In penile conditions, examination is crucial to diagnosis, management, and patient counselling. Previously, these examinations have been carried out in-person, but the current COVID-19 pandemic has meant that remote consultations have become the norm – so that obtaining accurate digital images is crucial for diagnosis …

 
The current COVID-19 outbreak has raised many questions, in particular the disproportionately higher number of deaths among men compared with women.
Due to the severity of the pandemic, a vast (and often confusing) amount of information has rapidly been published on the subject – yet our …

In the next in our series of Trends in Urology and Men’s Health podcasts, Mike Kirby, Editor of Trends in Urology and Men’s Health, returns to the microphone to go over some important recent medical studies along with his own ‘take-home message’.
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In the first of a series of Trends in Urology and Men’s Health podcasts, Mike Kirby, GP and Visiting Professor to the University of Hertfordshire, discusses the association between testicular cancer surgery and the subsequent development of testosterone deficiency and the metabolic syndrome.
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In this short video Culley Carson, Rhodes Distinguished Professor and Chief of Urology at the University of North Carolina, USA, discusses the current outcomes of prostate cancer treatment; in particular, the management of urinary incontinence using a male sling or artificial urinary sphincter.

In this short video Culley Carson, Rhodes Distinguished Professor and Chief of Urology at the University of North Carolina, USA, discusses the diagnosis and management of Peyronie’s disease. In particular, he asks clinicians to remain aware of it as a potential diagnosis in patients presenting …

A survey commissioned by Prostate Cancer UK highlighted that, when asked, many men feel they get limited advice or support on sexual dysfunction as a consequence of radical treatment for prostate cancer.
In particular, the survey made clear that patients undergoing radiotherapy often get little advice …

In this short video, Stephen Fry candidly discusses how an elevated PSA level during his annual health check set off a chain of further medical tests that resulted in his eventual diagnosis with prostate cancer.
After hearing the fateful words ‘I’m a little worried about your PSA …

Professor Mike Kirby, GP and Visiting Professor to the University of Hertfordshire and The Prostate Centre, London, discusses diabetes in men and what we have learnt from the recent cardiovascular outcome trials on diabetes drugs. 
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Last November, nearly 40 cyclists undertook The Urology Foundation (TUF) Challenge to cycle 500km through Vietnam and Cambodia. The riders were urologists, patients and supporters who all wanted to raise funds for TUF’s work into research, training and education to provide better treatments and outcomes …