Urology News

• AUGS 2022 Care Gaps Common After Anal Sphincter Injuries From Childbirth A scarcity of documented complications at one health system suggests that physicians may miss symptoms after a severe vaginal tear.
  Medscape Medical News, June 15, 2022
• SLEEP 2022 Snoring Can Lead to a Sedentary Lifestyle Snoring can lead to more fatigue and less energy, which can harm health and well-being and lead to a more sedentary lifestyle.
  Medscape Medical News, June 15, 2022
• Doctor Deception: AMA Takes Aim Against Physician Disinformation A new AMA policy focuses on COVID anti-vaxxers and promoters of bad cures, but could be applied to any public health situation and might affect licensing and board certification of physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, June 14, 2022
• Will Changing Your Office Design Save Time and Improve Care? Family physicians say their redesigned practices are more efficient and save them time in their busy day. But are there downsides?
  Medscape Medical News, June 14, 2022
• What Doctors Wish Patients Knew About Being a Practicing Physician Doctors often have good reasons for running late or not prescribing medications patients want. But those reasons may not be transparent to patients. What do you wish patients knew?
  Medscape Reader Polls, June 13, 2022
• New York Fund Apologizes for Role in Tuskegee Syphilis Study Altruistic as they might sound, the checks — $100 at most — were no simple act of charity: They were part of an almost unimaginable scheme.
  Associated Press, June 13, 2022
• AUGS 2022 Surgeons May Underestimate Recovery From Incontinence Operation An analysis found no way to predict which patients will take longer to return to work and other activities after midurethral sling procedures.
  Medscape Medical News, June 13, 2022
• ENDO 2022 New Guideline for In-Hospital Care of Diabetes Says Use CGMs Patients with diabetes or newly recognized hyperglycemia get admitted to every patient service in the hospital and their glycemic management can have a major effect on their outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, June 12, 2022
• ENDO 2022 Avexitide Promising for Hypoglycemia After Weight Loss Surgery The GLP-1 receptor antagonist reduced all levels of hypoglycemia, by different measures, and in patients who had undergone different bariatric surgery procedures.
  Medscape Medical News, June 12, 2022
• New Studies Show Growing Number of Trans, Nonbinary Youth in US Two new reports indicate that more young people in the US under age 25 self-identify as trans and nonbinary than older individuals.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2022
• ENDO 2022 Male Contraceptive Pill Appears Feasible in Very Early Trials By lowering testosterone levels without untoward hypogonadism, early data show that once-daily contraceptive pills for men could be feasible.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2022
• Physician Incomes Rebounding From Pandemic: Survey Steady savings and solid wealth-building are also keeping physicians in the black during challenging times, according to a new survey of US physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2022
• New Advances Transform Treatment of Prostate Cancer A urologist describes improvements in imaging, the importance of genetics, and progress toward personalized treatment of prostate cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2022
• Simple Procedure Enables Pregnancy in Infertile Women: Study Many women with blocked fallopian tubes don't have true obstructions, and a simple technique can guide doctors, new research has found.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2022
• 'P-Shot' for Erectile Dysfunction: Pricey and Without Proof Platelet-rich plasma injections are widely offered for ED, despite lack of evidence or standardized protocols, and are often given by untrained professionals, according to this "secret shopper" study.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2022
• ENDO 2022 Jury Still Out on Cardiovascular Safety of Testosterone A meta-analysis may provide some reassurance of the short-term cardiovascular safety of testosterone therapy for male hypogonadism until definitive 5-year TRAVERSE trial findings are available, expected in late 2022.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2022
• Have Docs Traded Golf for Pickleball as Their Favorite Sport? For its networking, exercise, and convenience, pickleball is gaining favor among physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2022
• Substance Use the Main Cause of Physician License Actions: Study More than three fourths of license actions against physicians were related to substance use, researchers found.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2022
• 'Medical Maximizers' Dole Out Unneeded Antibiotics for ASB But then, so did most primary care clinicians in a recent survey.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2022
• Physicians React: Burnout Rates Are Alarming, so Who Should Drive Change? Physicians express opinions and reactions about the extent of burnout in the medical profession, how it arises, and what combination of employer and community minimizes burnout factors.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2022