Month: June 2012

One in 20 men who have their prostate gland removed may need a second surgery for severe loss of bladder control, new research from Canada suggests. Based on more than ...

Calcium and vitamin D supplements are associated with high calcium levels in the blood and urine, which could increase the risk of kidney stones, a new study finds. The results ...

As someone who promotes health, physician Matt Grinsell didn’t like the idea of telling patients to avoid playing sports like football or basketball. But that is what many doctors suggest ...

U.S. health regulators are looking at whether Fresenius Medical Care violated any rules by failing to alert dialysis clinics about risks linked to one of its products. Last November, the ...

Aspirin taken for five days before a heart operation can halve the numbers of patients developing post-operative acute kidney failure, according to research presented at the European Anaesthesiology Congress in ...

More teenagers are being diagnosed with kidney stones now than in years past, a study from one U.S. state suggests. The research, which followed Minnesota children from 1984 to 2008, ...

Men with metastatic prostate cancer who undergo hormone-deprivation therapy sometimes take breaks from the treatment to minimize its often difficult side effects. However, a major new study that tracked more ...

A drug that is already approved for prostate cancer has been shown to slow the spread of advanced forms of the disease for the first time, according to research released ...

A new medication proved effective in slowing the spread of metastatic prostate cancer, while helping to maintain the quality of life, in patients with advanced disease. The phase 3 study ...