Word: urologist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stone is too big to be "basketed," doctors insert a metal rod that conducts high-frequency sound waves into the stone. "The surfaces tend to be pretty hard," says Urologist Robert Kahn of the University of California at San Francisco, "but once the thing is cracked, it falls apart." The fragments are removed by suction or the grabbing tool. Total time from start to finish: between half an hour and two hours, depending on the size, number and chemical composition of the stones...
...After this procedure, patients are up and around pain-free the next morning," reports Urologist Culley Carson of Duke University Medical Center. "It would be difficult for them to walk around for three or four days after conventional surgery." Another advantage: nephroscopy patients can return to their jobs in about a week; surgical patients require ten days of costly hospitalization and up to eight weeks of convalescence. "There really is no trauma to the system with this method," says Dr. Joseph Segura of the Mayo Clinic, which pioneered the technique...
...measure, herpes is an extraordinary bug. "It is the ultimate parasite," declares University of Michigan Microbiologist Charles Shipman. Says Washington, D.C., Urologist Peter Gross: "If you were doing a science-fiction movie, you couldn't invent something better than herpes." What makes it unique is that unlike influenza and other viruses, it survives in the human body. long after an attack has subsided. Once herpes has found its way into your system, says Dr. Harold Kessler, a Chicago specialist in infectious disease, "it's your virus for life...
...furniture and one of the two cars. But one thing on her list stopped Mark cold: a partial interest in his medical degree. For her support, Janet reasoned, she should receive a percentage of the $660,000 that she says is the added money he will earn as a urologist. A state appeals court in San Bernardino ruled that she has a point, and professionals up and down California are wondering if the case could affect them some...
...Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., Urologist Alvaro Morales and a team of researchers have conducted a study of yohimbine's effect on 23 men with impotence related to physical problems, like diabetes. The men were given laboratory-synthesized yohimbine daily for eight to ten weeks. Ten improved, with six once again able to sustain erection and reach orgasm. The drug unexpectedly also relieves some of the numbness and prickling in the legs that frequently afflict diabetics. Unpleasant side effects were limited to temporary dizziness or gastrointestinal upset. The Canadian team is now beginning a two-year study...