Topic: Kidney and Urologic Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research suggests that the type of specialist a prostate cancer patient sees -- rather than the patient's own preference -- may determine the treatment he receives. This is problematic, the study's authors say, because none of the options now available for treating localized prostate cancer have been shown to be any better than the others ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Childhood cancer survivors are at a four-fold increased risk of developing new cancers of the bladder later in life, new research shows. But their risk is still very small; based on the findings, fewer than one-half of a percent of all childhood cancer survivors will be diagnosed with bladder cancer by age 55. About three-quarters of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who undergo a hysterectomy to treat heavy menstrual bleeding may have higher rates of urinary tract problems over the long term than those treated with the contraceptive device Mirena, a new study suggests. The findings, published in the medical journal BJOG, do not mean that Mirena is the better treatment option for heavy menstrual. But ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Aggressive treatment with blockbuster anemia drugs may offer the best approach for kidney dialysis patients with severe anemia, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. But aggressive treatment only made things worse for patients in the final stages of kidney disease with mild anemia, they reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings may help guide ...
