Objective: To recommend further research on vasectomy based on a systematic review of
the effectiveness and safety of vasectomy. Design: A systematic MEDLINE review of the …

In 1982, the Centers for Disease Control, the Food and Drug Administration, and the
manufacturer created a surveillance system to monitor spontaneous reports of adverse events …

Although PSA is a most valuable tool for the practicing physician, it lacks sufficient sensitivity
and specificity for detecting early prostate cancer to be the perfect tumor marker. The …

Objective. —To define the characteristics of serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in a
population of healthy men without clinically evident prostate cancer, but who are at risk for …

Purpose : We determined the occurrence of and risk factors for acute urinary retention in the
community setting. Materials and Methods : A cohort of 2,115 men 40 to 79 years old was …

Background. Almost all nursing homes in the United States are required by the 1987 Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act to assess each resident's functional, medical, psychosocial, …

OBJECTIVES: To develop a brief questionnaire to measure male sexual function. METHODS:
An initial set of questions was refined and reduced through cognitive testing and two serial …

We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled efficacy trial of the live attenuated Oka/Merck
varicella vaccine among 956 children between the ages of 1 and 14 years, with a …

This study evaluates the risk of prostate cancer in relation to serum levels of the major
vitamin D metabolites, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-D3) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25-D). …

Based on data from three studies with complete recording of adverse events in about 12
000 patients each, we determined that angioedema in association with the angiotensin …