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He knows all the medical jargon, has several degrees and is part of a successful practice in Muskegon.

Every year, thousand and thousands of men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. Many are treated and soon cancer free, but experts all say, the key is catching the cancer early.

Click over to the history tab in your browser and scan what's there. We're going to bet there's at least one semi-embarrassing health question you've been trying to get to the bottom of, but would never breathe a word about to your doctor.

LIFE model and testicular cancer survivor Anthony Weston has stripped off for an Oxford charity's upfront new poster campaign.

VIEW: Pictured from left are Airedale New Venture's Mike Yates, team lead urology Anita Graham, consultant urologist Philip Koenig, healthcare support worker Angela Stroud and associate specialist in urology Hassan Khan Patients with kidney or bladder problems will not have to travel as far for treatment after A 50,000 of equipment was bought for ... (more)

The need to add tissue preserving therapies to the prostate cancer treatment continuum was highlighted prominently at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association , in San Diego.

With Successful Launch of Sonatherm HIFU Surgical Ablation System at AUA, SonaCare Medical Delivers on the Promise of Image Guided Minimally Invasive Technology With Successful Launch of Sonatherm HIFU Surgical Ablation System at AUA, SonaCare Medical Delivers on the Promise of Image Guided Minimally Invasive Technology /PRNewswire/ -- The need to ... (more)

My husband is currently in La Paz, Bolivia at the moment and is running into some trouble finding a Urologist that will take him.

In Los Angeles, there are plenty of different medical clinics from which to choose.

International urology and nephrology , Vol. 43, No. 2. , pp. 581-584, doi:10.1007/s11255-010-9755-2 Thrombotic microangiopathy in renal transplantation generally develops during treatment with calcineurin inhibitors.

The costly form of radiation therapy that has become the norm for prostate cancer in the United States may be no better than the older, cheaper variety -- at least for some men, a new study suggests.

New Delhi, May 18 : Practical issues related to disability like rehabilitation, empowerment, main-streaming, education and employment need to be addressed on a priority basis, experts said here Saturday.

Ananias Diokno, M.D., Beaumont Health System's executive vice president and chief medical officer since September 2006, will step down from his administrative role effective June 1 and retire on Sept.

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Heart Disease ; Cholesterol ; Cardiovascular / Cardiology Article Date: 19 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT LDL cholesterol is not a useful marker of heart disease risk in patients with kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology .

UC Irvine Health urologists and health policy experts report in a new study that two written assessments that identify existing comorbidities - the patient-reported Total Illness Burden Index for Prostate Cancer and the physician-reported Charlson Comorbidity Index - can successfully target prostate patients who would not benefit from biopsy to ... (more)

Main Category: Transplants / Organ Donations Also Included In: Urology / Nephrology ; Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Article Date: 17 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT Obese patients who received robotic kidney transplants had fewer wound complications than patients who received traditional "open" transplant surgery, according to surgeons at the University of ... (more)

During routine bloodwork, my PSA showed a slight movement upward. My family doctor wanted me to see a urologist for further tests.

Main Category: Prostate / Prostate Cancer Also Included In: Bones / Orthopedics ; Urology / Nephrology Article Date: 16 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT Androgen deprivation therapy is a common and effective treatment for advanced prostate cancer .

New overseas guidelines on who should be tested for the second-most-common cause of cancer deaths in Australian men were released recently.

Correspondence: Dr JL Wright, Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific, Box 356510, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.