Sales of Aranesp, the chronic kidney failure and anemia drug, were promoted through a kick-back scheme, alleges a suit against Amgen and AmeriSourceBergen Corporation, filed by 14 states and the ... Read More

© Fotolia Testicular cancer gets a lot of news coverage because of Lance Armstrong and other popular young athletes stricken with the disease. It upsets us when we hear about ... Read More

Women get kidney and bladder cancers, kidney stones, and need kidney transplants, just like men, Karen Boyle, MD, a female urologist from Baltimore, told me today. And we've got ... Read More

Urology has traditionally not paid much attention to women. For decades, the field focused almost exclusively on male genitourinary problems, while urology problems for women remained in the purview ... Read More

Questions about the potential harm of breast and prostate cancer screening are not new. In fact, in the past 12 months, more and more studies have come out concluding ... Read More

For men looking for Viagra, Levitra, or Cialis to help them achieve erections during sexual intercourse, it has been tough luck. Most drug insurers do not pay for them routinely, ... Read More

Minimally invasive robotic prostatectomy has been advertised to men as a far easier surgery to undergo than traditional open prostatectomy, with a much shorter recovery and fewer complications during ... Read More

© Fotolia If you are a man getting on in years and you bring complaints of decreased well-being, low libido, decreased muscle mass, bone loss, or depressed mood to your ... Read More

Credit: Dr. Julian Jacobs If you or someone you know has had a kidney transplant, you should know that Medicare has a strict 36-month limit for paying for anti-rejection drugs, which ... Read More

There is no question that Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra are blockbuster erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs, and if a pharmaceutical company could get a so-called "female sexual dysfunction" pill or ... Read More

Are you new to this blog? Well, it is pretty new to me too--although I have been writing about urology for a long time. So let's learn together. As ... Read More

Airline travel hasn't been all that pleasant in recent years. Starting with the restrictions on number of bags allowed, taking your shoes off and on, removing your watch, keys, ... Read More

Kidney failure patients who endure years of dialysis are often not informed about kidney transplantation. Many chronic kidney disease patients deteriorate on dialysis that takes away years of healthy ... Read More