Award-winning urologist - and pioneer in Men’s Health - Dr. Paul Turek blogs weekly about issues such as infertility, vasectomy and vasectomy reversal, sexual and hormonal dysfunction and more. Keep up with latest in this fascinating field of medicine.
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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…

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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…

Testosterone Molecule

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…

Dr. Turek catches a wave at Waikiki

Timing (And Position) Are Everything

Missionary? Doggie? Cowgirl? Kneeling Lotus? Quarter moon? Full moon? No moon? Is there really a best lovemaking time or position to have a girl or boy? History of Designing Sex for a Boy…

Are Sperm Counts Falling?

They asked me again. It never seems to end. CBS News interviewed me this week and wondered whether men’s sperm counts were falling over the last half century. Honestly, I am not convinced…

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,…

The Man in the Mirror

What is the most commonly asked question in my male fertility practice: “What can I do to improve my sperm count?” My answer: “Treat your body like a temple; all things in moderation.”…

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…

Testosterone, Steak and Eggs

Testosterone is one misunderstood molecule. It has such great influence over the human body that it has gained a reputation, a mystique. Society associates testosterone with Arnold Schwarzenegger (circa 1980s), with strength, virility,…

Ramirez: A Lesson in Steroid Biology

When a record-breaking athlete gets caught for doping, it’s not news anymore. It shouldn’t be. People have been taking drugs to increase physical prowess since ancient times. We’ve recently seen it with Barry…

About Dr. Turek

A founder of the male fertility and male sexual healthcare movement, Dr. Paul Turek is also an internationally recognized master microsurgeon who specializes in vasectomy and vasectomy reversal, FNA testicular mapping, sperm retrieval and male erectile and sexual dysfunction.

He is a former Academy of Medical Educators Endowed Chair Professor of Urology, Obstetrics & Gynecology at UCSF and while there, directed a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for training new leaders in men's reproductive health. He has authored more than 175 publications on genetic, urological and epidemiological issues in men's reproductive health and regularly consults for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the NIH and other branches of the US government and industry on matters relating to men's reproductive health. He currently holds an NIH grant to create a human artificial testicle to make sperm.

He is Past-President of the American Society of Andrology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Société Internationale d'Urologie and the Royal Society of Medicine (London). Dr Turek is also Editor of the Reproductive Volume of Netter's Images, 2nd Edition. His hobbies include vintage cars and long board surfing.

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