Lessons Learned from the Geriatric Education for Specialty Residents Program
Thursday, 02 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - In 1994, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), with funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation, created the Geriatrics for Specialists Project.
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Non-Selective Antimuscarinic Agents that Cross the Blood Brain Barrier Are More Likely to Cause Cognitive Dysfunction in the Elderly
Thursday, 28 April 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Dr. Gary Kay from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and Dr. Lisa Granville from the Florida State University Medical School reviewed the medical literature to determine the published effects of antimuscarinic therapy, when used for the treatment overactive bladder (OAB), on CNS function.
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Urologists? Ability to Assess Patient Life Expectancy Suggests Need for More Education and Training
Thursday, 21 April 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Assessment of patient life expectancy is an important variable in considering treatment alternatives or deciding on delivery of any treatment to an individual patient for a disease process, in particular cancer.
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Tension-Free Vaginal Tape Procedures Can Be Performed Safely and Efficaciously In Women ≥ 70 Years Old
Thursday, 31 March 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Since the introduction of the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) by Ulmsten and colleagues in 1996, it has become one of the most commonly performed procedures for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
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Preoperative Cognitive Deficits and Longer Operative Times Are Significant Risk Factors for Postoperative Acute Confusional State (ACS) in a Non-Selected Urologic Population
Wednesday, 30 March 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The development of postoperative delirium can be distressing to all those involved and may compromise the patient's outcome.
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair is Well Tolerated and Efficacious In Women 80 Years of Age and Older
Tuesday, 22 March 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - With increasing human longevity, undoubtedly more older women will require or request surgery to correct vaginal prolapse.
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Help-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors of Women with Urinary Incontinence: Results of a Multi-National Survey
Monday, 21 March 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Although there has been increased public awareness and information regarding urinary incontinence (UI), many women with UI still find it difficult to seek medical help.
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Study Focuses on the Feasibility and Limitations of Comorbidity Measurement in Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy
Tuesday, 22 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Although there are extensive studies that investigate tumor-related prognostic factors in early prostate cancer, relatively few reports are available on the prognostic significance of the concomitant disease.
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Authors Present Application of Omentum-wrapped Uretero-ureterocutaneostomy After Palliative Cystectomy
Friday, 18 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Uretro-ureterocutaneostomy (UUC) is the simplest form of incontinent urinary diversion, but it was almost abandoned worldwide when Bricker described the ileal conduit in 1952.
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An Approach to the Peri-operative Care of Fragile Patients Undergoing Cystectomy
Monday, 07 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Radical cystectomy and urinary diversion is the standard treatment approach for muscle invasive bladder cancer.
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Acute Respiratory and Urinary Tract Infections Increase the Incidence of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke
Wednesday, 02 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Studies in animals suggest that chronic inflammation may accelerate atherosclerotic disease and therefore increase the risk of a vascular event.
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Risk Factors for UTI in Postmenopausal Women
Tuesday, 01 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Urinary tract infections (UTI) are a common problem for many women.
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Chronic Kidney Disease Tied to Cognitive Impairment
Monday, 22 November 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Results of a study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggest an association between cognitive impairment and the severity of kidney disease.
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Abdominal Surgery in the Elderly Can Lead to Protracted Disability
Friday, 19 November 2004
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Dr. Lawrence and colleagues from San Antonio, Texas performed a prospective cohort study to determine how the elderly recover from major abdominal surgery and what variables may predict their outcomes.
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Elderly Patients Underrepresented in Trials of New Cancer Drugs
Wednesday, 17 November 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research indicates that cancer patients over 65 years of age are underrepresented in registration trials of new cancer agents.
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