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Giving men 'prostate of their youth;' prostatic artery embolization provides relief from frustrating urinary symptoms, helps men avoid surgery, say researchers Men with a common condition that causes frequent nighttime trips to the bathroom can get relief with a minimally invasive treatment that shrinks the prostate, suggests a study being presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans. The early findings hail from the first prospective...

CONCORD, Calif., June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With research studies showing the incidence of kidney stones on the rise in the last 30 years, Californians should be mindful that today's arrival of summer increases risks, say experts at one of Northern California's largest urological medical practices. About one in 300 Americans suffer kidney stones annually, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In California, doctors say the incidence rises each year along with outside...

Reducing fluid intake by 25 percent may alleviate symptoms for people with overactive bladder problems, according to a new study from the UK.An overactive bladder results in causing a person to urinate frequently. People with overactive bladders are often advised to reduce their fluid intake, but scientific evidence for the effectiveness of the cutback was lacking, said Dr. Hashim Hashim and Dr. Paul Abrams of Southmead Hospital in Bristol. This advice conflicts with overall notions that...