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Monday, August 13, 2012

What Are Urology Clinical Trials?


Urology clinical trials are clinical trials tailored toward the urological system. They test new medical treatments or medications that can help with disorders like an enlarged prostate, sexual dysfunction of the male and female systems, prostate cancer and prostatitis, urinary problems, and low testosterone in the male. Clinical trials can also help a urologist, a medical doctor who specializes in this body system, separate out the muscles or tracts that are implicated in certain diseases and conditions.

In order to conduct this urological clinical trial, researchers at our company make up a protocol, which is a series of questions and a study plan. This protocol determines who can participate in the clinical trial, what sort of treatments the participants will receive, and how long the trial will last. The researchers carefully follow the participants while they’re involved in the clinical trial and follow up after it’s completed.

Patients who participate in clinical trials often benefit from them because they utilize cutting-edge medications and medical treatments. Volunteers receive excellent care. There’s also the added benefit of the volunteer knowing that she or he can help other patients suffering from the same ailment by participating in this clinical trial. But before a person can volunteer for the study, they'll have to have their health evaluated and meet certain requirements of the protocol. This can include the volunteer’s age, sex, and the overall state of their health.

Clinical trials are not risk-free, as they are somewhat experimental in nature. The side effects of new medications can range from negligible, to uncomfortable, to life threatening. However, every volunteer who participates in a clinical trial is educated about the trial via informed consent. After they read and understood the facts of the clinical trial, the volunteer then signs an informed consent paper. The paper doesn’t require the volunteer to participate in the clinical trial until it’s over. He or she is free to leave at any time and for any or no reason. The people who conduct the urological clinical trial adhere to the highest ethical standards when it comes to the rights of the participants.

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Friday, August 10, 2012

When to See a Urologist


There are some major symptoms that would be a sure sign that you need to see a Urologist at University Urology or even your local Urologist.

When there is a continued urge to urinate more than usual, this could be a sign of a bladder infection. When the bladder does become infected, spasms will occur, which make the person feel they have to urinate often when they really don’t. A urologist can do a test to see if you have a bladder infection or not.

With older men, a frequency of urination without much output at all may be a sign of an enlarged prostate. To find out, a urologist would perform a complete exam and then make a diagnosis.

Moreover, people often develop tiny stones made of calcium deposits in the urinary tract. If the stone happens to be too big, it may block the urethra. If this happens, urinary output can be stopped. Signs of this would include pain in the lower back and abdomen. 

Pain felt in the abdomen area can be a lot of different things, but if it’s painful along with having some burning sensations during urination, or if there is frequent urination or even the problem of not being able to urinate, a visit to the urologist could tell if there is an infection.

For people diagnosed with prostate or bladder cancer, it’s important to see a urologist. There are specialists in urology (urologic oncology) that work specifically with patients that have prostate and bladder cancers. If the patient is a child, they should also see a pediatric urologist.


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