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  • Urology Times eNews

    Web resource helps assess life expectancy



    Researchers have completed a systematic review of prognostic indices used to calculate a patient's life expectancy, and created a Web site that puts these indices in one central location.

  • Urology Times eNews

    Nursing group updates guidelines on preventing catheter-associated UTIs



    A new American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Practice Alert stresses the use of pre- and post-catheterization assessments to gauge proper catheter use and to monitor early signs of urinary tract infection.

  • Urology Times

    Bill would prohibit mandatory health insurance contracts



    A developing advocacy campaign in Washington state has the AACU Government Affairs team implementing the very practices described in this space and thereby urged upon urologists in seemingly ad nauseum Calls to Action.

  • Cosmetic Surgery Times

    Risk profiles vary for different penile surgeries, physician says



    Acceptable surgery for penile enhancement should be predictably effective, low-risk and cause no harm. However, many men are undergoing cosmetic procedures that fail to meet these criteria, according to Gary Alter, M.D.

  • Urology Times eNews

    Cook Medical renews contract with large purchasing network



    Cook Medical (Bloomington, IN) recently announced the renewal of a contract that supplies its urology products to more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals.

  • Urology Times eNews

    AUA awards Dr. Fox with honorary membership



    The AUA recently honored Brigadier General (U.S. Army ret.) C. William Fox, Jr, MD, with honorary membership for outstanding service to his country and his profession.

  • Urology Times eNews

    FDA orders new studies on mesh used in transvaginal repair



    The FDA said it has ordered postmarket surveillance studies by manufacturers of urogynecologic surgical mesh devices.

  • Urology Times eNews

    Dr. Edney named Gallagher Health Policy Scholar



    The AUA's Gallagher Health Policy Scholar Program Selection Committee has selected Mark T. Edney, MD, as the 2012-2013 Gallagher Health Policy Scholar.

  • Doctors over-treat enterococcal bacteriuria: study



    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study of patients with bacteria in their urine, doctors prescribed antibiotics to one in three who had no symptoms and no evidence of a urinary tract infection.

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