Meat Consumption and UTIs; Air Pollution's Effects on Health Also in TTHealthWatch: genes, a bacterium, and gastric cancer Apr 01, 2023 podcast
Neuromodulation of the Peroneal Nerve Safe for Overactive Bladder Was also as effective as solifenacin in the majority of assessed efficacy endpoints Mar 24, 2023
Treating Gender Nonconforming Youth Goes Beyond the Physical We must approach care for every patient from the lens of treating the entire individual Mar 15, 2023
Gender-Affirming Surgery Gets a Boost After California Law Kicked In Nondiscrimination law bars insurers from limiting benefits based on gender identity, expression Mar 14, 2023
Novel PET Imaging Agent Accurately IDs Clear Cell Renal Cancers ZIRCON trial meets sensitivity and specificity targets Mar 13, 2023
A Surge in Vasectomies: Sustaining the Demand To increase participation, let's reduce the points of friction Mar 13, 2023
Deaths From PSA-Detected Prostate Cancer Low at 15 Years, No Matter the Treatment Consider "trade-offs" between harms and benefits of treatments, say researchers Mar 11, 2023
Economic Impact of Obesity; Tap Water Burns Also in TTHealthWatch: low-risk prostate cancer in the U.S. Mar 11, 2023 podcast
Use of Active Surveillance in Prostate Cancer on the Rise, but Highly Variable And rates still remain "suboptimal," argue researchers Mar 03, 2023
Daily Thiazide No Help in Preventing Recurrent Kidney Stones Three different dosages of hydrochlorothiazide no better than placebo Mar 01, 2023
Combo Falters in Papillary Renal Cancer, but Some Promise in MET-Driven Subset Over 50% of patients with advanced MET-driven tumors responded to savolitinib plus durvalumab Feb 24, 2023
Abortion Pill Fight Heats Up; Cancer Screening Still in a Slump; 5 Good Sleep Habits Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Feb 24, 2023
Can Coke 'Enhance' Men? Why Nurses Quit; Fetus Illegally Detained, Lawyer Says Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Feb 22, 2023
FDA OKs Sparsentan for IgA Nephropathy-Related Proteinuria Non-immunosuppressive therapy led to 50% reduction in proteinuria Feb 21, 2023
Pembrolizumab Active in BCG-Unresponsive Papillary High-Risk Bladder Cancer KEYNOTE-057 trial results suggest DFS benefit for patient population with unmet need Feb 19, 2023
Escalated ADT Falls Short in Men With High-Risk Features After Prostatectomy But add-on abiraterone and apalutamide may offer some benefits in those with higher PSA Feb 18, 2023
Add-On Olaparib Continues to Show Benefit in First-Line Treatment of mCRPC Final PROpel analysis also shows trend toward overall survival improvement with PARP inhibitor Feb 17, 2023
Adding Talazoparib to Enzalutamide Boosts PFS in Metastatic Prostate Cancer Combination achieved a 37% reduction in risk of progression, death versus ARPI alone Feb 17, 2023
Rucaparib Gets a Win in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Benefit in selected patients seen over physician's choice of docetaxel or second-generation ARPI Feb 16, 2023
If It Resembles Cancer but Doesn't Act Like Cancer, Is It Cancer? Physicians must consider patient perspectives on the Gleason 6 debate Feb 16, 2023
No-Opioid Strategy Sharply Reduced Prescribing After Urologic Cancer Surgery Rate of opioid prescriptions was 2.2% for those who followed NOPIOIDS protocol Feb 13, 2023
Hormone Infusion Shows Promise for Low Sexual Desire Pair of trials demonstrated efficacy in hypoactive sexual desire disorder Feb 03, 2023
MRI-Guided RT Reduced Acute Toxic Effects in Men With Localized Prostate Cancer Compared with CT guidance, MRI strategy led to better patient-reported urinary and bowel outcomes Jan 18, 2023
Gender-Affirming Hormones Boost Mental Health for Transgender Youth Gains seen in appearance congruence paired with drops in depression and anxiety, study showed Jan 18, 2023
Short-Course Apalutamide to Reduce Active Surveillance Attrition in Prostate Cancer Editorialists question whether any intervention violates principles of surveillance Jan 17, 2023
MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Eases Pain From Bone Metastases More responses with ultrasound, but quality-of-life scores lower vs EBRT in nonrandomized trial Jan 11, 2023
Most New Drugs Exceeded $200,000; S.C. Abortion Ban Tossed; Sen. Casey's Cancer Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Jan 06, 2023
It's Been a Tough Year for Transgender Medicine Hospitals have been threatened, scientific debate has been weaponized Dec 28, 2022
5-ARIs Not Linked to Risk of Dementia Over the Long Term However, finasteride and dutasteride were associated with an increased risk of depression Dec 22, 2022
Kid Homicides Surge in COVID; Physician Work Hours Drop; Vasectomies Up Post-Roe? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 20, 2022
One Doc's Win for Trans Youth Healthcare in Texas A Dallas endocrinologist can continue to provide hormone therapy and puberty blockers Dec 16, 2022
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Half of patients achieved complete responses with adenoviral vector-based product Dec 16, 2022
MRI-Targeted Biopsy for Prostate Cancer Reduces Risk of Overdiagnosis Though at the cost of delayed diagnosis of some clinically significant cancers Dec 07, 2022
Can Oncologists Reduce the Suicide Risk in Their Prostate Cancer Patients? Barriers exist in identifying risk, but strategies are available Dec 06, 2022
Aging U.S. Population a Challenge for Oncologists Older patients will have different care goals, preferences, geriatric oncologist says Dec 05, 2022
A Dangerous Chilling Effect in Gender-Affirming Care Gender-affirming facilities must continue offering information and resources, despite threats Dec 03, 2022
To Combat Opioid Epidemic, Step Up Safe Prescribing Practices, Expert Urges Overprescribing a continuing problem, Benjamin Davies tells urologists Dec 02, 2022
Pre-Op Axitinib Helps for Partial Nephrectomy of Complex Renal Tumors Approach in small ongoing trial resulted in reduction in tumor size and complexity Dec 02, 2022
Sequential Gemcitabine/Docetaxel Promising in NMIBC After BCG Relapse But patients with BCG-refractory disease may be better suited for cystectomy Dec 02, 2022
Overactive Bladder Linked to Multiple Unmet Socioeconomic Needs Findings reinforce existing evidence, identify novel factors, suggest future research Dec 01, 2022
