Peyronie's Disease (also known as Chronic Inflammation of the Tunica Albuginea (CITA), is a connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous plaques, or scarring, in the soft tissue of the penis. It is estimated to affect up to 10% of all men, although many cases go unreported. Specifically, scar tissue forms in the thick sheath of... Read more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released statistics from its 2009 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), with trend information as far back as 1993. The NIS consists of discharge records for all inpatients treated in a sample of approximately 1,000 hospitals. These discharges are... Read more
In August of this year, the Dallas Morning News reported that a 10-year old Texas boy died in late July of dehydration after his parents deprived him of water to discipline him for wetting the bed. The boy's father, Michael Ray James, 42, and his wife, stepmother Tina Maria Alberson, also 42, were arrested afterwards and charged with injury to a... Read more
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Nancy Muller on Incontinence
Wednesday, September 07 2011
Despite advances in all areas of medical technology, there continue to be few choices for women in American with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and/or pelvic organ prolapse (POP). The options available often fail to represent complete cures, or elimination of symptoms.
Although for years, doctors considered the abdominal colposuspension (Burch)... Read more
In the midst of the federal debt ceiling crisis and arguments over where and how to reduce federal spending, discussions about the elderly - specifically Social Security and Medicare - keep coming on and off the table. In the end, they appear to be off, at least temporarily. But it's no secret that aging Baby Boomers, 78.2 million of whom... Read more
