MATSUBARA'S CARCINOREACTION IN UROLOGIC DISEASES

Particulate Matter (Fine Particle) and Urologic Diseases

Particulate matter (PM) has been found to damage vital body organs, including the lungs and heart, through vascular damage and oxidative stress. Recently, renal function and chronic urologic diseases have also been found to be related to PM. To investigate this, we reviewed the characteristics of PM related to renal toxicity, including recent studies on the associations of urologic diseases wit...

The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board report.

I Is fitting that the inaugural issue of the Journal ofthe American Society ofNephrology highlights the 1990 Long Range Plan of the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board. The release of this historic report in March 1 990 signalled the beginning of a critical period for the future of nephrology. Achievement of the major recommendations outlined In this long-range plan would subst...

Research prioritization of men’s health and urologic diseases

OBJECTIVES We sought to determine whether disease representation in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) reflects disease burden, measured by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study as disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs). MATERIALS AND METHODS Two investigators performed independent assessment of ten men's health and urologic diseases (MHUDs) in CDSR for systematic review an...

NIDDK Recent Advances & Emerging Opportunities: Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases

98 ­ Each human kidney contains about 1 million functional units that remove wastes from the blood, help control the body’s fluid balance, and regulate electrolyte balance. New research in mice could help explain how kidneys generate the correct number of functional units, called nephrons, during development. (Left panel) Mice treated to have fewer nephron progenitor cells (bottom) during devel...

the effect of cystoscopy on psa levels in patients with urologic diseases