Prostatitis

Defining The Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes: A New Beginning - An International Symposium (Medical News Today)

18 Jul 2008

BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Report on the meeting of the National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Diseases Conference June 16-17, 2008 - Bethesda MD. In December 2007 The NIDDK held its first workshop on urologic chronic pelvic pain.

Defining the Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes: A New Beginning (Newswise)

16 Jul 2008

A group of international experts in urology, gastroenterology, internal medicine, rheumatology, epidemiology, behavioral science and other disciplines convened with a goal of re-characterizing the two most common urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes, interstitial cystitis (IC) and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS).

PSA Reduction (after Antibiotics) Permits To Avoid Or Postpone Prostate Biopsy In Selected Patients (Medical News Today)

13 Jul 2008

UroToday.com - In Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, a group from Palermo, Italy report on the use of antibiotics in patients with an elevated PSA. The study cohort consisted of 94 Caucasian men with a PSA between 4 and 10ng/ml, no symptoms of prostatitis, a negative rectal exam for cancer and who were otherwise candidates for prostate biopsy.