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Prostatitis is the most common diagnosis (>50%) in men visiting outpatient urological clinics .
The NIH classification classifies prostatitis into 4 types: category I - acute bacterial prostatitis, which is very rare, affecting only up to 5% of patients; category II- chronic bacterial prostatitis,
One of the most common clinical presentations associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) is stable angina, which can be translated clinically into chest discomfort (or equivalent) evoked by different levels of physical activity depending on the extent of the disease. In the United States, it is
Evidence shows independent associations between hyperuricaemia and the risk of cardio-renal conditions, including heart failure (HF). Serum uric acid (sUA) is also a strong prognostic factor and correlates with other markers of poor prognosis in HF patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF),
1. Research drugs. Three kinds of uric acid lowering drugs, allopurinol, febuxostat and benzbromarone, will be evaluated in this study.
2. Study design and sample size calculation. This study was designed as a single-center prospective cohort study. Age-matched sperm donors from the human sperm bank
Gout is the most prevalent inflammatory rheumatological disease among young men, affecting about 4% of the general population. Caused by the deposit of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals which form because of high urate concentrations in serum. Currently, there is no universal definition for
Evidence shows independent associations between hyperuricaemia and the risk of hypertension, myocardial infarction, chronic kidney disease (CKD), type 2 diabetes, heart failure, and metabolic syndrome, including obesity Furthermore, gout, an inflammatory arthritis caused by deposition of monosodium
Uric acid levels often rise when kidney function declines. Historically, high uric acid has not been treated unless the uric acid crystallizes in the joint space and causes clinical gout disease, more typically seen in adults. However, new research has shown that high uric acid levels are associated
Sedentary, overweight and obese subjects diagnosed with T2D, ages 40-75 years old, will be recruited from the local community, via the University of Missouri's Endocrinology Clinic and the primary care clinics. During screening, and after consent, anthropometrics (waist circumference and body
This is a pilot study, PROBE design (prospective randomized open label blinded endpoints study), that will include 100 patients.
Patients will be recruited during their hospitalization in the cardiology department of Ichilov- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
It will include patients with known or
Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis affecting adults (1), with a disease frequency that continues to increase dramatically (2). Gout is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality which are concentrated in older men and magnified in patients with chronic kidney disease
Diabetic nephropathy is characterized not only by glomerular disease but also tubulointerstitial injury. The tubular changes associated with diabetic nephropathy, include basement membrane thickening, tubular hypertrophy, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, glycogen accumulation and interstitial
Introduction:
Vitamin D is a versatile signaling molecule with a well-established role in the regulation of calcium homeostasis and bone health. The spectrum of vitamin D target-organs has expanded and it has been suggested that vitamin D influences the immune system, endocrine organs such as
Hyperuricemia in heart failure (HF) is linked to renal impairment, hemodynamic compromise, and inflammation. Hyperuricemic HF patients are characterized by worsening of renal function and fragile volume state, both of which restrict the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) when
- Patients will have several visits to the Pediatric Oncology outpatient clinic. Each visit will consist of a physical examination and laboratory evaluation. Each laboratory evaluation will consist of taking approximately 10 to 15 milliliters of blood (or approximately three teaspoons). These clinic