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How is a Medical Visit Like A Ball Game?
The world came to San Francisco this weekend. The 49ers hosted the NFC Championship football game at Candlestick Park and it was a day for ages. Friends clamored for tickets, taking seats at…
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A Dozen Funny Reasons for Vasectomy
As a vasectomist, I realize that a vasectomy, that iconic way to stop family building in its tracks, is not simply a 10-minute procedure. In a man’s life, it is a significant cultural…
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Rise of the Instant Family
Using sex to conceive, the chance of having twins or higher multiple births is about 1-2%. With assisted reproduction, including intrauterine insemination (IUI) in the office and in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the…
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The Artificial Testicle: Funded!
It is the stuff of dreams in academic medicine: an NIH (National Institutes of Health) research grant. Get one of these and you’re pretty much assured of getting tenure and succeeding at…
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The Wall of Holiday Cards
I always tell grateful patients that the kindest thing that they can do for me is to send a holiday picture of the family. We have a wall in the clinic that…
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Why Urology?
I am a men’s health specialist, but I started out as a urologist. Not a bad place to begin as urology is a great discipline. It focuses on the upper and lower urinary…
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Recipe for Making a Walrus
How do you help a 2700 lb Walrus conceive? Very carefully. In fact, only a handful of walruses have conceived in captivity over the last century. In the U.S., it is 10…
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Wi-Fi, Sperm Counts and Fertility
Maybe it’s time to rename the “laptop” computer something else and keep if off our laps (how about mobile computers or “mobees”?). First we hear that they generate heat that elevates scrotal temperature,…
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Why is Awake the New Sleep?
It was no surprise to me to read a recent study that showed that when Stanford men’s basketball players got more than 10 hours of sleep nightly, their on-court performance improved dramatically. They…
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Are Fathers Better Citizens?
As a surfer, I remember charging pretty big walls of cold, wintery Northern California water with the goal of getting a fast, albeit short, adrenaline-stoked ride. Years ago on Thanksgiving, I was…
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Guide to Surviving the Holiday Season
Two patients told me that they were getting divorced this week. They came to the office and thanked me for all that I have done for them. They wished that the assisted…
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Fertility from Sterility
Do you think it is possible to have your own children with absolutely no sperm in the ejaculate? Why yes. It happens on a daily basis in my practice. Honestly, the word “sterility” has…
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Humanizing Medspeak
“Doctor, could you speak to me in plain English, please?!” I rarely hear this in my men’s health practice. It’s likely because I am aware that Medspeak, or the language of medicine,…
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The Dream of Free Medical Care
This is not your average 1-year old. No, the Clinic by the Bay was conceived by a few individuals and gestated over a 4-year period before coming to life. As a living,…
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An Ounce of (Fertility) Prevention
“I’ve been told that my cancer is now cured… how do I get my fertility back? Patients ask me this question weekly all the time and I am glad to help. Some of…
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Ways to Naturally Boost Testosterone
Honestly, it seems like testosterone is to blame for everything these days. The epidemic of low testosterone has been linked to economic recession, wars, bank failures and even global warming. Ok, so…
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How to Avoid Male Infertility
Some day, you may want kids…or you may not. It’s not on the top of your mind now as it’s still early in the relationship and you are in that wonderful phase of…
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The Secret Life of Varicoceles
What’s squishy, worm-like, fills the space in the scrotum above your left testicle, can ache after a run and wreak havoc on your fertility? No it’s not your Johnson; it’s a varicocele. A…
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January 9, 2012Rise of the Instant Family
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January 2, 2012
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December 12, 2011
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December 5, 2011
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November 21, 2011
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November 7, 2011Fertility from Sterility
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September 6, 2011
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July 10, 2011
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June 25, 2011
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April 23, 2011
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December 19, 2011Why Urology?
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November 28, 2011
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November 21, 2011
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October 31, 2011
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October 24, 2011
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January 23, 2012How is a Medical Visit Like A Ball Game?
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November 14, 2011
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October 3, 2011
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September 12, 2011
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August 29, 2011
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A Dozen Funny Reasons for Vasectomy
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Adult Stem Cells, Azoospermia, Embryonic Stem Cells, Fatherhood, Fertility Preservation, Male Infertility, Reproduction, Sperm CountThe Artificial Testicle: Funded!
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Adult Stem Cells, Azoospermia, Embryonic Stem Cells, Fertility Preservation, Male Infertility, Reproduction, Sexual Position, Sperm CountThe Recipe for Man Made Sperm
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Who is Woody?
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Azoospermia, Male Infertility, Reproduction, Sperm Count, Testosterone, Urology, Vasectomy, Vasectomy ReversalThe A through Z of Male Fertility in One Hour
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The Google Wrap (Up)
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The Wild West: Banning Circumcision
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On Matters of Size
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He’s Gotta Have It
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Royal Advice for the Ages
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The Secret Life of a Microsurgeon
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Eat, Sleep, Reproduce
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Boxers or Briefs?
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The Prostate: All You Ever Wanted to Know
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Stem Cells, Snake Oil and You
Dr. Paul Turek, an Elsevier Author at AUA 2011
Dr. Paul Turek sits down with Elsevier to discuss his most recent publications. To read more about his published work with Elsevier, visit www.elsevierauthors.com/paulturek.
NICHD’s Scientific Vision: The Next Decade
This video features highlights from the scientific visioning process coordinated in 2011 by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health….
“A Guy’s Guide to Maintaining Sexual Health,” Presented By Invitation at Google
As an international thought leader on men’s health issues, Dr. Turek was asked to present an overview of sexual health for men at any age at Google. This talk addresses the concepts and…
Clinic by the Bay, San Francisco’s Volunteers in Medicine Clinic
Clinic By the Bay’s overarching goal is to improve access to comprehensive, quality health care for the region’s working uninsured, while providing meaningful opportunities for civic engagement. As one of 84 Volunteers in…
Myth Busters – Is Coca-Cola a Contraceptive?
The Mythbusters team approached Dr. Turek, an expert in sperm biology, to help them figure out how Coca Cola irrigation of the female reproductive tract after sex could be a contraceptive. They wanted…
Cancer and Male Infertility – Segment on The Economist
The Economist TV (United Kingdom) interviews Dr. Turek about his published research discovery showing that many infertile men may have problems with DNA repair. DNA repair is critical to normal growth and development….
Dr. Paul Turek on TV Show ‘The Doctors’
Jennifer and Brian are struggling to conceive. Brian has been diagnosed with azoospermia and so they went to Dr. Turek to explore their options to have their own child. Dr. Paul Turek explains…
Male Infertility Blockage Repair
CBS This Morning interviews Dr. Turek about a common male infertility blockage problem that can be cured with microsurgery. This is the same kind of procedure that is used to reverse vasectomies, but…
Not So Fast: Early Ejaculation Cure
The most common male sexual health problem is early ejaculation. This is defined as ejaculation that occurs too early for the satisfaction of either the patient or his partner. This problem really affects…
Sperm Count Decline
There has been an ongoing and vocal worldwide debate over the past decade about whether or not sperm counts are falling among men. This television interview with Dr. Turek was conducted to learn…
Male Reproductive Health and Stem Cell Research
Bay Area KTVU Channel 2 interviews Dr. Turek about his exciting breakthrough in male reproductive health. The interview focuses on his recently published research, performed in conjunction with a team from Stanford University,…
Male Infertility Breakthrough for Non-moving Sperm
Patients with male infertility can often present with sperm in the ejaculate that doesn’t move. Sperm must move to find and fertilize eggs during natural conception. These sperm may be fine in every…
UCSF Videography: Dr. Turek’s Lecture For the American College of Surgeons
When Dr. Turek ran in to a scheduling conflict, we solved the issue by creating this video lecture for the American College of Surgeons.
January 26, 2012
Paul Turek, MD — Karim, hard to say. Typically, when even small numbers of sperm are found in the ejaculate, FNA Mapping can find...
January 26, 2012
Karim ZINE — Hello Doctor,
I wish you my best wishes for this year.
I do not know if you remember me ...?
Karim Paris with...
January 22, 2012
edina — my husband has azoospria with high fsh and low testoston. do you have any hormonal teraphy for him?
