Published: July 22, 2014 By Judith Graham, New York Times The National Center for Health Statistics has published a new report documenting the extent of incontinence among older adults living independently, receiving home health care services or ... Read more »
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This Time Testosterone-Myocardial Infarction (MI) Questioned
Published: Jul 2, 2014 | Updated: Jul 3, 2014 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today One of the latest contributions to the literature on testosterone and heart risk comes down on the side of the therapy's safety in older men. Learn ... Read more »
Marriage, Prostate Cancer and Intimacy
Michael Russer explains that impotence does not have to mean a loss of sexual intimacy. In fact, impotence can lead to greater sexual intimacy. Learn More ... Read more »
Urology of Virginia is now offering XIAFLEX® for Peyronie’s Patients
Now Approved! XIAFLEX® is a prescription medicine used to treat adult men with Peyronie's disease who have a "plaque" that can be felt and a curve in their penis greater than 30 degrees when treatment is started. Learn More ... Read more »
Erectile Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Events
The Journal of Sexual Medicine Volume 7, Issue 1pt1, pages 192–202, January 2010 The findings show that ED is not only significantly associated with but is also strongly predictive of subsequent atherosclerotic CV events. This is even more ... Read more »
Stone Rate Highest in August, Lowest in February
By Jody A. Charnow, Renal & Urology News, February 13, 2014, The first study to examine the role of climate on stone presentation in a large city above the Southern “stone belt” states found that emergency department (ED) visits for renal colic ... Read more »
NFL Star Tackles Prostate Cancer
FoxNews.com, January 30, 2014 The NFL and the Urology Care Foundation are teaming up for the Know Your Stats campaign – an initiative to raise awareness and encourage men to know their prostate cancer risk – with a PSA that will air during Super ... Read more »
Supplements Recalled Due to Undeclared Ingredients
Health Policy Brief, February 4, 2014: Volume XXI, Number 2 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that Midwest Wholesale is voluntarily recalling several of its products which are sold as dietary supplements for sexual ... Read more »
Surgeon general report links more diseases, health problems to smoking tobacco
By Brady Dennis, The Washington Post Published: January 17 Fifty years after the U.S. surgeon general first linked cigarette smoking to deadly diseases such as lung cancer and heart disease, his successors continue to add to the list of health ... Read more »