There are few studies that address the subject of sexual function after reconstructive surgery for anterior urethral stricture disease.

One out of three sexually active older adults infected with HIV has unprotected sex, according to a study by Ohio University researchers.

One out of three sexually active older adults infected with HIV has unprotected sex, according to a study by Ohio University researchers.

A rigorous, long-term study of quality of life in patients who underwent one of the three most common treatments for prostate cancer found that each affected men's lives in different ways.

A rigorous, long-term study of quality of life in patients who underwent one of the three most common treatments for prostate cancer found that each affected men's lives in different ways.

A rigorous, long-term study of quality of life in patients who underwent one of the three most common treatments for prostate cancer found that each affected men's lives in different ways.

Findings suggest more prevention efforts may be needed

Among medical journals, the release of articles expected to make national headlines is an art form as carefully choreographed as kabuki. Which is why anyone who does not stay in step may be asked to sit down.

The emergency technicians burst through the doors, pushing a stretcher into the crowded E.R. Their walkie-talkies dangled from their shoulders, squawking and hissing like demented parrots.

The Science of Attacking Cholesterol

A panel of federal drug advisers voted 20 to 1 Thursday to reject an application by Merck to sell its pain pill Arcoxia because of concerns that the drug could cause as many as 30,000 heart attacks annually if widely used.

A study by Merck of its pain reliever Arcoxia showed similar risks of heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems compared with another painkiller, diclofenac, federal reviewers said in an analysis made public Tuesday.

A detectable level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is the first indicator of recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. In a new Mayo Clinic study, the concept of PSA doubling time (DT) is found to be a reliable tool to distinguish which

It’s Not a ‘Plumbing Problem’

Keith Orr thought he would surprise his doctor when he came for a checkup.

A new analysis of combined data from two parts of a large federal study of hormone therapy has found that women in their 50s do not appear to have an increased heart attack risk if they take the drugs. But it also found that women in their 60s and 70s<

Latest Study Hints at Benefit for Smokers but Not Nonsmokers

The amount of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in a man’s bloodstream at the time of his prostate cancer diagnosis or its rate of change over the course of the disease does not adequately predict lethal prostate cancer, according to a study in the

A study led by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and Harvard Medical School has identified seven genetic risk factors—DNA sequences carried by some people but not others—that predict r

F.D.A. Still Unsettled in Wake of New Questions