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Prostate Scotland appoints digital technology leader Peter Proud as new trustee

Prostate Scotland has appointed Peter Proud, Founder and CEO of Edinburgh-based digital technology company Forrit, to its Board of Trustees. Bringing more than 30 years of experience in digital transformation, data, and AI-driven innovation, Peter will support the charity’s work...

Preoperative stenting compared to non‑stenting in ureteroscopy for urinary stone disease

Urolithiasis, one of the most prevalent urological conditions worldwide, significantly affects patients’ quality of life. In the United States, its lifetime prevalence is approximately 1 in 11, while global rates vary from 1% to 13%. The management of urolithiasis offers...

Bladder cancer – an overshadowed ‘volcano’

Bladder cancer has often been overshadowed by the limelight of prostate cancer. However, of all the urological cancers, bladder cancer is the only one which has shown a slight decline in age-standardised five-year survival rates over the last couple of...

iMEDicare – Pelvic Health Naturally are on a mission

Since 2022, the team at iMEDicare has been scaling the highest peaks of various European nations to raise funds for a selection of their favourite charities. Their mountain adventures have so far taken them to the top of Scotland, Wales,...

Boosting the immune response to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin

In this issue of European Urology, Buisan et al. report early clinical and immunological outcomes of subcutaneous priming with the non-live mycobacterium tuberculosis RUTI vaccine prior to intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The phase...

PARP inhibitors and prostate cancer

The discovery that BRCA1/2-deficient tumour cells are highly sensitive to poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors (PARPi) established the foundation of synthetic lethality in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The TOPARP-A trial confirmed clinical benefit, with PARPi activity largely restricted to...

Bladder Health UK: Urinary Tract Infection and Bladder Pain Syndrome. A Patient-Centred Approach.

Registration is now open for Bladder Health UK’s study day for healthcare professionals! If you are a healthcare professional, join us for a day at this central London venue in which we focus on urinary tract infection and bladder pain syndrome! Learning hours certificates will be available after the event which can be used for revalidation. Registration £25.00 Special thanks to sponsors : Aspire Pharma, CliniMed, Consilient Health, Viatris

Creating online medical videos

Equipment When starting out with creating video content it can be overwhelming ensuring you have the right technology to help you create the best content. The truth is most of us have all we need in our pocket every day....

Urology Podcasts and NotebookLM

Podcasts, downloadable or streamable digital audio / video shows, have surged in popularity over the last five years due to the ubiquity of smartphones, high-speed mobile networks, and accessible content creation technology. They offer on-the-go access to expert discussions, clinical...

Action Bladder Cancer UK – 2019 Report

ABC UK is a national charity working for bladder cancer patients. Set up in 2009 we work to raise awareness of bladder cancer and the issues faced by patients; we provide direct support for patients; we work to improve outcomes for...

Sustainable healthcare: what steps can urologists take?

Human health is intrinsically linked to environmental health, making the ever-pressing climate crisis fundamentally a public health emergency. The healthcare sector is responsible for 8% of the UK’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide [1]. As the largest publicly funded healthcare...

REPORT: Urology News Patient Engagement Evenings

Towards the end of 2019 the team at Urology News began making plans for our first event. An educational study day focusing on how to improve patient engagement in urology was to be held in Edinburgh at the end of...