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Health authorities are warning of the dangers of Ketamine, a powerful tranquilliser used on horses, which is becoming increasingly popular among young people as a recreational drug.

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 22 Nov 2009 The European Medicines Agency has adopted a set of recommendations aimed at minimising the risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis with gadolinium-containing contrast agents in patients at risk of developing the condition.

Experts agree that the urological cancer patient will benefit greatly if the delivered treatment is the result of a combined effort.

A new study from researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has found that the majority of surgeons treating prostate cancer in the United States have extremely low annual caseloads, potentially leading to increased rates of both surgical complications and cancer recurrence.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Urology / Nephrology ; Smoking / Quit Smoking Article Date: 17 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST Risk of bladder cancer for smokers has increased since the mid-1990s, with a risk progressively increasing to a level five times higher among current smokers in New Hampshire than that among nonsmokers in 2001-2004, ...

Bay Area researchers are using a new test to help determine whether a patient should be treated for prostate cancer.

Henry S. Park, BS ; Sanziana A. Roman, MD ; Julie Ann Sosa, MA, MD Arch Surg. 2009;144 :1060-1067. Objective To assess the effect of surgeon volume and specialty on clinical and economic outcomes after adrenalectomy.

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 16 Nov 2009 UroToday.com - Urinary schistosomiasis caused by the trematode parasite Schistosoma haematobium is endemic in most of Africa.

Main Category: Prostate / Prostate Cancer Also Included In: Urology / Nephrology ; Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 16 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST UroToday.com - Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonists are currently the 'standard of care' for androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer .

Steve Puckett Jr. has a different background than a lot of Charlotte CEOs. He majored in history.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force asked doctors last year to stop checking PSA levels in elderly men - the very men who are most likely to have prostate cancer.

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Genetics When children need kidney dialysis because of disease or congenital defects, doctors are forced to adapt adult-size dialysis equipment.

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 Fresenius Medical Care, the world's largest provider of dialysis products and services, announces the presentation of the first results from the CALcium acetate MAGnesium carbonate evaluation study for the new phosphate binder OsvaRen at ...

Dear Dr. Gott: My 72-year-old husband has been seeing his urologist for several years for an enlarged prostate.

Main Category: Diabetes Also Included In: Urology / Nephrology Article Date: 11 Nov 2009 - 6:00 PST New data confirms the rate of chronic kidney disease is inching upward, keeping pace with the rising rates of diabetes .

Men who regularly get moderate exercise may have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer -- including aggressive, fast-growing tumors, a new study finds.

November 08, 2009, 11:53 PM / A man with early stage prostate cancer faces a confusing choice of treatments.

Mating like rabbits: 12 of the animals with new penises tried to mate with female rabbits within a minute of being put into cages with them.

AEterna Zentaris Inc. , a global biopharmaceutical company focused on endocrine therapy and oncology, today announced publication of a scientific article in the renowned Journal of Urology, supporting the development of the Company's PI3K/Akt pathway inhibitor oral compound, perifosine, for the treatment of cancer.

Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 74-year-old male. I am in a different city almost every week and read your column whenever I can.