Urology News

• Erectile Dysfunction in Diabetes May Be Underestimated Erectile dysfunction is common even among men within a year of their diabetes diagnosis. A researcher from the German Diabetes Center discusses what is known about this problem.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• AACE 2022 Debate Continues on Combination Therapy for Hypothyroidism Clinicians shouldn't dismiss patients who complain about residual symptoms despite TSH normalization with levothyroxine, say thyroid experts who have rekindled a long-running debate at the AACE meeting.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• How a Separation Agreement Could Save Your Career Even if you're not planning to leave your job, it's wise to lock in a separation agreement; it can affect your future career.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Prostate Cancer Survival: Enzalutamide Edges Out Abiraterone Men with metastatic disease who received enzalutamide demonstrated a small but significant survival benefit. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• AUA 2022 AUA 2022: A Report From the Trenches Colorado urologist Henry M. Rosevear, MD, offers his take on the scientific highlights of this year's annual meeting of the American Urological Association.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Patients' Bad Behavior Provokes Burnout in Physicians: Study Mistreatment and discrimination by patients increase the risk of physician burnout; for 1 in 5 physicians, patients refused care because of the physician's appearance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• AACE 2022 Biotin: Good for Hair and Nails, Bad for Thyroid Lab Tests New study supports prior finding that about 7% of the population uses products containing biotin in doses high enough to interfere with many laboratory tests, including those of thyroid function.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• AACE 2022 Abaloparatide Works in 'Ignored Population': Men With Osteoporosis Study finds increased bone mineral density from baseline to 1 year in men with osteoporosis, an 'ignored population.'
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Writing Out Common Medical Terms Boosts Patient Knowledge: Study Research published in JAMA Network Open shows that patients are more likely to understand their health conditions when healthcare providers avoid abbreviations and acronyms in written communications.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Radiologists Feeling the Effects of Contrast-Media Shortage The current global shortage of iodinated contrast media is forcing radiologists to make changes in diagnostic imaging to conserve contrast without affecting patient health.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• AUA 2022 Sex Toys for Science Researchers at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles will investigate whether vibrators can improve sexual and physical health in women.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• AUA 2022 Most Men With Low-Risk Prostate Tumors Now Forgoing Treatment Acceptance of active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer hit a record high in 2021, although the US still lags internationally, new figures showed.
  Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2022
• AUA 2022 Value of Screening Urinalysis Prior to Office Procedures Questioned A new study found that routine urine testing did not reduce the risk of UTIs after office-based cytology.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2022
• Are Physician White Coats Becoming Obsolete? The white coat has been the traditional physician garb. But since the pandemic, more have been wearing scrubs or more casual clothing. What's best for physicians to wear?
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Diabetes Doubles Risk of Death From COVID-19; East-West Divide? 'These findings are interesting because they reveal that worse outcomes due to COVID-19 in people with diabetes can be reduced in the right setting,' says an expert.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Hormonal Therapy Produces Best Cryptorchidism Outcomes Independent of surgery, hormonal therapy of young boys with cryptorchidism promotes testicular descent and increases the likelihood of adequate sperm quality when they are adults.
  First Look, May 13, 2022
• Nearly 234,000 Cancer Cases Predicted in Canada This Year Although overall cancer rates are declining in Canada, the number of cases and deaths continue to climb due to population growth and an aging population.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Docs Check Mail for Ways to Return -- and Ruin -- Extra Opioids One proposal would require that prescriptions be given with envelopes to send back unused medication.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• Colorado Law Would Lift Veil of Secrecy on Sperm Donations First-of-its-kind legislation would make identities and medical histories of sperm donors available to offspring and limit the number of families that can emanate from a single donor.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• What Are Common Misconceptions About Nurses? Nurses nationwide recently expressed outrage after Bravo talk show host Andy Cohen commented about the attractiveness of a nurse-actress on his show. Do you confront misconceptions about your role?
  Medscape Reader Polls, May 10, 2022