Which of the following factors will cause higher risk of renal cancer:

Thursday, 18 September 2008-  In both sides of the Atlantic this month a barrage of information on urological diseases will most likely reach a wider audience, thanks to the promotional campaigns launched by both medical and public organisations to heighten public awareness. But while in the US the focus is on...

Monday, 15 September 2008- For patients with radiation or chemical cystitis refractory to standard therapy, submucosal injection of botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) into the bladder wall appears promising, according to a report recently published by Reuters Health.

In a case series reported in the September issue of BJU...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008 - High meat consumption could potentially increase the risk of bladder cancer, but findings from epidemiologic studies are inconsistent. Larsson et al. (2008) prospectively examined the association between meat intake and bladder cancer risk in a population-based cohort study.

The authors...

Friday, 5 Septerber 2008 - HealthTronics, Inc. renewed his intention to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Endocare’s common stock for $2.28 per share. James Whittenburg, President and Chief Executive Officer of HealthTronics wrote a letter to the Endocare, Inc. Board of Directors to reaffirm its proposal....

Wednesday, 3 September 2008 - For the first time Prof. Ashok K. Hemal, a urologist at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, repaired a rare type of hernia using robot-assisted, minimally invasive surgery. The surgery required only an 18-hour hospital stay; typically, the repair involves major surgery and...

Monday, 1 September 2008 - The scandal of the disputed stem cell study at the university of Innsbruck in Austria has a first sacrifice. Prof. Clemens Sorg, German immunologist and rector of the Medical University of Innsbruck, has been dismissed without notice due to a "serious breach of his...

Wednesday, 20 August 2008 -   The lawyer of an Austrian urologist has told a UK-based science magazine that his client has not violated Austrian law in a case that involved the use of a novel stem cell therapy for patients with incontinence problems. The case attracted media attention following statements...

Tuesday, 19 August 2008 - Austrian health authorities said clinical trials conducted by researchers at a medical school in Austria were marred with procedural and ethical irregularities. 

Austria’s Agency for Health and Food Safety reported that clinical trails on stem cell and incontinence research led by...

Monday, 18 August 2008 - Cancer patients are nearly twice as likely as the U.S. general population to commit suicide, according to a study by researchers at the University of Washington. The study (Misono S, et al. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.) compared suicide rates among people diagnosed with cancer in the...

Friday, 15 August 2008 - Prostate cancer remains one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and a leading cause of cancer death in men. Initially, prostate tumors respond to hormonal therapies, but androgen-independent tumors refractory to these therapies emerge. Identifying the mechanisms responsible for the...