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iMEDicare's fundraiser for Disabled Living/Bladder and Bowel UK
Team iMEDicare Execs will climb the tallest mountain in Poland (Mount Rysy in the Tatra Mountains – 8,199 feet/2,499 metres), on the 27th of August 2023.PROSPACKS supports prostate cancer patients starting treatment in Scotland
Men across Scotland undergoing treatment for prostate cancer can benefit from new care and support packs thanks to a project by charity Prostate Scotland and long-term funder, the Grand Lodge of Scotland. PROSPACKS – tailored packs for men beginning radiotherapy,...Wit, wine, whisky and wisdom – Prestonfield’s Burns Supper returns for 2026 in aid of Prostate Scotland
Tickets are now on sale for Prestonfield’s annual Burns Supper, taking place on Thursday 22 January 2026 at the spectacular Prestonfield House in Edinburgh. This enchanting evening promises an opulent blend of wit, wine, whisky and wisdom, all in support...So you want to go on a fellowship – part II: the research year
This article is the second in a three-part series which follows directly on from the first part which concentrated on the rationale for going on a fellowship, as well as some of the administrative hurdles you might face in planning...The Lester Eshleman Urology Workshop (Tanzania): a trainee’s perspective
For many trainees a period abroad is increasingly an essential supplement to higher surgical training in the UK. However, for many, because of family responsibilities or financial imperatives, this is not always a viable option. There are however alternatives. Here...Planning and doing a fellowship: advice during the COVID-19 era
To paraphrase Shakespeare, to do, or not to do a fellowship, that is the question. That may be your question; whether or not to pursue a fellowship, even more so due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are...
RN or PN for small RCCs – the debate continues
This is a retrospective study to evaluate kidney function and overall survival (OS) in patients who underwent partial nephrectomy (PN) and radical nephrectomy (RN) for RCCs <4cm. They looked at 2110 patients who underwent RN/PN for T1a renal cell carcinomas...An overview of daytime wetting in children
It is estimated that daytime wetting affects one in seventy-five children over the age of five years [1]. Daytime wetting is commoner in younger children (1 in 7 aged 4.5 years, 1 in 20 aged 9.5 years) [1]. Many younger...
The Underactive Bladder
For many, a diagnosis of an underactive or atonic bladder represents the end of the line in terms of management options. It remains a poorly understood and even more poorly appreciated condition, both in terms of underlying pathophysiology and alternatives...
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis – PSA, Biopsy and Beyond
The danger of many of the texts which deal with this rapidly changing field is that by the time the texts are published they are out of date. This book however remains fresh, in part because it acknowledges that there...
Urinary Stones – Medical and Surgical Management
This book is nicely adapted to cover both the medical and surgical management of urinary stone disease. Those chapters dealing with the surgical management of stone disease are dealt with unsurprisingly well – delivered with a relaxed and conversational prose...
