Fred Gebhart

There is a significant correlation between Comet assay results and the likelihood of pregnancy using ART.

The likelihood of successful sperm extraction may be higher at later stage sperm maturation arrest (MA), according to a study conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston that was presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting.

Injecting an immunofluorescent dye into the testes may eventually help clinicians locate individual sperm and improve the yield from microdissection testicular sperm extraction (mTESE), researchers from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, reported at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting.

Men who respond quickly to varicocele repair have a better chance of fathering children than men who take longer to respond do.

Researchers are trying to identify which oligospermic men will respond to the drug clomiphene citrate.

Agents in the pipeline but not yet approved are expected to expand the range of OAB treatment choices.

There is growing evidence that finasteride (Proscar) can prevent the clinical manifestation of prostate cancer and increase the diagnostic accuracy of PSA testing.

Physicians who hesitate to prescribe testosterone replacement therapy for fear of promoting prostate cancer should re-examine the evidence.

San Francisco-How uropathogenic Escherichia coli spreads within families is a continuing question for both practicing urologists and researchers. It has long been known that sexual contact may spread specific strains. A new study examining members of a single family confirms that casual contact between family members and even pets can also contribute to the transmission of E. coli, leading to cystitis and possibly other urologic infections.

San Francisco-Farm animals often are implicated as the source of drug-resistant Escherichia coli and other pathogens in humans. In some cases, human outbreaks have been traced back to infected farm animals, but a recent study of such outbreaks in Iowa exonerates food herds as the source of resistant E. coli that are responsible for urinary tract infections.

San Francisco-A study at one of the largest health systems in Vancouver, British Columbia, has found that long-term care facilities have become a significant reservoir for resistance to fluoroquinolone antibiotics. The rise of resistance appears to be the result of the increased use of quinolones for empiric treatment of urinary tract infections and pneumonia in residents of these facilities.

San Francisco-One of the most frustrating problems for women with urinary tract infections is to complete apparently successful antibiotic treatment, only to have the infection reoccur.

San Francisco-Community-acquired urinary tract infections are becoming increasingly difficult to treat in several countries due to the widespread increase in drug resistance. In Spain, isolated strains of Escherichia coli have become resistant to nearly all oral antimicrobials, reported Genoveva Yague III, MD, professor of microbiology at the University of Murcia Medical School, Murcia, Spain.

San Francisco-A recent study from Sweden has confirmed what many clinicians have suspected: couples routinely share bacterial microflora. In clinical terms, if one partner is treated for a urinary tract infection or similar complaint, the other partner is likely to serve as a reservoir to re-infect the treated person.

New York-Urology practices that have not started performing office-based surgery (OBS) are missing significant advantages in scheduling, convenience, and compensation.

Dallas-A new study shows that screening high-risk populations for bladder cancer may save both lives and money. That conclusion stands in sharp contrast to screening programs for other cancers, which save lives but increase costs.