INCIDENCE OF MALE FACTOR INFERTILITY About 15% of all married couples experience reproductive difficulty. The male factor is at least partly responsible in about 50% of infertile couples. Spontaneous conception rates during evaluation may be as high as 25% in those that have not received any treatment at all. There are many pre-testicular, testicular and […]
Mens Health
Men dealing with urologic conditions need a resource they can access to understand their diagnosis and the potential treatment options available to them. This page discusses many common male urological conditions, including: Impotence: The inability to attain or maintain an erection is a condition that affects many men. Sometimes it occurs because of an underlying physical […]
PSA and Screening
“Did you come in here sick or are they going to make you sick?” (Overheard at a hospital entrance years ago when one friend greeted another. It still rings true today.) A Government panel-The United States Preventative Task Force-recently issued a statement that men should no longer get screened for prostate cancer as they found the […]
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
WHY SHOULD THE AFTER EFFECTS OF SOME PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENTS BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE ITSELF? By Bert Vorstman, MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACSIntroductionA great number of men who have completed a treatment for their prostate cancer are left without clear benefit from their choice of treatment and with considerable short-term and long-term after effects. […]
Prostate Cancer Myths
A myth is an imagined but UNREAL event. As prostate cancer is a major health issue and not all prostate cancers are the same, it is vitally important that men and their spouses deal with FACTUAL information only. Myth: if you don’t have urinary symptoms, you do not have prostate cancer FACT. Most men that […]