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A Gut Bug That Flags Kidney Stone Return
2026-06-29
A Chinese prospective study found Escherichia-Shigella gut abundance, family history, and creatinine predicted stone recurrence with AUC 0.943 in validation.
Development and Validation of a Predictive Model for Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stone Recurrence Integrating Gut Microbiome and Clinical Features
kidney stones
gut microbiome
biomarkers
cohort study
Synbiotics Cut Oxalate — And Nothing Else
2026-05-29
Synbiotic capsules reduced urinary oxalate significantly (P=.001) vs placebo over 12 weeks, but left all other stone-risk markers unchanged.
Effects of Synbiotic Supplementation on Blood and Urinary Concentrations of Factors Related to Kidney Stone Formation in Overweight or Obese Patients with Hyperoxaluria: A Randomized Controlled Trial
kidney stones
gut microbiome
obesity
oxidative stress
Gut Bacteria May Hurt Sperm. The Evidence Is Thin.
2026-05-16
A plausible gut-testis axis linking dysbiosis to poor sperm quality — authors themselves admit few human studies back it up
Gut Microbial Dysbiosis and Male Reproductive Health: Current Insights and Future Directions
gut microbiome
male infertility
spermatogenesis
narrative review
testosterone
inflammation
Plastic Chemicals May Rewrite Fertility Across Generations
2026-05-08
A narrative review argues BPA harms male fertility via gut dysbiosis and epigenetic marks — but admits the transgenerational evidence is provisional at best
Transgenerational Exposure to Plastics-Derived Endocrine-Disrupting Bisphenol A and Its Analogs on Male Infertility: Impact of Gut Dysbiosis and Epigenetic Regulation
environmental exposure
epigenetics
male infertility
narrative review
spermatogenesis
gut microbiome
Does Your Gut Decide If a PE Drug Works?
2025-07-22
Men who responded to dapoxetine had different gut bacteria than non-responders, but the link was weak
Uncovering novel therapeutic targets for premature ejaculation from gut microbiota: A prospective high-throughput sequencing study
premature ejaculation
gut microbiome
biomarkers
cohort study
male infertility
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erectile dysfunction
91
sexual dysfunction
85
narrative review
78
surgical outcomes
71
biomarkers
66
animal study
62
genetics
58
spermatogenesis
58
evidence quality
57
oxidative stress
52
women's health
46
hypogonadism
45
kidney stones
42
semen quality
41
meta-analysis
38
cross-sectional
38
systematic review
38
infertility
33
testicular cancer
33
health services
33
pediatric urology
30
testosterone
25
survivorship
22
inflammation
22
environmental exposure
20
immunology
19
pathology
19
vascular health
18
obesity
18
quality of life
18
penile cancer
18
prostate cancer
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cohort study
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testicular disease
17
retrospective cohort
17
testosterone therapy
16
epidemiology
16
genomics
16
traditional chinese medicine
16
cardiovascular disease
15
penile prosthesis
15
case report
14
metabolic syndrome
13
pelvic floor
13
pregnancy
11
hypospadias
11
screening
11
diabetes
10
mental health
9
pharmacovigilance
8
epigenetics
8
varicocele
8
antidepressants
8
cryptorchidism
8
menopause
7
nanomedicine
6
HPV
6
stem cells
6
gut microbiome
5
robotics
5
case-control study
5
BPH
5
patient satisfaction
5
DNA fragmentation
5
urinary incontinence
5
artificial intelligence
5
exercise
4
cancer survivors
4
hypertension
4
autophagy
4
Peyronie's disease
4
scoping review
4
antisperm antibodies
4
multiple sclerosis
3
relationship health
3
longitudinal study
3
priapism
3
neurodegenerative diseases
3
iron metabolism
3
sperm capacitation
3
bibliometrics
2
occupational exposure
2
chronic kidney disease
2
Parkinson's disease
2
antipsychotics
2
kidney cancer
2
contraception
2
spinal cord injury
2
premature ejaculation
2
air pollution
2
stress
1
couples therapy
1
dietary exposure
1
circadian rhythm
1
emergency medicine
1
paraneoplastic syndrome
1
orchitis
1
tuberculosis
1
COVID-19
1
opioids
1
anabolic steroids
1
HIV
1
neurostimulation
1
bladder exstrophy
1
vaginismus
1