SOME MYTHS & FACTS ABOUT PROSTATE CANCER

Most of the men think that Prostate Cancer is not going to happen to them unless their father or brother has had the disease. Around more than 1.1 million men worldwide are diagnosed with Prostate Cancer each year. Finding out that you have the disease can be frustrating for you and you may feel confused and lost, but, like other types of cancers, there is Prostate Cancer treatment available that can cure the disease, if it is diagnosed timely and treated properly. Like any other disease, there are some misconceptions and myths about Prostate Cancer.

To help you out, here we give you some of the most common myths and facts about Prostate Cancer:

MYTH 1: ONLY OLDER MEN AFFECTED WITH PROSTATE CANCER.

Fact: Though it is true that older men are commonly diagnosed with the disease, Prostate Cancer can also affect younger men. According to American Cancer Society (ACS), about 40 percent of all the cases occur before the age of 65. Age is not the only factor that increases the risk of developing the disease, but there are some other factors, which include:

Family history: If your father or brother had affected with the disease then you are two to three times likely to develop it. The more relatives you have affected with disease, the higher are the chances for you to get it.

Race: African-American men are at high risk of getting the disease than anyone else.

ACS recommends that all men with an average risk of the disease should talk with the doctor about getting Prostate Cancer Screening tests (PSA test) at the start of age 50. However, if you have family history of the disease then you should get screening at the age of 40-45. So, if you have any concerns or risks then you must discuss them with the doctor and decide whether you need testing for Prostate Cancer earlier.

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Can Cryotherapy Cure My Hangover

Saint Patrick’s Day is right around the corner. So before you head out the door to enjoy all things green, keep these important facts in mind.

Overindulging in alcohol, even occasionally, may cause a spike in blood pressure, compromise liver and kidney function and even speed up the aging process. Plus, you might not be feeling so lucky the next morning with that throbbing head and queasy stomach.

While a glass of Merlot is perfectly fine now and then, excessive amounts of alcohol can decrease oxygen levels and impact circulation. This increased inflammation over time may have damaging effects.

It’s tempting to reach for popular over-the-counter remedies to cure a hangover but there may be a better way.

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Implant Surgery for Erectile Dysfunction

When different medications can’t help to treat your Erectile Dysfunction (ED) problem then the best treatment option at this time will be Penis Implant Surgery or Penile Implant Surgery. Those men who have tried various treatments of Erectile Dysfunction with no successful results or who have severe ED problem, are the right candidates for Penis Implant Surgery. The procedure is permanent and it has been observed that 9 out 10 men who had the surgery are well satisfied with the successful results.

Before choosing the Penis Implant procedure for you, it is most important for you to understand what is the procedure involves, why it is done, the possible risks and the results.

WHAT ARE PENIS IMPLANTS?

Penis Implants are the devices that are placed inside the penis through a surgical procedure and it allows men with Erectile Dysfunction to get the erection.

WHY IT IS DONE?

Penile Implants can be used as the treatment option when other treatments such as medications or the use of penis pumps (vacuum constriction device) didn’t successfully treat your ED. This procedure is also used to treat severe condition in which scarring occurs inside the penis which leads to curved and painful erections (it is called as Peyronie’s disease).

Penile Implants are not suitable for everyone. The doctor might caution you against the surgery if you have ED that is situational or a result of any relationship conflict, pulmonary infection or urinary tract infection and if you have dermatitis, skin lesions or wounds on penis or scrotum.

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF PENILE IMPLANTS?

There are two main types of Penile Implants which include: semirigid and inflatable. Both these types have their pros and cons and they work in a different.

By Alaina Albert Posted May 4, 2017
In Implant Surgery, Urology

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New imaging technique may help some men avoid prostate biopsy

Men who have high levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in their blood face troubling uncertainties. While it’s true that prostate cancer can elevate PSA, so can other conditions, including the benign prostate enlargement that afflicts many men as they get older. PSA levels also vary normally from one man to the next, and some men have unusually high levels even when they’re perfectly healthy. To rule out cancer, doctors might recommend a biopsy. Yet prostate biopsies pose risks of infection, and they can also miss cancer in men who truly have the disease. Most prostate biopsies are guided by transrectal ultrasound, an imaging technology that allows doctors to see the gland while taking tissue samples (called cores) with specialized needles. Tumors may not show up on ultrasound, however, so the biopsy needles might never hit a cancerous target.
A more precise way to investigate elevated PSA results

In January, British researchers reported results from the multi-center PROMIS study showing that a different imaging technology, called multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (MP-MRI), could allow some men with high PSA levels to safely avoid a prostate biopsy altogether. “If my MP-MRI was negative, I would not have a biopsy,” said Mark Emberton, M.D., director of the Division of Surgery and Interventional Science at University College London, and a co-author on the study. “And I would do that confidently.”

An MRI machine uses a very large magnet, a radio-wave transmitter, and a computer to construct detailed pictures of structures inside the body. MP-MRI is an advanced form of the technology that allows specially trained radiologists to detect prostate tumors. They can also gauge how aggressive the tumor is by looking at how tightly the cells are packed and how blood and water molecules flow through them.

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Urologic Disease Burden Among Veterans Underestimated

In the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, estimates of urologic disease prevalence among males and females based only on primary diagnosis will significantly underestimate the true disease burden, say researchers in Los Angeles.
Dr. Jennifer T. Anger of the University of California at Los Angeles and colleagues analyzed reasons for urology-related outpatient visits to VA healthcare facilities in fiscal year 2001. Dr. Anger's team grouped the more than 3.5 million veterans who were seen into four cohorts by primary diagnosis: BPH or lower urinary tract symptoms, UTIs, urinary incontinence, and kidney stones.

According to the report in the July issue of Urology, there were 4,811 veterans with a primary diagnosis of BPH/lower urinary tract symptoms per 100,000, for a prevalence of 4.8%.

The prevalence of UTI was 4,265 per 100,000 female veterans, or 4.3%, and for male veterans, it was 1,719 visits per 100.000, or 1.7%.

The prevalence of urinary incontinence was 2,161 per 100,000 female veterans, or 2.2%, and 515 per 100,000 male veterans, or 0.5%.

The prevalence of kidney stones was 597 per 100,000 veterans, or 0.6%.

Prevalence rates for all four conditions were much higher when secondary diagnoses were included, the Los Angeles team said. "Prevalence estimates based on primary diagnosis, rather than secondary or 'any' diagnosis, significantly underestimated the disease burden among veterans," they write. For example, including patients for whom the urologic condition was not the main reason for their visit raised the prevalence of female UTI from 2.2% to 3.8% and the prevalence of BPH/lower urinary tract symptoms from 4.8% to 11.4%.

• Written by Ramaz Mitaishvili

Binod Sinha, M.D., F.A.C.S - Urology Care of Central New Jersey

  Dr. Sinha finished his urology residency training at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis June, 1985 and was Board Certified in 1988. He is affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital as an active attending and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Urology at UMDNJ. He is actively involved in teaching urology residents. Dr. Sinha believes that total health involves the understanding of each patient’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs. He spends a lot of time with the patient counseling and discussing all of the alternative treatments. He believes in early diagnosis and preventive medicine. He regularly attends national urology meetings to keep current on the diagnosis and treatment of genitourinary diseases.
Dr. Sinha organizes several CME meetings in Central New Jersey. He was invited to present papers in Berlin, Germany in September 2008. He was invited as Course Director for Office Based Surgery in April 2009 for the Chicago American Urology Association (AUA) meeting.

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Urology Info Davao: DEFINITION OF UROLOGY

Urology Info Davao: DEFINITION OF UROLOGY



Urology is the branch of medicine that takes care of the medical and surgical diseases of the adrenals, kidneys and urinary tract, which include the ureters, bladder and urethra, and the male reproductive system and genitalia(testes, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate and penis).. In men, the urinary system overlaps with the reproductive system, and in women the urinary tract opens into the vulva. In both sexes, the urinary and reproductive tracts are close together, and disorders of one often affect the other.

Urology combines management of medical (i.e., non-surgical) problems such as urinary infections, and surgical problems such as the correction of congenital abnormalities and the surgical management of stones and cancers. Such abnormalities within the genital region are called genitourinary disorders.

Urology was mentioned in the original Greek version of the Hippocratic Oath, wherein specific prohibitions are contained for physicans against cutting "persons labouring under the stone" and to leave it to those who are practioners of this work. Urologic diseases has been described as far back as the ancient Egyptians who did routine suprapubic cystostomies on patients with urinary retention for bladder stones or enlarged prostates.