]> http://www.healthedia.com/latest Urology Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/science-roll/927072?rsstype=latest&cid=107 According to the Wikipedia article on self-surgery:Self-surgery is the act of performing a surgical procedure on oneself. It can be a rare manifestation of a psychological disorder, an attempt to avoid embarrassment or legal action, or an act taken i... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:01:59 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/science-roll/927072?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/927204?rsstype=latest&cid=107 While the pharmaceutical industry scrambles unsuccessfully to concoct some drug to counteract the symptoms of dementia, a research team from England has found an easy nutritional intervention that actually seems to reverse cognitive impairment. ... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:50:34 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/927204?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/a-hearty-life/926328?rsstype=latest&cid=107 The research on lung transplants being developed in Toronto CA. is one of the most exciting developments in transplant research in years. Dr. Shaf Keshavjee, and his colleagues at the Toronto General Hospital created a bubble to place damaged lungs... Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:34:52 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/a-hearty-life/926328?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/926419?rsstype=latest&cid=107 If you have diabetes, you may develop problems with arthritis at some point. New research suggests a connection between the two diseases.There are a couple reasons for this. As this article mentions, one is that if you are overweight you are more l... Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:31:28 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/926419?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/time-goes-by/926440?rsstype=latest&cid=107 [EDITORIAL NOTE: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman writes the bi-monthly Reflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest gen... Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:31:22 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/time-goes-by/926440?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/palo-alto-medical-foundation/926490?rsstype=latest&cid=107 We now use minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopy) for most kidney cases instead of traditional (open) surgery, said Dr. Keith Lee, PAMF Urology Department. With the robot, we can operate on more challenging cases without having to make an open ... Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:03:52 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/palo-alto-medical-foundation/926490?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/926293?rsstype=latest&cid=107 CVRx , Inc.'s (Minneapolis, MN) carotid stimulator Rheos Baroreflex Hypertension System, a device reported on by us before, is now being investigated in a new efficacy multi-center 300-patient trial led by Columbia University Medical Center and NewY... Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:37:41 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/926293?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/926568?rsstype=latest&cid=107 Anemia is a blood disorder in which the individual who has it has a lower than normal number of red blood cells in their blood. The person can also have anemia is the red blood cells they do have do not contain enough hemoglobin which is a iron-rich ... Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:15:10 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/926568?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/926571?rsstype=latest&cid=107 Interstitial cystitis is a urinary bladder disease, the cause of which is unknown to the science fraternity. However, several theories do exist which point towards it being an autoimmune, allergic, neurological, and/or genetic disease. What has defin... Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:00:46 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/926571?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/925626?rsstype=latest&cid=107 Boston Medical Center, where I trained for residency, is going through some tough times.With the highest proportion of poor and indigent patients in the city, they were disproportionally hurt when Massachusetts chose to lower Medicaid payments.The di... Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/925626?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/925811?rsstype=latest&cid=107 There s good news in the prostate cancer screening world. The results of a study reviewing the compliance and effectiveness of prostate cancer screening among over 150,000 men and women who participated in Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Can... Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:03:52 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/925811?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/time-goes-by/925834?rsstype=latest&cid=107 Thank all of you who left comments, sent email and telephoned to see if I am okay. I had no idea that not posting for two days would leave you with concerns. Next time I ll at least post a short announcement.Usually, I prepare the Saturday and Sun... Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:36:47 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/time-goes-by/925834?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/925996?rsstype=latest&cid=107 UTI or urinary tract infection is often defined as the infection of the urinary tract system caused by proliferation of certain type of microbes. The infection usually occurs in the pathways of the urine, it starts from kidney, to ureters, to the bla... Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:59:06 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/925996?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/925275?rsstype=latest&cid=107 The mineral selenium, in small quantities, may help reduce the risk of high risk bladder cancer, say researchers.The researchers conducted a study of almost 2000 people, 1108 didn t have cancer and 767 were newly diagnosed with bladder cancer. Whil... Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:43:21 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/925275?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/925067?rsstype=latest&cid=107 Respect Your HospitalistJust last week I had the situation of consultants calling other consultants in the middle of the night. The next morning I come in to see a very sick new patient with 4 consultants. Two were necessary at that time, and t... Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:08:36 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/925067?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/beauty-brains/924333?rsstype=latest&cid=107 Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.The rest of the Beauty Brains are taking some time off but I m toiling away trying to get the blog ready for the holiday weekend. Here are the answers to last week s Thanksgiving themed Beauty Science poll. The re... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:44:04 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/beauty-brains/924333?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/924134?rsstype=latest&cid=107 At the recently concluded Medica 2008 conference, Italian firm GlysBy was showcasing to the world its pastel-colored collection of vaginal cones, devices that the company says can aid to prevent incontinence by strengthening pelvic floor muscles.Here... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:56:19 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/924134?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/schwitzer-health/924166?rsstype=latest&cid=107 Paul Levy. President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, blogs about keeping up with the Joneses in the medical arms race. He wrote: Many months ago, I wrote about the da Vinci Robot Surgical System and expressed doubts abou... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:54:04 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/schwitzer-health/924166?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/924276?rsstype=latest&cid=107 B also has several types of cancer in its list. Who knew there were so many different types of cancer?B is for:B-cell lymphomaBasal cell carcinomaBellini duct carcinomaBladder cancerBrain tumorBreast cancerBurkitt lymphoma Tags: cancer blog, burkit... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:18:37 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/924276?rsstype=latest&cid=107 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/924391?rsstype=latest&cid=107 According to Dr. Fuhrman, eating a vegetable-based diet can help type-1 diabetics reduce their insulin requirements and keep glucose levels under excellent control. Good thing! Because a new study in Diabetes Care reveals strict blood sugar control s... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:04:56 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/924391?rsstype=latest&cid=107