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Food Insecurity Linked With Urge Urinary Incontinence

Suggests social factors play a role, independent of dietary bladder irritants

Combo Treatment Scores Big in BCG-Unresponsive Bladder Cancer

Significantly durable response with VesAnktiva-Bacillus Calmette-Guérin duo

Good Vibrations: The Transition From Sex Toy to Medical Device

Benefits of vibrators in urinary incontinence, vulvodynia, sexual dysfunction in women

Vaginal Estrogen 'Underutilized' in Women With GSM After Breast Cancer

Prescribing rate is half that of women with no breast cancer history

Is One BPH Procedure a Cut Above the Rest?

Study assesses real-world complication, retreatment rates for four separate procedures

Best Way to Recover Urinary Continence After Prostatectomy?

Nerve-sparing prostatectomy, not rehab or duloxetine, most important factor

Which Prostate Biopsy Is Best: Transrectal or Transperineal?

Advocates for one may face uphill battle, debate at AUA meeting suggests

Plant-Based Diet Tied to Better Urological Health in Men

"Eat more plants for your prostate and your erections

Cell Therapy Safe and Effective in Women with Prior Urinary Incontinence Surgery

Treatment of this subset of women is "the greatest unmet need

Darolutamide Tied to Symptom Control in Non-Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Analysis of ARAMIS trial results also shows QoL benefits with androgen receptor inhibitor

Durable Responses With IL-15 Superagonist in Early Bladder Cancer

Addition of N-803 led to better responses in BCG-unresponsive disease

Guideline Clarifies Work-up for Microhematuria

Positive dipstick test alone insufficient for diagnosis

Surgery Delay OK for Most With Renal Cell Carcinoma

Two studies add support for active surveillance for small tumors

Ultrasound Therapy for Prostate Ca Yields High PSA Response

PSA falls by 95%, prostate shrinks by 90% in men with localized prostate cancer

NPs and PAs Match Docs for Circumcision Outcomes

Low complication rates for procedures performed by advanced practice providers

Studies: Weed Degrades Sperm, Spurs LUTS

Effect on sperm quality, testicular function worse than cigarettes

Phototherapy Delays Radical Prostate Cancer Tx

Half as many conversions from surveillance at 4 years

Prostatitis Symptoms Fall with PDE5 Blocker

More relief with combo than with antibiotics alone

Men Get Short Shrift in Fertility Assessments

Misinformation about testosterone treatment may be an issue

Assay May Help Avoid Needless Prostate Biopsies

Distinguishes clinically significant from insignificant/benign disease

Sorting Out Genomic Tests for Prostate Cancer

Discordance between tests, with NCCN risk criteria

Untreated Penile Curvature Gets Better Over Time

Survey-based report offers insight on natural history of Peyronie's disease

Shift Work Impacts Men's Sexual Health

Studies show ties with fertility, urinary tract and hypogonadal symptoms

PSA Testing: Docs Walk the Screening Talk

Physicians likely to undergo screening themselves

AUA 2017: New Sessions, Encores, Variety

'Something for everybody' in urology

No Evidence of TRT Link to Prostate Cancer

Observational studies back testosterone safety

Landmark Trial Not a Measure of PSA Value

High rate of 'contamination' in control arm of PLCO trial

Seeking Meaning in Ca Survival Risk Estimates

Most estimates from unselected adults not in the 'ballpark'

AUA: Striving to Reach All in Urology

Controversy, science, drama, and Mother's Day at annual meeting

Time to Retire Lithotripsy for Kidney Stones?

Proponents and opponents had their say during the AUA meeting.

AUA Offers Guidance for Kidney Stones

ORLANDO -- Treatment tailored to individual patient and stone characteristics provides the basis for an American Urological Association clinical guideline on medical management of kidney stones.

Enzyme Tx Durable for Peyronie's

ORLANDO -- Three-fourths of men with moderate to severe Peyronie's disease had meaningful improvement a year after treatment with an enzyme that dissolves scar tissue, investigators reported here.

Drug Restores Normal Orgasm in Men

ATLANTA -- Inability to achieve orgasm improved or resolved completely in almost 70% of men treated with the dopamine receptor agonist cabergoline, results of a small study showed.

Repeat Surgery Less Likely After Prostate Resection

ATLANTA -- Transurethral resection of the prostate for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia reduced the reoperation rate by half compared with newer procedures, a case review showed.

AUA: Sex and Alcohol May be Recipe for a UTI

CHICAGO -- Sex and alcohol often figure prominently in a young woman's first urinary tract infection, according to a study of college coeds.