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One of the reasons against PSA testing for prostate cancer screening is that this test involves biopsy which may be unnecessary and could produce complications. To assess these complications, a group of urologists from the Johns Hopkins Hospital have calculated the 30-day hospitalization rates [...]
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In its 2008-issued guideline, the USPSTF (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force) concluded that there was insufficient evidence to recommend screening for prostate cancer in men under the age of 75 years, while the procedure was recommended beyond this age. After three years, the USPSTF reconsidered [...]
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daWomen in pre-menopause who have recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) are often treated with antibiotics, but this can lead to antibiotic resistance. For this reason, other non-antibiotic therapies are being explored for the treatment of this disease. Among the natural substances being tested [...]
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Uncomplicated urinary infections, once easy to deal with, have now become difficult to treat due to many pathogens developing antibiotic resistance, in particular towards trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) and quinolones in general. As a first-line treatment, physicians are now proposing the [...]
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Both screening and prostate cancer treatment among older patients lead to no clinically favourable results, and this fact is recognized also by the most convinced supporters of prostate cancer screening. Now, two new studies add evidence to this certain element. The data from a project of American [...]
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Which are the criteria according to which a patient is sent to prostate biopsy? Traditionally, according to multiple evaluation factors, such as age, race, PSA value, clinical situation. Now, another criterion is counted in the guidelines of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and of the [...]
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The most frequent complication after a prostatectomy is, no doubt, represented by urinary incontinence, and its treatment through sphincter plastic surgery or other surgical interventions not always obtains the desired results, beside being weighed by operatory risks. In this multicentric study [...]
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The contemporary presence of localized chronic pelvic pain with a micturition disorder and a possible sexual dysfunction, for a duration of at least three months, has a greatly difficult therapeutical management, also because there are no studies with a great power indicating the elective [...]
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As the average age increases, the problem of benign prostatic hyperplasia becomes more and more frequent, so researchers have wondered whether a way exists to prevent prostate from increasing its volume. Some researchers have hypothesized that a treatment with dihydroxy-testosterone (DHT) is [...]
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In some urologic centers, the use of botulin toxin in the treatment of overactive bladder is increasing; but has this practice a foundation? With a placebo-controlled, multicentric study sponsored by pharmaceutical industry, 313 subjects with idiopathic overactive bladder and urge incontinence [...]