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

Wednesday, 8 October 2008 - In Nature Clinical Practice Urology (online publication in October 2008) Gao et al. present a 59-year-old man with complete staghorn calculi who had previously undergone ileal ureteral replacement. The patient was successfully treated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy. The authors emphasize...

Wednesday, 8 October 2008-   Medical ‘tourism’ remains a booming business in many developing countries due to the relatively cheaper medical costs they offer. But while the aggressive promotion highlights the savings and exotic destinations, it overlooks and downplays potential legal risks faced by patients...

Tuesday, 7 October 2008- Eli Lilly has agreed to buy ImClone Systems Inc for $6.5 billion, outbidding Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

“We feel that the Eli Lilly transaction vindicates our decision to oppose in 2006 a potential transaction in which the Company would have been sold at approximately $36 per share which the...

Monday, 6 October 2008-  A Canadian cancer specialist who led a study on obesity and prostate cancer said men who are overweight and who have high insulin levels when they are diagnosed with prostate cancer have a higher risk to die from the disease.

“I don't want to be sensationalist, but obesity effects and...

Friday, 3 October 2008-  A US doctor denied through his lawyers a medical malpractice charge from a patient who claimed that he did not give his consent to a surgical procedure which involved penile amputation.

News agencies in Frankfort, Kentucky (USA), said Dr. John Patterson, who faces a suit for medical...

Friday, 3 October 2008 - As British media report, a fifth person has died from an "accidental adverse healthcare event" at University College London Hospital in the past 12 months. 79-year old Desmond Sampson, a Trinidadian guitarist, was treated in the Euston hospital in July due to breathing problems but...

Friday, 3 October 2008 - A study of about1,500 kidney cancer patients treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center suggests that surgery to spare as much kidney tissue as possible may improve overall survival in patients with reduced kidney function at the time their cancer is diagnosed.

"In patients who...

Friday, 3 October 2008 - A rapid test based on determination of Nuclear Matrix Protein 22 is available for the diagnosis of urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Several studies have shown good sensitivity (0.6-0.85) and specificity (0.9-0.99) with this method. We evaluated the test in patients scheduled for...

Thursday, 2 October 2008-  Mainstream media agencies in the Czech Republic have uncovered and reported on alleged ethical infringements amongst doctors and big multinational drug companies that are reportedly engaged in the aggressive marketing of prescription drugs.

In exchange for plush holiday trips,...

Wednesday, 1 October 2008 - As distention and cooling are different sensations and supposed to be transmitted via different fiber types, it was the aim of this study to investigate the cortical. After approval of the local ethics committee, 12 healthy female subjects were included. Subjects were catheterized using a...