MEDICAL NEWS
Shift Work May Put Damper on a Man’s Sex Life
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Disrupted sleep patterns could explain the link, three studies suggest
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JOURNAL UPDATE
Five-Year Risk of Repeat SUI, POP Surgery Less Than 10 Percent
12:00 PM EST. Higher risks for women aged 65 and older, those initially undergoing pelvic organ prolapse surgery- Combined Urine Test for T2:ERG, PCA3 Ups Prostate CA Detection
- Nine of Ten Practices Surveyed Have Dismissed Patients
- One in Five Cancers in the United States Is Considered Rare
MONTHLY JOURNAL SUMMARY
April 2017 Briefing - Urology
May 01, 2017. The Monthly Journal Summary is a single article covering the most important journal articles published in the previous 30 days.
FEATURED ARTICLES
Use of Balloon and Balloon-like devices in Medicine
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D..
I recently came across a very interesting article listing the many extended uses of the Foley’s catheter in plastic surgery [1]. This article prompted me to attempt to compile information on the various ways in which Balloon catheters and other devices based on the balloon principle have been used…
MEDICAL FOCUS
Prostate cancer
By Dr. Safaa Mahmoud Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men in the United States other than skin cancer. Of all the men who are diagnosed with cancer each…
DISCUSSION
RE: Aspirin Use as Treatment in Colorectal Cancer: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
By Jeffrey A. Gordon, M.D.Thank you for reading my article. Interesting theory. Lots of research is ongoing to figure out the many ways aspirin does it magic.
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