Archive for November, 2009
Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy: Predictors Of Prolonged Warm Ischemia
UroToday.com - The best management of patients with small renal masses is the nephron sparing approach. This has been well shown to improve patients’ long-term renal function while providing equivalent oncologic management of their disease compared to open radical surgery. Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) is a technically challenging surgical procedure and as such has been slow to gain widespread application for small, localized renal tumors.Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsTumor Perfusion Assessed By Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI (DCE MRI) Correlates To The Grading Of Renal Cell Carcinoma
UroToday.com - The purpose of the clinical study was to evaluate whether quantitative parameters of tumor vascularisation assessed by DCE-MRI enable the determination of the morphologic grading of renal cell carcinomas non-invasively. Our prospective study included 21 patients suspected of having renal cell carcinoma with a mean age of 61.5 years. 8 patients had to be excluded prior to the study for having another histology or an insufficient MR-examination.Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsTumor Perfusion Assessed By Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI (DCE MRI) Correlates To The Grading Of Renal Cell Carcinoma
UroToday.com - The purpose of the clinical study was to evaluate whether quantitative parameters of tumor vascularisation assessed by DCE-MRI enable the determination of the morphologic grading of renal cell carcinomas non-invasively. Our prospective study included 21 patients suspected of having renal cell carcinoma with a mean age of 61.5 years. 8 patients had to be excluded prior to the study for having another histology or an insufficient MR-examination.Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsThe Effect Of On-Line Position Correction On The Dose Distribution In Focal Radiotherapy For Bladder Cancer
UroToday.com - Radiotherapy, given in 20-25 fractions over 4-5 weeks, is usually the second choice for the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer, behind radical cystectomy. Only patients unfit or unwilling to undergo surgery are referred for radiotherapy. An advantage of radiotherapy is that the healthy part of the bladder can be saved in case of a uni-focal lesion.Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsOne point away from being diabetic
Q. I was recently told by my doctor that I am 0.1 point away from becoming
a diabetic. Needless to say, I#39;m worried and I started changing my diet
and lifestyle to get me through this. But I am
getting really confused on what I can and cannot eat. I was watching
carbs, then learned I have to start watching the starch in foods, now
I’m reading about eGL and have no idea what to eat.#0160;
Question #1: Can you tell me how my body processes food and turns it into sugar? I
mean: if I eat something with 2g of sugar, 15 carbs and with an eGL of 5, what am I actually eating in a sugar count?
Question #2: Do I really need to worry this much or just avoid junk food, fast food,
potatoes, rice, grain products, start getting some exercise to l…
A Piece of Embarrassment Pie.
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I had a few run-ins with the gentlest of diabetes police - people who don’t mean to be second-guessing me or asking me why I’m eating that, but still, they can’t help but ask.nbsp; Sometimes their questions are subtle and we end up having a quiet, private discussion about what type 1 diabetes means to my life, and I welcome these opportunities as ways to help educate and advocate.But other times, when I’m standing there with a piece of pie in my hand and about to sink my fork into it, knowing full-well that I am at a very good blood sugar and have bolused for the pie carefully, and someone asks, quot;Why are you eating that?quot; … I feel completely defeated.nbsp; And embarrassed.nbsp; Can’t a girl just have…
No commentsXMRV Is Present In Malignant Prostatic Epithelium And Is Associated With Prostate Cancer, Especially High-Grade Tumors
UroToday.com - In the September 22, 2009 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Robert Schlaberg and colleagues verify that the DNA and protein from the xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) exists in prostate cancer (CaP) tissue. The initial report in 2006 linked the gammaretrovirus XMRV in CaP patients with reduced activity against the RNASEL gene.Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsProstate Cancer Diagnosis And Treatment After The Introduction Of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening: 1986-2005
UroToday.com - Screening and early detection should identify cancers that will become clinically relevant. In this case, the number of individuals diagnosed with cancer would be unaffected by screening. However, early detection can be associated increases in incidence, raising the question of over-diagnosis. Cancers that are found by over-diagnosis never progress to cause symptoms or death.Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsUrologic And Non-Urologic Unexplained Clinical Conditions Overlap
UroToday.com - Unexplained clinical conditions have been referred to by many names including functional somatic syndromes. They are characterized by a lack of clear physical or biological etiology, or inconsistent demonstration of laboratory abnormalities. Bladder pain syndrome and chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) in men NIDDK type 3 (nonbacterial prostatitis) would fall under this umbrella.Original post by A Hearty Life
No commentsA Survey Into The Current Situation Of Britain’s Irritable Bowel Syndrome
A survey into the current situation of Britain’s Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) sufferers has thrown up an unexpected and worrying finding about a condition that affects one in five people. While the survey of both GPs and patients, supported by Cheshire-based Peckforton Pharmaceuticals suggests no significant impact from the recession, it seems to indicate that many IBS victims suffer the condition for their entire lives.Original post by A Hearty Life
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