Urology
Back Pain or Kidney Pain? Location and Symptoms That Help Tell
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team Back pain is more likely to come from muscles, joints, discs, or nerves when it changes with movement,… Continue Reading
When a Suprapubic Catheter Is Recommended
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team You cannot empty your bladder, but passing a catheter through the urethra is painful, unsuccessful, or unsafe. What… Continue Reading
Bladder Augmentation Surgery: Reconstructing Function When Nothing Else Works
Introduction For most people with bladder dysfunction, treatment progresses along a fairly predictable path: lifestyle changes, medications, pelvic floor therapy, and, in some cases, minimally… Continue Reading
Infected Urachal Cyst: Symptoms, Treatment, and Complications
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team A sore spot below the belly button may seem like a pulled muscle, urinary tract infection, or minor… Continue Reading
Lithotripsy: Breaking Stones Without a Scalpel
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team A kidney stone may be small, but the pain it causes can disrupt sleep, work, travel, and nearly… Continue Reading
Recovering From Kidney Stone Surgery, Week by Week
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team You are home after kidney stone surgery, but your urine is pink, urination burns, and a dull ache… Continue Reading
The eGFR Race Adjustment and Why It Was Dropped
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team You open an older blood-test report and see two kidney function results: one labeled for African American patients… Continue Reading
Hesitancy, Dysuria, Blood, Frequency: Reading Urinary Symptoms
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team You feel the urge to urinate, but the stream takes several seconds to begin. When it finally does,… Continue Reading
Prostate Health
What Every Man Should Know Far too many men neglect their health and delay doctors’ visits and screening exams. Recent public campaigns have emphasized men’s… Continue Reading
Navigating the Challenges of Cancer in the Pelvic Area
Finding out you or a loved one has cancer of the pelvic area can be overwhelming. This type of cancer includes those affecting organs within… Continue Reading
