AMA study shows private practice medicine remains strong despite increase in hospital employment
The American Medical Association (AMA) today released new data on physician practice arrangements that shows private practice medicine remains strong despite an increase in hospital employment. This is the first nationally representative study of physician practice arrangements in five years.
BETMIGA™ (mirabegron), a new oral treatment for overactive bladder, has the potential to provide relief for patients who have discontinued prior treatment due to insufficient efficacy or poor tolerability according to a post hoc analysis of the Phase III EU/Australian study.[
Study finds laser fiber diameter information for urologists is incorrect
Neither the total nor the core diameters of laser fibers correspond to the advertised laser fiber diameter, revealed a new study investigating lasers used for urological surgery. Furthermore, there are serious differences between manufacturers of fibers with a supposedly equal diameter.
Childbirth injuries may be healed by mesenchymal stem cell transplantation
The American Medical Association (AMA) today released new data on physician practice arrangements that shows private practice medicine remains strong despite an increase in hospital employment. This is the first nationally representative study of physician practice arrangements in five years.
Childbirth injuries may be healed by mesenchymal stem cell transplantation
Vaginal delivery presents the possibility of injury for mothers that can lead to “stress urinary incontinence” (SUI), a condition affecting from four to 35 percent of women who have had babies via vaginal delivery. Many current treatments, such as physiotherapy and surgery, are not very effective.
Genetic variant linked with kidney failure in diabetic women but not men
A genetic variant on chromosome 2 is strongly linked with kidney failure in diabetic women but not in men, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
Pros and Cons: Shortening Medical School
The pros and cons of shortening medical school to three years are discussed in two perspective pieces published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Detection Bias Could Explain Bladder Cancer Risk in Diabetics
Early detection bias may explain the pattern of increased bladder cancer risk previously reported in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online in Diabetes Care.
Antimicrobial Under-Dosing Common in CVVHD
DENVER—Antimicrobial dosing may not meet guideline recommendations in a significant number of patients receiving continuous venovenous hemodialysis (CVVHD), new findings presented at the 53rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy suggest.
High BMI Increases IgA Nephropathy Renal Risks
Patients who are overweight or obese when they are diagnosed with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) have more renal risk factors than normal-weight patients, and these risk factors translate into a worse prognosis, according to researchers.
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