Urolithiasis in infants: evaluation of risk factors
Thursday, 26 January 2012- Urolithiasis in infants is not a very rare situation in Turkey, and the incidence has been increasing in recent years. F. Baştuğ and colleagues conducted a study to investigate the clinical characteristics, metabolic and anatomic risk factors for urolithiasis and...
Elevated blood lead levels in smokers linked to higher kidney cancer risk
Wednesday, 25 January 2012- Higher than normal levels of lead in the blood may signal a risk two times higher than average of developing renal cell carcinoma in smokers, according to medical researchers.
"Past studies (in cadavers) have shown that, compared with kidneys from individuals...
Wednesday, 9 March 2011- Some of the most pressing issues in urology will be addressed next week during the 26th Annual EAU Congress in Vienna, Austria, from March 18 to 22. Four plenary sessions, which will open each of the congress days, will examine issues in uro-oncology, andrology, paediatric...
Friday, 8 January 2010- Emerging treatment options that impact on the diagnosis of uro-genital cancers will be examined at the annual meeting of the EAU Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU) to be held in Vienna, Austria from January 15 to 17, 2010.
Prof. Bob Djavan, chairman of the 7th ESOU...










