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Overview: Medical Minutes In Urology (Health Video) with Leading Physicians
2007-11-21 08:17:00 In this Medical Minute (Health Video), Dr. Vaughan of Cornell Urology, presents colorful, short healthcare anecdotes in describing the … all » value and mission behind HealthTheater.tv’s “Medical Minutes in Urology.” This health video series with leading healthcare physicians represents a new era in online health video education. Source: An Original HealthTheater.tv Health Video ...
Advanced Age No Bar to Liver Transplant
2007-09-18 16:55:00 THURSDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) — Age alone doesn’t increase the risk of death among liver transplant patients age 70 or older and shouldn’t restrict liver transplantation in the elderly, a new study finds. A team at the University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine reviewed the records of 62 patients age 70 ...
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Expenses Overshadow Optimism for Kidney Failure Patients
2007-09-18 16:55:00 THURSDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) — While there has been progress in the prevention and treatment of kidney failure in the United States, soaring costs remain a major issue, a new analysis shows. In 2004, the most recent year for which complete data were available, 104,364 Americans (about 0.03 percent of the population) started dialysis or ...
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Lowering Blood Protein Won?t Help Kidney Patients
2007-09-18 16:55:00 TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) — Lowering blood levels of an inflammation-linked protein called homocysteine won’t help people with serious kidney disease live any longer, new research concludes. The study, which is published in the Sept. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that although people who took extra folic acid, vitamin ...
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Stem Cell Therapy Disappoints Against Rare Kidney Ailment
2007-09-18 16:54:00 WEDNESDAY, Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) — In a disheartening result that confounds existing research, a team in France says a new stem cell therapy for a rare kidney disease is no better than the usual chemotherapy-only approach. The study “has major limitations and must be interpreted with caution,” said Dr. S. Vincent Rajkumar, a professor of ...
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Lack of guidelines on kidney stone attacks puts travellers at risk
2007-09-18 16:53:00 Inadequate guidelines about the dangers of kidney stones could be putting travellers? lives ? and their medical insurance ? at risk, according to the March issue of the urology journal BJU International. Urologists have called for transport companies to put stringent staff guidelines in place to tackle the condition, which can cause sudden, severe and debilitating ...
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Biopsy underestimates prostate cancer in obese men
2007-09-18 16:52:00 DURHAM, N.C. — Obese and overweight men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer by biopsy are more likely than healthy weight men to actually have a more aggressive case of the disease than the biopsy results would indicate, according to a study led by a Duke University Medical Center researcher. The finding suggests that misleading biopsy ...
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Trospium chloride could have additional topical effects on the bladder
2007-09-18 16:52:00 A commonly prescribed incontinence drug may help patients in more than one way, according to research completed by the University of Pittsburgh. When taken orally, trospium chloride not only helps control symptoms of overactive bladder systemically, but according to this study, it also may help control symptoms in the bladder itself when it comes into ...
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Chlamydia trachomatis home test kits found highly effective
2007-09-18 16:51:00 Researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have evidence that more than one-third of young women are willing and able to use a free, easily available home test kit to privately and accurately learn if they are infected with Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD) in this group. Among the women, mostly under age ...
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Interstitial cystitis biomarkers identified, could lead to first test
2007-09-18 16:50:00 SAN ANTONIO ? University of Pittsburgh researchers have isolated two biomarkers for interstitial cystitis (IC), a chronic and painful pelvic disease for which there currently is no test. The discovery of these biomarkers could lead to a definitive test for IC and have the potential to lead to new therapies. Results of two studies are ...
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia associated with chronic renal disease
2007-09-18 16:49:00 ROCHESTER, Minn. — Men who experience signs and symptoms of a prostate obstruction resulting from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) are three times more likely than other men to develop chronic kidney disease, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published in this month’s edition of Kidney International. “This is the first study on the topic ...
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Urology Board Review (Pearls of Wisdom) 2nd Edition
2007-09-15 04:52:00 Urology Board Review (Pearls of Wisdom) 2nd Edition by Stephen W. Leslie. Why waste time guessing at what you need to know for the Urology Boards? Maximize your exam preparation time with this quick-hit question and answer review. The unique question and single-answer format eliminates the guesswork associated with traditional multiple-choice Q & A reviews and reinforces only the correct answers you'll need to know on exam day. Emphasis is placed on distilling key facts and clinical pearls essential for exam success. This high-yield review for the Urology Boards is the perfect compliment to larger texts for intense, streamlined review in the days and weeks before your exam. About the Author Stephen W. Leslie, MD, is affiliated with Lorain Surgical Specialties in Lorain, Ohio. Book Details Paperback: 544 pages Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange; 2 edition (September 19, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 0071464549 ISBN-13: 978-0071464543 Book Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 1.1...
Women Domination Changes In Urology Diseases
2007-09-09 03:31:00 This 1.5 minutes medical session is a “must-seen” video, an interview with Dr. E. Darracott Vaughan, JR., M.D., Senior Associate Dean Clinical Affair at Cornell NYC Presbyterian Medical School. Dr Vaughn and his team revealed that women are likely to become more common with urinary disease, such as UTI’s, kidney stones, etc than man this ...
Pediatric Neurology: A Case-Based Review
2007-08-21 11:29:00 Tena Rosser,” Pediatric Neurology: A Case-Based Review” Publisher:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Pages:336 | 2006-08-01 | ISBN:0781778883 Pediatric Neurology: A Case-Based Review is the first pediatric neurology review book written specifically for neurology residents preparing for the oral boards. The book presents sixty cases with discussions structured according to the neurology oral boards format: localization of ...
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Futurology: 2008
2007-08-16 20:27:00 To mark the 60th anniversary of the world?s first computer, independent trade association Manchester Digital is proposing to stage a huge global technology conference to take place in Manchester next autumn.To be called Futurology: 2008 Manchester UK, the event will bring together high profile speakers from across the world to discuss the latest in futurology ? what technology has in store for us in the future. on manchesterdigital.com
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Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology Explained
2007-03-02 05:49:02 "Neuropsychiatry” has become a popular term that has been appropriated by large numbers of psychiatrists who have in common the belief that the brain is the organ of behavior. Neuropsychiatrists share the theory that biological processes, including cognition, mood, memory, speech, and language, underlie consciousness. This is distinct from behavioral neurology, which appeared historically as a lesion-oriented field, distinct from psychiatry. |
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