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Among institutional review board members

Progress in Reporting Conflict of Interest Among IRB Members

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Percentage of members who felt another member didn't disclose financial relationships down '05 to '14
Testosterone supplements don't improve ejaculatory function in men with low testosterone

Testosterone Tx Offers Little Help for Ejaculatory Dysfunction

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Researchers saw no improvement for patients with low testosterone and delayed ejaculation
Men with borderline testosterone levels frequently have depression and depressive symptoms

Depression Up Among Men With Borderline Testosterone

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More than half have depression or depressive symptoms; 25 percent taking antidepressants
Patients undergoing brain or spine surgery are at no greater risk if residents assist during the operation

No ‘Downside’ With Residents Assisting During Surgery

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Findings might help reassure concerned patients
More U.S. physicians are sparing their low-risk prostate cancer patients from prostatectomy

Surveillance Becoming More Common for Prostate Cancer

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Many men with low-risk disease being spared prostatectomy, radiation, androgen deprivation tx
Communication failures in the perioperative setting often result from inaccurate or inaccessible documentation

Disorganized Documentation Ups Peri-Op Communication Failures

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Documentation is often insufficient, inaccessible, and not verbally reinforced
An intervention review indicates that mid-urethral sling operations are a highly effective treatment for stress urinary incontinence in women; however

New Evidence Can Help Informed Choice in Incontinence Surgery

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For mid-urethral sling, fewer adverse events with transobturator route versus retropubic route
For many cancers

Mortality Rates Declining for Many Cancers

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Rates predicted to meet Healthy People 2020 targets for breast, lung, prostate cancers
Many health care professionals work when they are sick

Despite Risk to Patients, Health Providers Often Work While Sick

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Main reason is not wanting to let colleagues, patients down

June 2015 Briefing – Urology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Urology for June 2015. This roundup includes the latest...