July 24, 2026

Plant-Based Diets Linked to Fewer Recurrent UTIs

An analysis of more than 57,000 women found lower reported rates of recurrent urinary tract infection among vegetarians and vegans, but experts cautioned that the findings could not establish causation.

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July 15, 2026

Medical Oddities: Natural Doesn't Always Mean Safe

From the gym to the kitchen to romance, these studies challenge everyday assumptions.

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July 10, 2026

FDA Expands Bladder Cancer Regimen

KEYNOTE-B15/EV-304 demonstrated statistically significant improvements in event-free and overall survival with perioperative pembrolizumab plus enfortumab vedotin-ejfv compared with neoadjuvant gemcitabine plus cisplatin.

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July 08, 2026

Can Belzutifan Improve Adjuvant Therapy?

The phase 3 LITESPARK-022 trial compared adjuvant pembrolizumab plus belzutifan with pembrolizumab plus placebo following resection of clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma.

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July 06, 2026

Why Is Vaginal Estrogen Still Underused?

A large Epic Cosmos analysis linked vaginal estrogen prescribing with lower rates of sepsis, hospital admission, and death following recurrent urinary tract infection, but researchers cautioned that prescribing may also mark broader differences in care.

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July 02, 2026

Immediate Repair Successful After Urethral Injury

Case report described successful immediate reconstruction of a membranous urethral injury recognized during rectal cancer surgery.

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June 17, 2026

Oral Carbapenem Wins FDA Approval for cUTIs

Tebipenem pivoxil was noninferior to intravenous imipenem-cilastatin in hospitalized adults.

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June 09, 2026

Tibial Implant Linked to UUI Improvement

In the single-arm TITAN 2 study, 61% of patients were responders at 12 months, but the trial lacked a sham control.

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June 08, 2026

Female Urology Clinicians Report More Harassment

Nearly half of female clinicians in urology reported experiencing patient-perpetrated sexual harassment or gender discrimination.

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June 03, 2026

Surgeon Sleep Timing Tied to Risk

Severe social jet lag among surgeons was associated with higher rates of major adverse events, independent of sleep duration, workload, and patient risk.

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