Urology Perspective

• How the New Vitamin D Guidelines Will, and Won't, Change My Practice Dr Kenny Lin explains why he might recommend vitamin D supplements for some groups, but not necessarily for others.
  Medscape Family Medicine, July 24, 2024
• The Disturbing Sexual Trend With Real Health Consequences   Strangulation ("choking") during sex is on the rise among teens and young adults, and those being harmed are mostly women.
  Medscape Urology, July 23, 2024
• A Cash Giveaway to Improve Health   We can't just give cash to low-income folks instead of food to improve their health, can we? That's just what these researchers did.
  Medscape, July 22, 2024
• Laboratory-Developed Meat: Ethicist Says It's Worth Pursuing   Ethicist Art Caplan discusses considerations for laboratory-developed meat.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 22, 2024
• Avoid These Common Mistakes in Treating Hyperkalemia Asking patients to adhere to potassium restrictions for longer than needed is one frequent error, according to an experienced dietician.
  Medscape Nephrology, July 22, 2024
• Does This 'Stem Cell' Therapy Contain Any Actual Stem Cells?   Dr F. Perry Wilson explains why — at the moment — we have reason to be skeptical about stem cell therapies marketed for commonplace aches and pains.
  Medscape, July 16, 2024
• Ethics of Sex, Romance Among Older Adults in Nursing Homes   Ethicist Art Caplan discusses the ethics of sex among older adults in long-term care facilities.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 15, 2024
• Be Alert for Conjunctivitis: New Human Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu   Clinicians should be aware of the symptoms of bird flu seen in the first few human cases.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 09, 2024
• Infographic: PAs Feel Content With Jobs Despite Challenges A Medscape survey found that physician assistants (PAs) generally expressed high satisfaction with their careers despite various challenges.
  Medscape, July 09, 2024
• Good Vibrations: Help Patients Help Themselves to Better Sex   A sexual health researcher corrects a common misconception about female sexual pleasure.
  Medscape Urology, July 09, 2024
• Hereditary RCC: Early Diagnosis and Management Karl J. D'Silva, MD, reviews the recommendations for early diagnosis and management of hereditary RCC.
  Medscape Nephrology, July 08, 2024
• How Facial Temperature Reveals Age and Disease Find out why Dr F. Perry Wilson says that the medical tricorder perhaps wasn't as fanciful as it seemed when it was used by Dr Beverly Crusher on "Star Trek."
  Medscape, July 02, 2024
• Medscape Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report 2024 Despite overall career satisfaction among physician assistants, a minority express concerns about their relationship with doctors, patients, and administrators.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 28, 2024
• How Well Do Clinicians Support Patients' Sexual Health? Information and services related to sexual health are limited, which often leaves patients in distress and subject to misconceptions, according to one expert.
  Medscape Family Medicine, June 26, 2024
• ASCO 2024: The Effect of New Data on Prostate Cancer Care   Dr Sandy Srinivas reflects on her patients who may benefit from the results of the PSMAfore trial.
  Medscape, June 25, 2024
• Novel Strategies in Prostate Cancer From ASCO 2024   An oral androgen receptor degrader, promising results with a novel combination, and the impact of ctDNA are highlights in prostate cancer from ASCO 2024 selected by Dr Maha Hussain.
  Medscape, June 25, 2024
• Don't Fear Hormone Therapy, but Prescribe It Correctly Perimenopause is having a moment. Are you prepared to offer women the treatment options they need?
  Medscape Urology, June 24, 2024
• Online Diagnosis of STIs? Ethicist Says We Are Nowhere Close Ethicist Art Caplan discusses the use of websites for diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 24, 2024
• We Won't Solve Long COVID Until We Decide What It Is   Is a slow recovery from COVID-19 the lingering effects of a bad infection or the start of a new syndrome?
  Medscape, June 18, 2024
• Phantom Cell Lines Undermine Cancer Research Credibility Research containing mistakes (or academic malfeasance) has been included in literature reviews, sowing confusion and uncertainty.
  Medscape Oncology, June 18, 2024