Editorial: Interdisciplinary care is a key challenge to urologists
Dear Friends,
I have been in office as Secretary General of the EAU for almost a year and a half now. Occasionally I used the opportunity to present some ideas and opinions in EUT, but I intend to do so more often and I hope that it will prompt you to come back to me with your suggestions.
One of the most...
Landmark US study shows personalised treatment increases kidney cancer patient survival
Thursday, 6 November 2008- A US study of nearly 1,500 patients treated for kidney cancer at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the last 15 years shows that an aggressive, tailored treatment approach results in better survival rates and uncovered subsets of kidney cancer that behave differently...
Edited by: JV
FDA approves Pfizer drug for treatment of overactive bladder
Thursday, 6 November 2008 - Pfizer has announced that the FDA has approved Toviaz extended release tablets for the treatment of overactive bladder symptoms. Toviaz will be available in the US in the first half of 2009.
The approval of Toviaz is based on two large 12-week Phase III clinical studies of 1,964...
Edited by: FGR
MIT team develops novel scaffold useful for tissue engineering
Wednesday, 5 November 2008- Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have developed a new technique that may one day help in mending damaged heart tissues.
The team has developed a novel scaffold, on which it claims to place living heart cells or stem cells that would later develop...
Source: Medical News
American Medical Systems reports strong earnings growth
Wednesday, 5 November 2008 - American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. reported revenue of $117.5 million for the third quarter of 2008, a 7.7 percent increase over sales of $109.0 million in the comparable quarter of 2007. Currency translation had a positive impact on revenue of $2.1 million in the third quarter...
Edited by: FGR
Guardian News announces Hamdy's appointment in Oxford
Tuesday, 4 November 2008- The London daily Guardian News has announced in its careers in higher education section the recent appointment of Prof. Freddie Hamdy as Nuffield professor of surgery at Oxford University.
Hamdy is the current chairman of the European Association of Urology’s (EAU) scientific office....
Edited by: JV
Watson Pharmaceuticals reported a positive third quarter
Tuesday, 4 November 2008 - Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, reported financial results for its third quarter. Net revenue for the third quarter 2008 increased $46.0 million or eight per cent from the third quarter 2007 to $640.7 million, and net income was $71.1 million, or...
Edited by: FGR
Increasing birth defects in boys prompt attention to phthalates
Monday, 3 November 2008- Paediatricians in the United States are turning their attention to hormone-disrupting chemicals called phthalates in an attempt to explain the rising incidence of birth defects such as hypospadias.
At the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, paediatric urologist Howard Snyder says...
Edited by: JV/Philadelphia Inquirer
Closer collaboration, more investigators needed for GPIU Study
Friday, 31 October 2008 - The Global Prevalence Study on Infections in Urology (GPIU-Study) is seeking closer collaboration with more investigators and has scheduled the line-up of study days starting next week as part of efforts to further widen the project’s coverage.
In order to efficiently collect the...
By: Joel Vega
Biomedical engineering is newest addition in Yale’s free online courses
Thursday, 30 October 2008- The Yale free online courses has added eight new online courses in history, economics, literature and, for the first time, biomedical engineering. The online courses, taught by leading faculty have been added to “Open Yale Courses,” the university’s free and open online education...
Edited by: JV
