Clinic-wner Urologists Perform More Surgeries Than Peers
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- Clinic-wner Urologists Perform More Surgeries Than Peers
- Testosterone replacement and prostate cancer: Is therapy safe?
- In troubled times vasectomies snip and prosper
- EDAP Reports Continued and Growing Acceptance and Adoption for …
- City UI kick off alcohol summit
Clinic-wner Urologists Perform More Surgeries Than Peers
Newswise (press release)
?With ownership the potential for a conflict of interest exists? said lead study author John Hollingsworth M. a clinical lecturer in urology at the University of Michigan. Still Hollingsworth said there are other possible explanations for a discrepancy in surgery rates between doctors who own clinics and those who do not.
Testosterone replacement and prostate cancer: Is therapy safe?
Los Angeles Times
Then the growth plateaus even if more testosterone is added. In 2006 Morgentaler co-wrote a study on 345 men with low testosterone. The study — published in the journal Urology and not industry funded — showed prostate cancer risk was higher in men with the lowest testosterone a finding supported by a handful of other small-scale studies using human subjects. That was contrary to findings suggested by the Physicians’ Health Study in 1996 a discrepancy doctors cannot fully explain. And in February an analysis of data from 18 studies around the world involving nearly 4000 men with prostate cancer and more than 6000 without showed no correlation between high testosterone levels and cancer risk. The study was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Understanding the pros and cons of testosterone replacement is not easy.
In troubled times vasectomies snip and prosper
CNN
"My staff came to me and said what’s happening?" said Jones the chairman of the Department of Regional Urology of Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. "Why are we suddenly having an explosion in guys asking for vasectomies?" They looked at their statistics and realized the uptick started around November as the economic crisis deepened. ctober went down in the history books as one of Wall Street’s worst months. Since then the Cleveland Clinic has seen a 50 percent increase in vasectomies an outpatient surgery that is the cheapest form of permanent.
EDAP Reports Continued and Growing Acceptance and Adoption for …
FXBusiness
The three-day conference is one of the world’s largest urology events and attracted a record of over 12000 attendees to Stockholm Sweden from March 17-20 2009. EDAP’s presence at EAU actively focused on promoting its full range of innovative robotic user-friendly devices showcasing positive confirmed long-term patient outcomes. EDAP’s dedicated sales marketing and clinical team continuously advised informed and answered queries to increase physician awareness of the Company’s minimally invasive HIFU approach for the treatment of prostate cancer. During product demonstrations urologists had the opportunity to assess HIFU’s proven track record and patient benefits compared to more invasive treatment procedures. The EAU organization also formally invited EDAP to hold a three-day workshop at the event’s Education and Progression Session where urologists could attend dedicated e-learning training sessions for the Ablatherm-HIFU device in an effort to increase interest and make urologists more comfortable with using the technology.
City UI kick off alcohol summit
Iowa City Press Citizen
Ideas will be delivered to a 25-member steering committee co-chaired by Iowa City Mayor Regenia Bailey and UI Provost Wallace Loh. The next meeting will be scheduled within the next two months. The committee likely will meet quarterly said UI urology professor Victoria Sharp who is helping spearhead the effort. getElementById(“article-pagination”).
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