Ureteral Stricture: How a Narrowed Ureter Can Destroy a Kidney Silently

A narrowing in the tube from kidney to bladder often causes no symptoms at all, because the other kidney quietly takes over. By the time anything is noticed, function on that side may already be lost — which is why follow-up imaging after stone or pelvic surgery matters.
Lycopene and Prostate Cancer: What the Evidence Actually Supports

Tomatoes are good food. That is not the same as a proven way to prevent prostate cancer — and the processed sauces this article once recommended as the best sources come with problems of their own.
Polycystic Kidney Disease: What It Means, and What Can Now Be Done

An inherited condition in which cysts gradually replace both kidneys. Each child of an affected parent has a one in two chance — and unlike a few years ago, there is now a drug that slows it in those progressing fastest.
Radiation Cystitis: Bleeding From the Bladder Years After Pelvic Radiotherapy

Blood in the urine long after radiotherapy is often radiation damage to the bladder — but it must not be assumed to be, because radiation itself raises the risk of a second cancer. What is checked first, and what actually helps.
