Confusion among doctors regarding sports and exercise medicine as a specialty: an Australian multidisciplinary, cross-sectional survey.

Objectives: This cross-sectional study aims to characterise the understanding and attitudes medical practitioners have towards sports and exercise medicine (SEM). By identifying knowledge gaps, misunderstandings and barriers to SEM referral, interventions may be suggested to improve the integration of SEM within a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare.

Design: A survey was constructed with a multidisciplinary expert panel.

Survival and quality of life outcomes of high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of localized prostate cancer.

Background: To evaluate the survival and quality of life (QoL) outcomes of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) whole-gland ablation for localized prostate cancer.

Methods: Over 8 years, men with localized prostate cancer treated with whole-gland HIFU were prospectively followed. Transrectal prostate ablation was performed under general anesthesia with Sonablate-500® (Sonacare Medical©, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA).