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Simple Model Predicts Those At Risk For Chronic Kidney Disease

Jan 3rd 2009Drug InformationUrology

Traditionally, doctors have had no clear way to predict which of their patients might be headed down the road to chronic kidney disease (CKD). Now, researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created a simple eight-point risk factor checklist to do just that. As reported in a special double issue (Dec.

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Doctors Issue Warning About The Danger Of Heavy Toilet Seats To Male Toddlers

Dec 19th 2008Drug InformationUrology

UK doctors have expressed considerable concerns about the growing trend for heavy wooden and ornamental toilet seats after a number of male toddlers were admitted with crush injuries to their penises. Writing in the December issue of BJU International, Dr Joe Philip and his colleagues at Leighton Hospital, Crewe, report on four boys under the age of four, who were admitted with injuries serious enough to require an overnight stay.

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A Case Of Ectopic Dysplastic Kidney And Ectopic Ureter Diagnosed By MRI

Dec 19th 2008Drug InformationUrology

UroToday.com - Young girls who present with continuous urinary incontinence, and an otherwise normal voiding pattern after toilet training, should be considered as possibly having an ectopic ureter. In the strictest sense, an ectopic ureteral orifice is located anywhere except the normal trigonal position, but most often implies a more caudal insertion.

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