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Newswise: Dipen J. Parekh, M.D., Receives 2023 Sushruta Award
Released: 10-May-2023 2:25 PM EDT
Dipen J. Parekh, M.D., Receives 2023 Sushruta Award
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Dipen Parekh, M.D., founding director of the Desai Sethi Urology Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has been awarded the Sushruta Award by the Indian American Urological Association (IAUA) for his contributions to the field of urology.

Released: 10-May-2023 2:00 PM EDT
MD Anderson Research Highlights for May 10, 2023
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson’s world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back.

   
Released: 10-May-2023 12:45 PM EDT
Overweight boys more likely to be infertile men
Oxford University Press

A new paper in the European Journal of Endocrinology, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that overweight boys tend to have lower testicular volume, putting them at risk for infertility in adulthood.

Newswise: Strong link between bone biomarkers and prostate cancer survival
Released: 9-May-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Strong link between bone biomarkers and prostate cancer survival
UC Davis Health

Bone disease in prostate cancer patients can be devastating, but new research led by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center aims to improve the odds.

Newswise: Desai Sethi Urology Institute Presents, Debates and is Recognized at AUA 2023
Released: 9-May-2023 1:30 PM EDT
Desai Sethi Urology Institute Presents, Debates and is Recognized at AUA 2023
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

A banner year for Desai Sethi Urology Institute at urology’s premier meeting, the American Urological Association (AUA) 2023, held April 28-May 1 in Chicago where faculty and researchers led and debated during plenary sessions and presented novel research in topics spanning prostate and bladder cancers to sexual function and robotic surgery.

Released: 8-May-2023 3:50 PM EDT
New York’s fertility rate drops, average age of mothers rises
Cornell University

A decline in New York’s childbirth rate is showing no sign of reversing and many women are waiting longer to have children, according to newly compiled data from the Program in Applied Demographics (PAD) in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.

Newswise: UTSW endocrinologists find paralysis disorder may be underdiagnosed among Hispanic men
Released: 8-May-2023 10:45 AM EDT
UTSW endocrinologists find paralysis disorder may be underdiagnosed among Hispanic men
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP), a rare neurological condition causing limbs to go limp, may be an underrecognized cause of paralysis in young Hispanic men, a review of data by UT Southwestern Medical Center endocrinologists shows.

Released: 2-May-2023 2:30 PM EDT
Climate change affecting allergies, and other allergy news
Newswise

For millions of Americans that suffer from seasonal allergies (pollen and mold), climate change is exacerbating an earlier, longer, and overall worse allergy season.

Newswise: Clinical Trials by Desai Sethi Urology Institute Researchers Simultaneously Presented at AUA and Published in Journal of Urology
Released: 1-May-2023 5:10 PM EDT
Clinical Trials by Desai Sethi Urology Institute Researchers Simultaneously Presented at AUA and Published in Journal of Urology
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Novel research in sexual health by investigators at the Desai Sethi Urology Institute (DSUI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine was presented at the 2023 American Urological Association (AUA), one of the world's most important urology meetings, and simultaneously published in, the Journal of Urology, one of the highest impact journals in the specialty.

   
Released: 28-Apr-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Improving psychosocial function in young adult testicular cancer survivors
University of California, Irvine

Young adults who beat cancer face unique challenges later on in their adult lives. Researchers create an intervention that will improve psychosocial function in an underserved cancer survivor group, young adults who survived testicular cancer.

Newswise: Loyola Medicine Director of Male Reproductive Medicine Available to Discuss National Infertility Awareness Week
Released: 27-Apr-2023 3:35 PM EDT
Loyola Medicine Director of Male Reproductive Medicine Available to Discuss National Infertility Awareness Week
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine Director of Male Reproductive Medicine Denise Asafu-Adjei is available for interviews to discuss male infertility and infertility awareness week.

Released: 27-Apr-2023 2:55 PM EDT
Plastic Particles Themselves, Not Just Chemical Additives, Can Alter Sex Hormones
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers study used a pioneering technique to deliver endocrine-disrupting aerosolized micro-nano-plastics to female lab rats.

   
Released: 27-Apr-2023 1:30 PM EDT
UCLA researchers to present on latest research and clinical advancements at American Urological Association Annual Meeting
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Physicians and scientists from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA will be joining thousands of urology experts on April 28 to May 1 for the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting.

Newswise: New Prostate Biopsy Procedure Reduces Risk, Improves Accuracy
Released: 25-Apr-2023 12:05 PM EDT
New Prostate Biopsy Procedure Reduces Risk, Improves Accuracy
UC San Diego Health

New UC San Diego Health transperineal prostate biopsy procedure now offered in clinic setting.

Newswise:Video Embedded live-event-for-april-21-sleeping-pill-reduces-levels-of-alzheimer-s-proteins
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Released: 21-Apr-2023 3:10 PM EDT
TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEO AVAILABLE Live Event for April 21: Sleeping pill reduces levels of Alzheimer’s proteins
Newswise

Researcher will discuss the study which involved a sleeping aid known as suvorexant that is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for insomnia, hints at the potential of sleep medications to slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

       
Newswise: Healing after Muscle Injury Depends on Biological Sex
12-Apr-2023 2:45 PM EDT
Healing after Muscle Injury Depends on Biological Sex
American Physiological Society (APS)

The time period in which muscles heal after injury may depend on biological sex, and applying personalized treatment may help optimize recovery, according to a new study.

Newswise: Study: Vitamin D May Play a Role in Prostate Cancer Disparities
Released: 18-Apr-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Study: Vitamin D May Play a Role in Prostate Cancer Disparities
Cedars-Sinai

Vitamin D deficiency could be the reason African American men experience more aggressive prostate cancer at a younger age compared with European American men, new research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer suggests.

Released: 17-Apr-2023 10:55 AM EDT
New genetic target for male contraception identified
Washington State University

Discovery of a gene in multiple mammalian species could pave the way for a highly effective, reversible and non-hormonal male contraceptive for humans and animals.

Released: 14-Apr-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Penn Medicine at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present data on the latest advances across the full spectrum of cancer research at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023 from April 14-19 in Orlando, Florida.

Released: 13-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Cancer Straight Talk Podcast from MSK New Episode: Katie Couric’s Cancer Journey: From Grief to Advocacy to Her Own Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

In this special episode, MSK's Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes sits down with renowned journalist and cancer screening advocate Katie Couric at The Paley Center for Media in New York City. After losing her first husband to colon cancer in 1997, Katie made history when she received her first colonoscopy on-air as host of the Today show, inspiring millions of Americans to do the same in a phenomenon known as the Couric Effect. Her role as the “screen queen” has continued ever since, taking on new meaning last year when she revealed her own breast cancer diagnosis.

Released: 10-Apr-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Research uncovers alternate mechanism for producing key protein in metastatic prostate cancer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

In the Nature Cancer study, researchers led by Dana-Farber's Himisha Beltran, MD, and Martin Bakht, PhD, found that PSMA expression is lower in liver metastases than in other parts of the body, regardless of expression of the androgen receptor. They also found that some tumors that test negative for the AR do express PSMA and that some AR-positive tumors don't – which led them to look for a control mechanism that doesn't involve the AR. Their search revealed that the HOXB13 protein as a key regulator of PSMA.

Newswise: Novel Immunotherapy Agent Safe, Shows Promise Against High-Risk Prostate Cancers
Released: 6-Apr-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Novel Immunotherapy Agent Safe, Shows Promise Against High-Risk Prostate Cancers
Johns Hopkins Medicine

A new drug, a monoclonal antibody known as enoblituzumab, is safe in men with aggressive prostate cancer and may induce clinical activity against cancer throughout the body, according to a phase 2 study led by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

5-Apr-2023 6:05 AM EDT
Men and women have different obesity drivers, pointing to the need for tailored interventions
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A new study from UCLA researchers finds sex-specific brain signals that appear to confirm that different drivers lead men and women to develop obesity.

5-Apr-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Obstructive sleep apnea may directly cause early cognitive decline
Frontiers

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) often show cognitive deficits, but these have traditionally been attributed to co-morbidities such as as systemic hypertension, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, and type 2 diabetes.

Released: 3-Apr-2023 1:20 PM EDT
Late HIV diagnosis still an issue in Aotearoa
University of Otago

Forty per cent of people diagnosed with HIV in Aotearoa between 2011 and 2020 were diagnosed late, a University of Otago study shows.

Released: 3-Apr-2023 12:15 PM EDT
Smells influence metabolism and ageing in mice - research
University of Otago

Exposure to female odours and pheromones causes weight loss and extend the life spans of mice, which may have implications for humans, University of Otago researchers have found.

Newswise: More U.S. Prostate Cancer Patients Choosing Active Surveillance
30-Mar-2023 4:50 PM EDT
More U.S. Prostate Cancer Patients Choosing Active Surveillance
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The number of prostate cancer patients in the U.S. choosing active surveillance over surgery or radiation has rapidly increased since 2010, rising from 16% to 60% for low-risk patients and from 8% to 22% for patients with favorable-intermediate-risk cancers, according to a study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Released: 3-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
A Former SEAL Medic Hopes His Research at Rutgers Will Protect His Successors in Combat
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Shane Kronstedt’s experience in battle inspired his medical school research on genital and urologic injuries.

Released: 3-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
IEDs Create Devastating Wounds That Leave Many Service Members Unable to Have Biological Children
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Increasing exposure to bomb blasts has shifted injury patterns and left thousands of veterans with irreparable damage, according to a Rutgers study.

Newswise: March Research Highlights
Released: 31-Mar-2023 7:25 PM EDT
March Research Highlights
Cedars-Sinai

A roundup of the latest medical discoveries and faculty news happening at Cedars-Sinai in March 2023.

Released: 30-Mar-2023 4:25 PM EDT
New Urology Clinic at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital to Open April 3
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine will open a new urology clinic at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital on Monday, April 3. The clinic will be located in the Gottlieb Professional Office Building, Suite 414.

Newswise: Surgery proves effective alternative to chemotherapy and radiation for early metastatic testicular cancer
Released: 30-Mar-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Surgery proves effective alternative to chemotherapy and radiation for early metastatic testicular cancer
Keck Medicine of USC

A newly published study paves the way for some patients with testicular cancer to avoid chemotherapy and radiation.

Newswise: ENZAMET shows promise as prostate cancer treatment
Released: 30-Mar-2023 9:00 AM EDT
ENZAMET shows promise as prostate cancer treatment
University of Adelaide

A new drug combination for men with advanced prostate cancer has shown sustained increase in survival rates.

Released: 29-Mar-2023 9:20 AM EDT
Rapid genetic testing targets advanced prostate cancer patients for new treatments
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

A rapid genetic testing model for patients with advanced prostate cancer can more quickly identify those with "actionable" gene variants eligible for newer targeted therapies, reports a clinical trial in the May issue of The Journal of Urology®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 28-Mar-2023 2:20 PM EDT
From the doctor's office to the operating room: Keep up with the latest in healthcare here
Newswise

From septic shock to sticker shock. Keep up with this ever-growing, changing sector. Below are some of the latest stories on healthcare on Newswise.

Newswise: Scientists Pioneer Research to Harness Power of Machine Learning in Prostate Cancer Imaging
Released: 23-Mar-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Scientists Pioneer Research to Harness Power of Machine Learning in Prostate Cancer Imaging
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Desai Sethi Urology Institute are pioneering research to harness machine learning for the diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Released: 21-Mar-2023 4:50 PM EDT
Cancer Clarity
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) cause several cancers in both men and women, including 91% of cervical cancers, 91% of anal cancers and 75% of vaginal cancers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of these cancers are caused by just a handful of HPV virus types.

Newswise: Hackensack University Medical Center Now Offering Breakthrough Noninvasive Prostate Cancer Treatment Using Focused Ultrasound Technology
Released: 20-Mar-2023 4:35 PM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center Now Offering Breakthrough Noninvasive Prostate Cancer Treatment Using Focused Ultrasound Technology
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack University Medical Center’s Department of Urology is now offering an advanced, noninvasive treatment option for patients with localized prostate cancer.

Released: 20-Mar-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Antibiotic resistance is an increasing problem. Learn all about it in the Drug Resistance channel.
Newswise

Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridioides difficile, Candida auris, Drug-resistant Shigella. These bacteria not only have difficult names to pronounce, but they are also difficult to fight off. These bacteria may infect humans and animals, and the infections they cause are harder to treat than those caused by non-resistant bacteria. Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global public health threat.

     
Released: 17-Mar-2023 12:55 PM EDT
Genes shed light on why men and women experience different depression symptoms
McGill University

Depression is widely reported to be more common in women than in men, with women twice as likely to receive a diagnosis than men.

Released: 16-Mar-2023 7:25 PM EDT
An extra X chromosome-linked gene may explain decreased viral infection severity in females
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Researchers may have found why viral infections hit males more severely than females. They found that female mouse and human NK cells have an extra copy of an X chromosome-linked gene called UTX. UTX acts as an epigenetic regulator to boost NK cell anti-viral function, while repressing NK cell numbers.

   
Newswise: A New Combination Therapy Regimen Shows Promising Results for Prostate Cancer
Released: 16-Mar-2023 4:35 PM EDT
A New Combination Therapy Regimen Shows Promising Results for Prostate Cancer
University of Utah Health

The combination of two oral medications has shown positive results in people with prostate cancer, whose disease has spread to other parts of the body. Compared with XTANDI plus placebo, the investigatory combination of TALZENNA and XTANDI demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in radiographic progression-free survival.

Released: 15-Mar-2023 3:45 PM EDT
Don't keep hitting that snooze button! Get the latest research news and expert commentary on sleep here.
Newswise

It's sleep awareness week, according to the National Sleep Foundation. It’s important to understand how sleep deprivation can impact your health. Most people recognize that if they don’t get enough sleep, their mood and memory will suffer the next day.

       
Released: 15-Mar-2023 2:40 PM EDT
Immune cell gives possible explanation for sex differences in pancreatic cancer
Karolinska Institute

Immunotherapy is an effective form of therapy for different types of cancer. However, for pancreatic cancer, its effect is limited and differs between men and women.

Newswise: Dr. Shivank Bhatia Presents Largest Long-term Study on P-A-E for Men with Urinary Symptoms from Enlarged Prostate
Released: 14-Mar-2023 7:35 PM EDT
Dr. Shivank Bhatia Presents Largest Long-term Study on P-A-E for Men with Urinary Symptoms from Enlarged Prostate
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Shivank Bhatia, M.D., chair of Interventional Radiology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, made headlines at the recent Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Scientific Meeting when he presented results of the largest long-term North American study of men undergoing prostate artery embolization to treat urinary symptoms from an enlarged prostate.



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