remaining concern of long-term oncological outcomes after laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. In 73 patients with kidney cancer undergoing laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and followed for mean 11...
ACC: Intensive Statin Tx Cuts CVEs in Kidney Disease Patients (CME/CE)
MedPage Today Nephrology : March 19, 2010
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- Intensive statin therapy was associated with a marked decrease in cardiovascular events and a modest improvement in renal function among heart patients with metabolic syndrome complicated by chronic kidney disease, industry researchers reported here.
ACC: Mixed Results for Intensive Initial Dosing for Acute HF (CME/CE)
MedPage Today Nephrology : March 19, 2010
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- More aggressive loop diuretic dosing early in the treatment of acute heart failure appears safe and may provide some clinical benefit, researchers said.
Risk Factor Analysis In A Contemporary Cystectomy Cohort Using Standardized Reporting Methodology And Adverse Event Criteria
Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today : March 18, 2010
UroToday.com - Despite significant improvements in surgical technique, preoperative preparation and perioperative care since the inception of radical cystectomy (RC), the complication rate associated with this operation remains high. Patients requiring RC are elderly with considerable associated comorbidities due to the strong association of cigarette smoking and urothelial bladder carcinoma...
Fesoterodine For The Treatment Of Urinary Incontinence And Overactive Bladder
Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today : March 18, 2010
UroToday.com - The first placebo-controlled superiority trial between 2 antimuscarinic agents was recently performed comparing fesoterodine 8mg to tolterodine ER 4mg and placebo. The study was a 12 week randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, placebo-controlled trial in patients with OAB and at least 1 urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) episode per 24 hours on a 3 day diary at baseline...
Urologic Nurses Named Continence Care Champion
Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today : March 18, 2010
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) awarded Leslie Saltzstein Wooldridge, MSN, RNCS, GNP-BC, and Francie Bernier, PhD, MSN, RNC with the Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award at the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA) Annual Symposium on March 12, 2010...
Do Weather Conditions Influence The Onset Of Renal Colic? A Novel Approach To Analysis
Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today : March 18, 2010
UroToday.com - In our study we demonstrated an association between the onset of renal colic and exposure to hot and dry weather, particularly when temperatures rose above 27° C and relative humidity fell below 45%. A clear evidence on this issue is still lacking in the specific literature, despite a number of papers recently published on this topic [1]...
Pelvic Pain And Surgeries In Women Before Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome - Chronic Pelvic Pain, BPS And Pelvic Surgical Procedures
Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today : March 18, 2010
UroToday.com - For years, bladder pain syndrome series have reported apparently high numbers of BPS patients with a history of hysterectomy and other pelvic surgeries. No study has compared cases with controls prior to onset of BPS symptoms...
Minorities At Greater Risk For Kidney Disease
Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today : March 18, 2010
Certain ethnic minorities, including African Americans and Hispanics, are at a higher risk than the general population for developing potentially life-threatening chronic kidney disease (CKD) , which has been linked to higher rates of diabetes and high blood pressure, according to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF)...
ACC: Dual Action Antihypertensive Outperforms ARB Alone (CME/CE)
MedPage Today Nephrology : March 17, 2010
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- A novel agent that counteracts vasoconstriction as both an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) and neprilysin inhibitor appears to fight hypertension better than an ARB alone, researchers found.
ACC: ACCORD Vindicates Patient-Centered Cardiac Care in Diabetes
MedPage Today Nephrology : March 15, 2010
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- Individualized care is again the message in the wake of lipid and hypertension results from the ACCORD trial presented here at the American College of Cardiology meeting, leading cardiologists suggest in this exclusive InFocus™ report.
Growth Of Chronic Kidney Disease Highlights Need For Early Detection, Greater Knowledge Of Treatment Options
Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today : March 13, 2010
As the incidence of diabetes and hypertension continues to grow worldwide - and increasing numbers of patients progressing to kidney disease and kidney failure place a financial strain on public health systems - the need for early patient education about kidney disease and treatment options, including home-based treatments, has become critical...
ASCO GU: BP Reveals Hit or Miss for Targeted Tx
MedPage Today Nephrology : March 10, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Early response to preoperative targeted therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma may indicate efficacy, while treatment-induced hypertension may be another marker after surgery, according to studies reported here.
Transplant Drug Preserves Kidneys, Avoids Toxicity
Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today : March 06, 2010
The experimental drug belatacept can prevent graft rejection in kidney transplant recipients while better preserving kidney function when compared with standard immunosuppressive drugs, data from two international phase III clinical trials show. The results are published in the March issue of the American Journal of Transplantation...
Pycnogenol Lowers Elevated Urinary Protein Levels And Improves Blood Flow To The Kidneys
Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today : March 06, 2010
An estimated one in ten adults suffers from kidney disease, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. A leading cause of kidney disease is hypertension, which effects one out of every four U.S. adults...
