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Delaying neoadjuvant chemotherapy 8 weeks or more after diagnosis of urothelial carcinoma increases the risk of upstaging after radical cystectomy, according to a new study. Several factors, including race, insurance, [...]

Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab (Keytruda) was safe to administer and resulted in a significant proportion of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) presenting at radical cystectomy with pTO disease, according to a [...]

A course of treatment with prednisone may offer improvement in mean total motile count (TMC) in men who undergo vasectomy reversal and subsequently have partial or complete anastomotic obstruction, according [...]

Rates of bladder augmentation and incontinent diversions have declined dramatically in recent years, corresponding to an increasing use of onabotulinum toxin A (onabotA [Botox]) for patients with neurogenic bladder (NGB), [...]

CHICAGO -- A randomized trial found no difference between single-use polyvinylchloride (PVC) catheters and reused PVC catheters for patients with neurogenic bladder due to spina bifida. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) [...]

CHICAGO -- The combination of an IL-15 cytokine agonist known as N-803 and bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) was well tolerated and offered promising activity in patients with nonmuscle-in-vasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) [...]

CHICAGO -- The second-generation AdVance XP male sling system offered good mid-term results for the treatment of post-radical prostatectomy male stress urinary incontinence (SUI), researchers reported at the AUA annual [...]

The use of 5[alpha]-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) to treat BPH was associated with a delay in the diagnosis of prostate cancer, according to a recent study. Men also had poorer cancer-specific [...]

Two bladder-sparing regimens involving chemotherapy plus radiotherapy yielded good distant metastasis-free survival rates at 3 years (DMF3) in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), according to a new phase II [...]

A retrospective study found that treatment for prostate cancer with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) is associated with an increased risk for development of bladder cancer when compared with treatment with [...]

A registry study suggests that there may be a familial association between ovarian and testicular cancers. In the study, men with testicular cancer were more likely to have a mother [...]

The use of multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) could help avoid a repeat prostate biopsy in some men, according to a new study. The imaging test has a high sensitivity [...]

Utilities around the world are busy installing smart meters that will tell customers the price of the electricity they use throughout the day. Appliance manufacturers are building refrigerators, washing machines, [...]

Creating smart grids will require new technologies along the entire chain of electricity generation, distribution, and consumption. These systems will let operators know exactly how electricity is flowing through the [...]

Almost half of independent physicians expect to sell their practices within the next 10 years, though almost three-quarters would rather not do so, according to a new survey. Many think [...]

AS THE COUNTRY careens toward a national unemployment rate above 10 percent, more and more people may be learning a difficult truth: Losingyour job once is hard enough, but losing [...]

AIR TRAVEL IS disgusting. If someone sneezes in row two you breathe it way back in row 30. Cabin air is basically a cesspool of recirculated germs. Right? Actually, airplane [...]

FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 3 percent of the population who suffer from the contested condition fibromyalgia, the pain is very real. An understanding of just where the diffuse, often body-wide distress [...]

HEMINGWAY ONCE SAID, 'Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.' He had a point: Researchers at the University of [...]

You Are What You Choose By Scott de Marchi and James T. Hamilton WHY DO different people make different decisions? Maybe it's your TRAITS. The authors' system of evaluating how [...]

The Perfect Swarm By Len Fisher, Ph.D. SIMPLE RULES OF THUMB govern complex behavior in many animals, from schooling fish to swarming locusts, and, yes, even humans. By using the [...]

RE: THE PAIN ALGORITHM The other part of the opioid prescription story is that doctors are terrified of malicious prosecutions. In our October issue, Maia Szalavitz examined an algorithm doctors are using to predict patients' likelihood of becoming addicted to opioids - leaving many Americans cut off from pain medications for dubious reasons. - Peter Liepmann, MD, family physician, patient advocate, via mail@wired.com About 25 years ago, my wife was prescribed opioids for chronic head pain. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the efforts of clinical experts to understand the role of identifying the risk factors in preventing and treating venous thromboembolism (VTE).

This article focuses on the emergence of new oral anticoagulant drugs that could replace warfarin.

This article reports on the success of the direct thrombin inhibitor ximelagatran in the phase-1, -2 and -3 clinical studies. It discusses the speculation that a new agent would finally ease difficulties associated with the limited options for oral anticoagulant therapies, including warfarin. Information on the new agents is presented, as well as comments from medical experts and researchers.

This article offers a look at studies exploring the association between obesity and overall cancer statistics.

This article reports that improving response rates with novel agents have raised a question about the use of stem cell transplant or the urgency to use the procedure as a front-line therapy in patients with multiple myeloma.

The article discusses the increasing rates of melanoma and the importance of public health campaigns.

This article reports on the emergence of late complications in some patients treatment with hematopoietic cell transplantation.