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New drug hope for prostate cancer patients

16 January 2025
• Hormone therapy is used to slow the progression of advanced prostate cancer, but cancers often develop resistance and continue to grow.• Research reveals that patients with higher levels of heat shock proteins have worse outcomes.• Targeting these proteins with...

Urodynamics in review: stress urinary incontinence in women produced by the Urodynamics Committee of the ICS

1 November 2018 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology
Urodynamic studies (UDS) are the best tools to objectively assess the lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) of various aetiologies [1]. According to the general understanding and consensus of the medical community UDS should be performed only when they will change...

Dr Glaucomflecken: Stayin’ Alive

1 November 2022 |
Peter Cackett spoke to ophthalmologist and social media sensation Dr Glaucomflecken about his early days in comedy, the role satire can play in impacting medical governance, and where he might take his brand of medical comedy next. It was towards...

British Urology Researchers in Surgical Training research collaborative: A BURST of ideas and endeavours

1 March 2019 | | URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Urologic Oncology
The British Urology Researchers in Surgical Training (BURST) research collaborative was founded in 2015 with the aim of creating research opportunities for urology trainees in the UK. It was built on early foundations laid out by the Thames Research Urologists...

The Lister Royal College of Surgeons of England / BAUS Accredited Robotic Urological Fellowship Programme

1 September 2015 | | URO - Core Urology
Robotic fellowship training in the UK – overview Robotic surgery has increased in popularity since its introduction in 2003. Its validation in a growing number of operative procedures has increased its acceptance nationwide and its usage is becoming widespread. Initial...

The Lester Eshleman Urology Workshop (Tanzania): a trainee’s perspective

1 May 2014 | | URO - Core Urology
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...

COVID-19: the impact on a junior registrar

26 May 2020 | | URO - Covid-19
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic I was a trust grade junior registrar, using this year at a district general hospital to gain experience, skills and portfolio points for round two of National Selection. My urology registrar on-call duties would consist...

BAUS Annual Scientific Meeting 2023

19 June 2023 -21 June 2023
Day 1 Highlights by: Omer Abdalla, Urology ST6 - Wirral University Teaching Hospitals, Mersey BSoT Trainee's rep (@Omer_Uro1). BAUS 2023 began last night with a wonderful welcome reception at the Birmingham Library, where urologists from throughout the UK met again,...

What did the Romans ever do for us?

1 May 2016 | | URO - Technology
In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). Previously in this column, I told you about the Saxons and how they...

What the Dickens?

1 November 2018 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Technology
In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). In the last article we were in the modern world of films, this...

BJUI Knowledge

1 May 2016
BJUI Knowledge is a new online educational platform for urologists. It combines online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) through e-learning, with a platform for recording CPD activity. It was released in February 2016 and is free to access and use for...

Technology for remote working and COVID-19 resources

2 April 2020 | | URO - Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered every aspect of how we live, and how healthcare needs to be provided for the welfare of patients and staff. I thought I would try to summarise a few potential technology tools that could be...