Archive for March, 2008
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Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy In Pediatrics
UroToday.com - Since its first use in the pediatric population in 1980, shockwave lithotripsy has become part of the mainstream of the management in pediatric nephrolithiasis. It has been estimated that in the United States the prevalence of stone disease ranges from 1 to 1000 to 1 in 76 hospital ad…
Sexual operate And Genital Sensitivity Following Feminizing Genitoplasty For Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
UroToday.com - A study by Crouch, et al. from the United Kingdom is the first study to evaluate genital sensitivity and sexual operate in women with a history of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The affects of feminizing genitoplasty on genital sensitivity have never been objectively evaluated until …
Gene Mutations Tied To Immune Comeback During Therapy For HIV-1
A new study by U.S. scientists provides compelling evidence that two genes are linchpins in defining the course of immune restoration in HIV-positive individuals undergoing virus-suppressing therapy.
Nature Medicine, one of the world’s highest-impact journals, posted the study online March 30…
Impact Of Obesity In Patients With Urolithiasis And Its Prognostic Usefulness In Stone Recurrence
UroToday.com - No disease is local!
As we continue to investigate the origins of illness, we are learning that most surgical disease, which is invariably localized, is the effect of a multifactorial cause. In urolithiasis, we are now beginning to understand that there is an organization, amidst obes…
Height Screening Programmes Found To Be critical For Monitoring The Health Of UK Children
New research from the University of Reading has shown that a height screening programme for all UK children could lead to better and earlier identification of illnesses that effect growth. The research was carried out to determine the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of a UK height screening i…
Monocyte Subset Expansion Could Be Biomarker For HIV Progression
An increase in the CD163+/CD16+ monocyte subset could be a biomarker for the progression of HIV disease, according to researchers at Temple University.
The researchers reported their findings, “CD163/CD16 Coexpression by Circulating Monocytes/Macrophages in HIV: Potential Biomarkers for HIV I…
