The Recipe for Man Made Sperm
Stem cells rock. While the stock market tumbles, stem cell science is sizzling. I know, you’re thinking: what is he talking about? No diseases have been cured with new stem cell technologies. But, from what’s being discovered almost weekly now, I can tell you that male infertility is likely to be one of the earliest boxes ticked on the “Diseases to Cure” list for stem cells.
Toxic Tubbing
Quiet. Warm. Relaxing. Soothing. How can a hot tub or a steaming hot bath possibly be bad for your health? Well they are…for men. They reduce male fertility. Big time. The History…
A Teaching Moment
They stood on their boards in waist high waves within a couple minutes of my surf lesson. It was magic to see the look on their faces as their arms were wildly gesticulating…
The Google Wrap (Up)
Got a slice of Google life this week with a lecture and lunch on the Googleplex campus. Here’s the Google wrap up. Now, this is a company with great ingredients for a healthy…
The “Brick” Takes a Beating
While you were blabbing away, your cell phone took a hit this week. Basically cell phones were slammed from two sides. As much as any modern product, the cell phone is about as…
The Secret Life of a Microsurgeon
A recent study on hungover surgeons suggests that they are slower and sloppier after a night on the town. Get them toasted, let them sleep it off and they can’t perform surgery on…
Eat, Sleep, Reproduce
It has been said that we, like many other living creatures, were put on this good earth to eat, sleep and reproduce. In a minimalist, animalistic and mechanistic way, everything else is we…
Mice Sperm in a Dish
It’s not the mother load of discoveries in our field, but it’s pretty close. It tells us that the mother load is definitely out there…and within reach. Yup, the good news is that…
Giving Up the Gavel
In two days, I will hand over the gavel. It’s actually a meat tenderizer that I bought to run the meetings this year and it worked just great. A gavel with teeth. Regardless,…
Boxers or Briefs?
You’ve been wearing the same banana hammock for as long as you can remember. They’ve been fine for years. No beefs. Then, all of a sudden, like a left hook outta nowhere, you…
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=...
