The use of diuretics in acute renal failure (ARF) increases the risk of death and nonrecovery, according to the results of a cohort study published

Editor’s Note: In an educational debate in the Nov. 2 issue of the British Medical Journal, Jonathan I. Groner, MD, suggests that doctors should not

Though rapid bone loss frequently follows kidney transplantation, lumbar bone marrow density stabilizes within several years, according to a report in the November issue of

Healthcare groups from 14 nations have formed a new organisation with the goal of developing international guidelines to harmonise clinical practice standards and general healthcare.

For-profit kidney dialysis facilities cut corners that cause as many as 2,500 more deaths each year than non-profit centers, according to a meta-analysis to be

Bladder tumors that arise in patients exposed to high levels of arsenic demonstrate greater chromosomal instability than those that develop in patients exposed to lower

More than half of men with erectile dysfunction in a preliminary study reported improved erection while taking Korean red ginseng, investigators in Korea report in

Organ transplantation poses “tough ethical problems” that have been greatly compounded by the growing trend toward transplants that use organs from living donors, not cadavers,

Eli Lilly said on Friday that its erectile dysfunction drug tadalafil (Cialis) could not be launched immediately in Europe following a switch in manufacturing sites.

Robot-assisted prostatectomy (RAP) may be as good or better than the standard procedure, radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP), according to the results of a study published

Breast cancer and prostate cancer head the list of the most common cancers, regardless of race, among American women and men respectively, government official announced

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a nationwide alert to warn against the use of injectable drugs prepared by Urgent Care Pharmacy

What four industrialized nations did to offset the financial threat posed by covering the erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment Viagra may serve as a blueprint for

Antiretroviral drugs, especially protease inhibitors (PIs), seem to be related to sexual dysfunction in men with HIV infection, according to a prospective analysis conducted in

Merck & Co. Inc. said on Wednesday that its angiotensin receptor blocker Cozaar (losartan) has received a UK licence for renal protection in patients with

“איכות הזרע אצל גברים בירושלים פחתה בעשור האחרון בשיעור של עד כ 30%. אם מגמה זו תמשך פוטנציאל הפוריות עלול לרדת ומספר הזוגות הפונים לטיפולי

In mice genetically engineered to develop prostate cancer, a diet supplemented with flaxseed, which is rich in omega-3 fatty acids and fiber, inhibits the growth

A new multi-target DNA assay appears to be better than cytologic evaluation in detecting recurrent transitional cell cancer of the bladder, according to a report

German doctors are being urged to improve hygiene standards after a study revealed that just one in three endoscopes used by practice-based general practitioners and

The relatively low specificity of free PSA testing may be improved by testing for a subform of PSA known as intact PSA, according to a