Vitamin D Blog: A Bedroom Boost Published: Aug 13, 2014 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Just when it seems the benefits-of-vitamin-D literature has topped out, Italian researchers have found yet another area where the vitamin/hormone may help out: the bedroom. In a study of 143 men, Alessandra Barassi, MD, of University of Milan […]
Margaret S. Pearle The Journal of Urology Volume 192, Issue 2, Pages 316–324, August 2014 Purpose The purpose of this guideline is to provide a clinical framework for the diagnosis, prevention and follow-up of adult patients with kidney stones based on the best available published literature. Materials and Methods The primary source of evidence for […]
ON 05 AUGUST 2014. Story Source A new study finds acupuncture and herbal medicine effective for treating children with bedwetting and other forms of involuntary urination. In a comparison of treatment modalities, the researchers discovered that combining acupuncture with herbal medicine creates a synergistic medicinal effect. The study group receiving both acupuncture and herbal medicine […]
Association between class III obesity (BMI of 40-59 kg/m2) and mortality: a pooled analysis of 20 prospective studies Full Text PLoS Medicine, 07/14/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article Kitahara CM, et al. – The prevalence of class III obesity (body mass index [BMI]>=40 kg/m2) has increased dramatically in several countries and currently affects 6% of […]
PracticeUpdate.com Frontline Medical News, 2014 Jul 03, R Franki Among noninstitutionalized Americans aged 65 years and older, 61.2% of women and 38% of men experience at least occasional urinary or bowel incontinence, the National Center for Health Statistics reported. Data from the 2007-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) show that 54.8% of women […]
PracticeUpdate Urinary Incontinence Responds to Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Research · July 01, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This study is a secondary data analysis of the Look AHEAD study, comparing intensive lifestyle intervention with diabetes education and counseling in men with type 2 diabetes. In the intensive lifestyle intervention group, the prevalence of incontinence decreased from 11.3% […]
Journal of Chiropractic Medicine Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2014, Pages 81-89 Robert Cooperstein DC Abstract Objective The purpose of this case report is to describe chiropractic management of a patient with overactive bladder (OAB) and to describe an hypothetical anatomical basis for a somato-vesical reflex and possible clinical link between pelvic and symphysis pubis […]
Diedtra Henderson June 23, 2014 Calcium and vitamin D supplementation may cause hypercalciuria and hypercalcemia in some postmenopausal women, according to a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Clinicians should measure blood and urine calcium levels at baseline and every 3 months in women who take the supplements, the researchers say. John Christopher Gallagher, MD, from the […]
Medscape Medical News > Conference News Alice Goodman June 15, 2014 Full Story PARIS — Erectile dysfunction (ED) is common and often severe in men suffering from gout, according to the results of a cross-sectional survey of men who presented to a rheumatology clinic. “These results strongly support the proposal to screen all men with […]
Dietary intake of fiber, fruit, and vegetables decrease the risk of incident kidney stones in women: A Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) report The Journal of Urology, 06/09/2014 Clinical Article Group WW, et al. – In this study, authors want to evaluated the relationship between dietary fiber, fruit, and vegetable intake, and the risk of kidney […]
What Matters: Prediction Rule for Kidney Stones Frontline Medical News, 2014 Jun 04, JO Ebbert Nephrolithiasis affects 1 in 11 people in the United States resulting in several million emergency department visits annually. The prevalence of nephrolithiasis is higher among men, obese individuals, and white non-Hispanics. The prevalence of kidney stones also appears to be […]
J Physiother. 2014 Mar;60(1):13-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2013.12.003. Epub 2014 Apr 24. Kannan P1, Claydon LS2. QUESTION: In women with primary dysmenorrhoea, what is the effect of physiotherapeutic interventions compared to control (either no treatment or placebo/sham) on pain and quality of life? DESIGN: Systematic review of randomised trials with meta-analysis. PARTICIPANTS: Women with primary dysmenorrhea. INTERVENTION: Any form […]
Walking Doesn’t Hurt, May Help in CKD Frontline Medical News, 2014 Apr 10, MA Moon Full Story Neither acute bouts of moderate walking nor regular moderate walking are unsafe in patients who have predialysis chronic kidney disease, and both types of exercise may actually reduce systemic inflammation and improve immune function in these patients, according […]
Medscape Medical News Larry Hand April 10, 2014 Use of sildenafil (Viagra, Pfizer) is associated with an increased risk for melanoma, according to an article published online April 7 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers caution, however, that their study does not provide sufficient evidence to change clinical recommendations for erectile dysfunction (ED) treatments. Wen-Qing Li, PhD, from the […]
The Journal of Urology, 03/08/2014 Torricelli FCM, et al. Authors studied the impact of dyslipidemia on 24–hour urinalysis and stone composition. There is a link between dyslipidemia and kidney stone risk that is independent of other components of metabolic syndrome such as diabetes and obesity. Specific alterations in the patient lipid profiles may portend unique […]
Obes Res Clin Pract 2013 Dec 01;7(6)e450-e454, CE Collins, ME Jensen, MD Young, R Callister, RC Plotnikoff, PJ Morgan Research · March 03, 2014 Full Story Journal Reference TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this study from Australia, male participants who were obese or overweight reported having significantly decreased incidence of erectile dysfunction after losing weight on a […]
02.14.2014 by Salynn Boyles Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Oophorectomy prior to menopause was associated with a greater risk for carotid artery thickening and bone loss more than a decade post menopause, researchers found. After excluding women who used estrogen or bisphosphonates, women without their ovaries showed a larger rate of bone mineral density decline in […]
Wang S. · Zhang Y. · Mao Z. · He X. · Zhang Q. · Zhang D. Urol Int (DOI: 10.1159/000356559) Abstract Objective: Epidemiologic studies have reported various results relating coffee to urolithiasis. A meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies was conducted to pool the relative risk (RR) estimates of the association between coffee and […]
Neurourol Urodyn 2014 Jan 01;33(1)67-71, M Pelaez, S Gonzalez-Cerron, R Montejo, R Barakat Research January 14, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This study found that pregnant women randomized to pelvic floor muscle training as part of a pregnancy exercise program conducted at least three times per week for at least 22 weeks were significantly less likely to report […]