Men as Fathers
Honestly, I have a lot to be thankful for in November. A wedding anniversary, the birthdays of both daughters, and a restful holiday all in one month. Seeing the chocolate covered smiles on…
Weed Worries
A good rule to follow in medicine when evaluating whether research should be translated into clinical care is “reproducibility.” Good research, that is research that is likely to end up as “true fact”…
Let’s Go Fishing
What’s 4000 years old and still alive and kicking? Traditional Chinese medicine. It’s a form of complimentary or alternative medicine that should be better integrated into our modern medicine healthcare toolbox in the…
Know Your Wooly Mammoths
Whenever I mention to the media that “stress” is bad for male fertility and men’s health in general, they show images of snarling, bumper-to-bumper traffic with heat shimmering off of the asphalt. Sure,…
The Age of Aquarius
It really seems like the moon is in seventh house, and that Jupiter is aligned with Mars. Why? Because our government gets it and want to know how it can help. Last week,…
Where There’s Smoke
Smoking is bad for men’s fertility. Not unexpected, you might add, since 1000 smokers die each day around the world from smoking related diseases. But what else is new? A lot. And this…
Listen and Learn
This week, I refused to perform a vasectomy on a patient of mine. That is, until he saw a doctor about his sky-high blood pressure. Thirty years old and a father of three,…
A Sword with Two Edges
You may know what testosterone can do for your strength, but did you also know that it is a contraceptive? That’s right, taking any synthetic testosterone will reliably make you infertile. I’ve discussed…
Medicine Light
Can prayer heal? Does touch matter in medicine? Long considered a nonrational part of Western medicine, these “lighter side” topics are now receiving close attention and study. I am reminded about distant healing…
A Good Planet is Hard to Find
Most couples in most countries will conceive within a year of trying. Families in the Ukraine take an average of 2.5 years, according to a new U.S. publication. Why? Radiation discharged from the…
February 4, 2012
Paul Turek, MD — Ernie, Sounds like you have nonobstructive azoospermia. Wondering whether your doctors identified any genetic (y chromosome or other chromosome) or...
February 3, 2012
ERNIE — DEAR DR. TUREK,
MY SPERM TEST SHOWED A HIGHER FSH LEVEL,AND NO SPERM AT ALL.
I HAD A BIOPSY WHICH RESULT CONCLUDED...
February 1, 2012
Tony | Men's Health — When the first report on the WiFi effect came out, I don't really believe that it has much effect on...
January 29, 2012
rabah — docteur je vous remercie pour le nobles services offert aux steriles comme moi. jai une azoospermie secretoire depuis 20 ans..biobsie=...
