Urinary & Kidney Team

Find tips for daily living with kidney, bladder, prostate and urethral conditions and learn about treatment breakthroughs, including minimally invasive and scarless options for kidney surgery, from our Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute.

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Supplements, OTCs May Hurt Your Kidneys

Tags: aspirin, kidney disease, kidney failure, kidney health, over the counter medications OTC, supplements

Cleveland Clinic nephrologist Robert Heyka, MD, discusses common OTC medicines, antibiotics, and herbal supplements that can cause kidney damage, and he gives advice about screenings and risk factors.

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I Found a Lump — Is It Testicular Cancer?

Tags: cancer, men's health, self-exam, testicle, testicular cancer, testicular cancer awareness month 2013, testis cancer, urology

Too often, patients and their doctors miss the early signs of testicular cancer, delaying the right diagnosis. Caught early, testicular cancer is one of the most curable forms of cancer.

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For Teens: Testicular Cancer Self-exams

Tags: pediatrics, puberty, self-exam, teens, testicle, testicular cancer, testicular cancer awareness month 2013, urology

Regular testicular self-examinations (TSE) are key to early detection of testicular cancer. Cleveland Clinic pediatric urologist Audrey Rhee, MD, has advice for parents on talking to their sons about the importance of TSEs.

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Pancreas Transplants for Type 1 Diabetics

Tags: diabetes, glucose, insulin, kidney transplant, organ transplant, pancreas transplant, pancreatic transplant, transplantation

Do you have type 1 diebetes that isn’t well controlled with insulin and dietary changes? A pancreas transplant may be an option. Transplant surgeon John Rabets, MD, explains who would be a candidate and what a transplant offers.

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The Amazing History of Kidney Treatment (Slideshow)

Tags: dialysis, history, innovation, kidney, kidney disease, kidney transplant

How has a washing machine been used as a dialysis machine? On World Kidney Day, learn what has helped researchers find effective treatments for chronic kidney disease.

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Prostate Cancer: Surgeon’s Skill Matters Most

Tags: prostate, prostate cancer, prostate screening, prostate-specific antigen

When it comes to prostate cancer surgery, the experience and skill of the surgeon may have a bigger impact on the outcome than how the surgery was performed.

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Kidney Donation Just Got Safer

Tags: kidney, kidney cancer, kidney disease, kidney donation, kidney failure, kidney removal, kidney tumor

If you’re thinking of becoming a kidney donor, you should know that new rules should make it safer. An expert offers his interpretation of the changes.

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September: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Tags: prostate, prostate cancer, prostate gland, prostate month, prostate screening

Would you like to better understand prostate cancer? Our experts offer advice, information and additional resources, including a free Cancer Answer Line staffed by oncology nurses.

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Chat With a Doctor: Prostate Cancer

Tags: bladder cancer, chat with a doctor, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, prostate gland, prostate month, testis cancer, urinary diversion, urology, web chat, webchat

Ask questions and get answers about prostate cancer from a Cleveland Clinic physician during a live webchat Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, at noon (ET).

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Prostate Cancer Prevention: Checking Out the Hype

Tags: Be Well e-News, cancer prevention, diagnostics, men's health, prostate, prostate cancer, prostate month

Learn why aspirin can help — and vitamin E can hurt — your odds for preventing prostate cancer. A Cleveland Clinic prostate specialist weighs in on eight medicinal and dietary tips for cancer prevention.