Active Surveillance Underused for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer --Doctors Lounge

Active Surveillance Underused for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer --Doctors Lounge

Prostate Health Guide

http://www.prostatehealthguide.com/

Kidney Stones Raise Cardiac Disease Risk

 Read the article here

Listen for Dr. Herb on the Bob Burney show on 880 WRFD radio station on June, 19th.

Listen live here

http://www.wrfd.com/BBL.aspx

The conference "Advances in Prostate Imaging and Ablative Treatment of Prostate Cancer" will be held in New York on June 20 and 21, 2014.

The conference "Advances in Prostate Imaging and Ablative Treatment of Prostate Cancer" will be held in New York on June 20 and 21, 2014. The primary goal of this conference is to provide the urologist and radiologist with a comprehensive review of advances in prostate imaging, biopsy, and focal minimally invasive ablative therapy (MIAT) of prostate cancer. The course will be organized into sessions focusing on prostate imaging, prostate biopsy and MIAT. The information will be disseminated via lectures, case discussions and panel discussions. http://webdoc.nyumc.org/nyumc/files/cme/u9/Prostate_Brochure_FINAL.pdf

Prostate Cancer Education and Support resource

Here’s a great resource for anyone dealing with Prostate Cancer. http://www.ustoo.org/

Improved treatment options for Kidney Stones

About 8-10% of Americans will be affected by kidney stones and men twice as often as women. Previously we talked about strategies to prevent kidney stones. Now let's talk about some treatment options. We can look for stones in several different ways. If you get to deal with the stone early you have a much better outcome and the Ambulatory Surgery Environment is very well suited for that. Watch this short video by Dr. Riemenschneider to learn about some of the very modern solutions to make a difficult problem easy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50bf-E5RSp0&list=PL218941D97CFDE66A&feature=share&index=1

Kidney Stone Prevention Strategies

As we head in to summer we see a rise in kidney stones. Kidney stones are caused by high levels of calcium, oxalate, and phosphorus in the urine. Medical conditions, family history, diet and not drinking enough fluids are just a few of the many causes of kidney stones. If you’re prone to getting kidney stones or want to do all you can to avoid them, watch this short video by Dr. Riemenschneider about prevention strategies. http://youtu.be/5ezftFuT8vg