key articles
Impact of sexual dysfunction in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
Friday, 21 March 2008 - Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) represents the most common and debilitating prostatitis syndrome and the symptoms cause substantial morbidity, reduced quality of life (QOL), and...
Authors: Lee et al.
Symptom bother and health care-seeking behaviour among individuals with overactive bladder
Thursday, 13 March 2008 - Overactive bladder (OAB) is a common condition in both men and women. About 12% of the population reports OAB symptoms, and prevalence increases with age. Although OAB symptoms affect the quality of...
Authors: Irwin et al.
Drug therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with benign prostatic obstruction
Thursday, 21 February 2008 - The relationship between erectile dysfunction (ED) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) caused by benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) has recently gained increasing attention. Both BPO and ED are...
Authors: Gur et
Benign prostatic hyperplasia. Part 1 - diagnosis
Thursday, 21 February 2008 - Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are often considered to be due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or benign prostatic enlargement. However, such symptoms are also common in women and in men...
Authors: Wilt & N'Dow
Chronic suprapubic catheterization in the management of patients with spinal cord injuries: analysis of upper and lower urinary tract complications
Tuesday, 12 February 2008 -Sugimura et al. (2008) assessed whether chronic suprapubic catheterization (SPC) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) is associated with a higher incidence of significant urinary tract...
Authors: Sugimura et al.
Cholinergic Innervation and Muscarinic Receptors in the Human Prostate - Review
Friday, 1 February 2008 - In light of recent interest in the use of muscarinic receptor antagonists for the treatment of male lower urinary tract symptoms, understanding how such drugs work not only on the bladder but also on the...
Authors: Witte et al.
Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men
Sunday, 27 January 2008 - Lower urinary tract symptoms and erectile dysfunction (ED) have been identified as independent risk factors for each other and also have a number of shared risk factors including age, smoking, obesity,...
Authors: Gales & Gales
Injectables in the prostate
Friday, 25 January 2008 - Benign prostatic hyperplasia with associated symptoms and morbidity is increasingly common among aging men. Medical treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms is the mainstay of therapy with progressive...
Authors: Saemi & Plante
Plant extracts: sense or nonsense?
Thursday, 24 January 2008 - In a review, Madersbacher et al. (2008) assessed the current role of plant extracts in the medical management of lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic enlargement/benign prostatic...
Authors: Madersbachers et al.
The role of anticholinergic drugs in men with lower urinary tract symptoms
Wednesday, 23 January 2008 - Male lower urinary tract symptoms are often attributed to benign prostatic hyperplasia. However, coexisting overactive bladder may be responsible for storage symptoms in a substantial proportion....
Authors: Armitage & Emberton
