Current Issue February 2012 | Vol. 39, No. 1
Current Topic
The evolving nature of gender health is an emerging and fertile area for urologists. In an era of diminished resources, there is great opportunity for urologists to broaden their scope and how they interact with both their peers and their patients. Given the ominous increase in both obesity and diabetes in the United States and the increasingly recognized association between metabolic dysfunction and urologic health, there is a great opportunity for urologists to acquaint themselves better with multiple health issues from cradle to grave. For example, lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and sexual dysfunction are highly prevalent in men; these associations between LUTS and sexual dysfunction are independent of age and comorbidities, such as heart disease and diabetes. Evidence linking disorders of the prostate and bladder with LUTS and sexual dysfunction is irrefutable, but the contribution of metabolic, cardiovascular, and endocrine factors cannot be discounted. What is the underlying association? Moreover, in an era where the prevalence of metabolic syndrome is increasing particularly in the face of an epidemic of obesity, where do urologists fit in?
November 2011 August 2011 May 2011 February 20112011 - Volume 38
Lymphadenectomy in Urologic Oncology: Indications, Controversies and Complications
Guest Editor: Reza Ghavamian, MD
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Urology
Guest Editor: Mark A. Moyad, MD, MPH
Erectile Dysfunction
Guest Editor: Culley C. Carson III, MD
Surgical Approach to Incontinence
Guest Editor: Roger R. Dmochowski
