Why I Love Medicine-Redux
I was recently asked why I love medicine by a health care blog. They published what they could, but there is really more than my response to them revealed. I’d like to set…
The Incredible (Renewable?) Egg
It’s hard to keep up anymore; things are changing so quickly in fertility medicine. Just in the last week, a Harvard researcher discovered stem cells in the human ovary and a 66 year…
The Testosterone Tipping Point
Your car is not running well. It just doesn’t have the pick up it used to have. It’s low on gas so you fill it up, but it runs the same. OK, so…
Your Hair or Your Hormones
It’s the perfect drug for 40 million men in America who are going bald. Take it once a day to keep the hair on your head and shrink the prostate, which also commonly…
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…
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…
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…
What Testosterone Isn’t
I see a lot of patients who think that their testosterone levels should be higher for various reasons. I would like to set the record straight. Even I have been heard to…
Will Operate for Food
Here it goes again. Doctors are out of a job because of _____ (fill in the blank with antisepsis, antibiotics, vitamins, lasers, robots, etc). Now, it’s the Internet. A recent newspaper article…
Cancer’s Second Hit
“This is as hard on me as having cancer was. The difference is that being infertile is not life threatening; having cancer is.” These are the words of a young cancer survivor…
May 13, 2012
Paul Turek, MD — Dear Shahid, That is quite a story! I must admit, the reaction that your husband is having to hearing the...
May 13, 2012
shahid — Dear Doctor,
I live in Pakistan. I am 32 and my husband is of 33 years old. We got married in...
May 12, 2012
Ratan — I am 28 yrs and married 2 yrs back but yet no issue. I got examine by Dr. and seman...
May 9, 2012
Brian Choi — Dr. Turek,
I have a general question regarding FSH and testicular...
