UroToday.com - Since its first use in the pediatric population in 1980, shockwave lithotripsy has become part of the mainstream of the management in pediatric nephrolithiasis. It has been estimated that in the United States the prevalence of stone disease ranges from 1 to 1000 to 1 in 76 hospital admissions...
Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy In Pediatrics
Sexual Function And Genital Sensitivity Following Feminizing Genitoplasty For Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
UroToday.com - A study by Crouch, et al. from the United Kingdom is the first study to evaluate genital sensitivity and sexual function in women with a history of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The affects of feminizing genitoplasty on genital sensitivity have never been objectively evaluated until...
Impact Of Obesity In Patients With Urolithiasis And Its Prognostic Usefulness In Stone Recurrence
UroToday.com - No disease is local! As we continue to investigate the origins of illness, we are learning that most surgical disease, which is invariably localized, is the effect of a multifactorial cause. In urolithiasis, we are now beginning to understand that there is an association, between obesity...
Gene Mutations Tied To Immune Comeback During Therapy For HIV-1
A new study by U.S. scientists provides compelling evidence that two genes are linchpins in defining the course of immune restoration in HIV-positive individuals undergoing virus-suppressing therapy. Nature Medicine, one of the world’s highest-impact journals, posted the study online March 30....
Height Screening Programmes Found To Be Important For Monitoring The Health Of UK Children
New research from the University of Reading has shown that a height screening programme for all UK children could lead to better and earlier identification of illnesses that effect growth. The research was carried out to determine the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of a UK height screening in...
Monocyte Subset Expansion Could Be Biomarker For HIV Progression
An increase in the CD163+/CD16+ monocyte subset could be a biomarker for the progression of HIV disease, according to researchers at Temple University. The researchers reported their findings, “CD163/CD16 Coexpression by Circulating Monocytes/Macrophages in HIV: Potential Biomarkers for HIV Infection...
Conference Delves Into Borderline Personality Disorder Research And Treatment
Nationally recognized borderline personality disorder experts will discuss current research findings and treatment approaches for this devastating mental illness at the Borderline Personality Disorder Conference: New Clinical Approaches. The conference is from 7 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Friday, March 28, 2008,...
Sore Wrists And Hands Can Result From Our Work: But Is It Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Do you feel numbness, burning pain or a tingling sensation in your hand or wrist that seems to increase at night; have difficulty holding objects without dropping them; or find it increasingly difficult to perform repetitive movements such as using your computer mouse or keyboard without pain? If so,...
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Receives FDA Approval For New HIV Test
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of a new diagnostic assay for the detection of antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus types 1 and/or 2 (anti HIV-1 and anti HIV-2). The new VITROS® Anti-HIV 1+2 assay1 can be run in a fully automated, random access format...
Clinical Trial Begins For Innovative Drug-Eluting Stent With Unique Reservoir Technology
A randomized clinical trial comparing the Conor Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent, a new cobalt chromium reservoir-base stent design, to the Taxus Liberte Paclitaxel-eluting Coronary Stent has begun according to Conor Medsystems, LLC and Cordis Corporation, the sponsors of the study. “We are pleased...