Prescription Drugs Prescription drugs may also be an option for men with BPH. Types of drugs include: Alpha blockers are pills used to relax the muscles of the prostate and bladder to reduce BPH ...

Kidney Stones - What You Should Know. A fact sheet that gives a brief overview of kidney stones, their symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Written at a six-grade reading level for improved ...

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Urology is a part of health care that deals with diseases of the male and female urinary tract (kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra). It also deals with the male organs that are able to make babies ...

Share Your Story Have a story to share? The Urology Care Foundation invites you to share your experience with a urologic condition and how it has affected you or your family.

When an emergency call comes in, firefighters don’t wait to respond. They jump in their trucks, head to the scene and quickly handle the situation. Yet, when an alarm sounds about higher rates of ...

Genetic/molecular testing may help a doctor know if risks for bladder cancer can be found before it starts or gets bad. Genetic testing may also help find treatments that could stop or kill your ...

When going through bladder cancer treatment, it is helpful to learn about different side effects, symptoms and when to seek medical care. To help understand these side effect symptoms, let’s use a ...

There are many risk factors for getting bladder cancer? Some you can change, while others you can’t. The biggest risk factor for bladder cancer, smoking, is something you can change. Half of all ...

At the age of 57, Margo was living a healthy, happy life. She exercised regularly and ate a healthy diet, so when she found blood in her urine one day, she knew something wasn’t right. Margo wasn’t ...

Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men in the United States. Many people with the disease don’t know they have it until they go for a routine checkup. Catching bladder cancer early can ...