As many as one in four men admitted to hospital with acute urinary retention will die within a year. The risk of death in men after acute urinary retention is close to that seen in patients who had a ...

A new study examined the absolute and relative risk of urogenital, colorectal, and neurological cancers after a diagnosis of AUR. Higher risk was generally confined to the first 3 months after ...

Rotterdam, the Netherlands - Current use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with an increased risk of acute urinary retention (AUR), an epidemiological study has found [ 1] ...

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Lee Seryeong] With news of the coldest weather of the year approaching, some may slightly look forward to a white Christmas, but for ...

The reliability of serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) measurements in men with acute urinary retention is unclear. Total PSA, free and complexed PSA were measured, and the free/total (f/t) PSA and ...

Current epidemiological patterns of adverse events of clinical BPH remain unclear. We investigated trends in acute urinary retention (AUR) associated with BPH in a large, population-based cohort.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 71 and began having urinary issues due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) many years ago. I took alpha blockers (Flomax, double Flomax and tadalifil), which didn’t provide any ...

Issues with urination in men may arise due to multiple factors. For instance, an enlarged prostate, mostly age-related (“benign prostatic hyperplasia”, BPH), can cause urine dribbling or a hesitant ...

If you have trouble starting to urinate or maintaining urine flow, you may have urinary hesitancy. It can occur in men and women at any age, but it’s most common in older men. In some cases, it may ...

A six-month-long carefully controlled study by physicians at the University of Chicago, published in the December issue of the journal Urology, shows that the herbal remedy saw palmetto can improve ...