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Testosterone treatment may offer moderate benefit in improving sexual function in older men

Testosterone Therapy Offers Modest Benefits for Older Men

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Larger studies and long-term follow-up needed to determine possible risks of treatment
Most medical schools need to post

Many Med Schools Appear Unwelcoming Regarding Disability

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Only one-third of medical schools have technical standards supporting accommodating disabilities
Renal mass biopsy is accurate for small renal masses (4 cm or less)

Renal Mass Biopsy Accurate for Small Renal Masses

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Between renal mass biopsy, surgical pathology, rate of accuracy in identifying malignancies 97.1 percent
In a case vignette published in the Feb. 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine

Vignette Highlights Management of Recurrent UTI in Older Men

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Case presented of patient with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase E. coli infection
The percentage of uninsured persons is decreasing in the United States

CDC: Number of Uninsured Persons in U.S. Down Since 2013

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Increase in percentage of adults, children with private health insurance coverage from 2013 to 2015
For patients with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus

Robotic Sx Feasible for Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombectomy

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Case series shows robotic nephrectomy is feasible and performed safely in selected patients
Pennsylvania physicians have called for state- and national-level medical associations to take an active role in addressing the issue of increasing generic drug prices

Physicians Concerned By Increasing Cost of Generics

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Pennsylvania docs call for state- and national-level medical associations to address issue
Medical liability reforms are likely to be advanced and challenged in 2016

AMA Highlights Issues Relating to Medical Liability Reform

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New ideas likely to be implemented in 2016 to address existing, developing issues in medical liability
The effect of the 2012 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations against prostate-specific antigen screening for all men had a differential effect on urologists and primary care providers

Variable Impact of USPSTF Guidance Against PSA Screen

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Differential effect of 2012 USPSTF recommendations for primary care providers, urologists
Physicians recently met in Seattle to discuss the difficulties and benefits associated with electronic health records in a third town hall meeting on the subject

Doctors Offer Suggestions for Electronic Health Records

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Suggestions offered on how to make EHRs more functional in practice, and reduce regulatory burden