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 St. John's
Urology services' highly trained staff and advanced equipment have earned St.
John's national attention. U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best
Hospitals" has ranked St. John's among the top 50 urology centers in the U.S.
Urology is the branch of medicine concerned with the urinary tract in both genders, and with the genital tract or reproductive system in the male. Urogenital is a word that refers to the urinary and genital organs.
According to the National Kidney Foundation, kidney and urologic diseases affect more than 20 million people. More than 70,000
U.S. adults die each year from kidney failure. The number of people affected by these diseases is expected to grow as the populations of older adults and racial and ethnic minorities, groups disproportionately affected by the diseases, increase.
The most serious and debilitating of kidney and urinary tract diseases
includes end-stage renal disease (ESRD); kidney stone disease; urinary
incontinence; benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); interstitial cystitis; urinary
tract infection; and polycystic kidney disease.
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