4 years ago
Your Healthiest Move at Any Age – Exactly what to talk to your doc about, and when
You’re healthy and young. Who needs a doctor? You do. You need someone to be familiar with you and your medical history, says urologist Matt Coward, M.D.
4 years ago
You’re healthy and young. Who needs a doctor? You do. You need someone to be familiar with you and your medical history, says urologist Matt Coward, M.D.
5 years ago
Cancers that typically affect people in their teens and 20s include leukemia, lymphoma, melanoma, thyroid, ovarian and testicular cancers, brain tumors and sarcomas. A positive is that they can tolerate more intensive therapy however, toxic treatments such as radiation and chemotherapy can have negative effects on other parts of the body, including the reproductive organs.
5 years ago
Men who get vasectomies generally want a permanent solution. However, about 5 percent of men who get vasectomies end up getting them reversed. Because it is so successful in most cases, vasectomy reversal is often the best option for men who change their mind.
5 years ago
Each year, about 500,000 men in the U.S. choose to get vasectomies. That’s largely because a vasectomy is the easiest and most effective way to permanently prevent unwanted pregnancies
5 years ago
As the general understanding of male infertility has grown over the years, the myth that fertility issues are a female problem has been debunked. But, he says, there is still a wide gap in the number of men who are evaluated for infertility. While it may be an uncomfortable subject for men, talk about it with your doctor long before you end up in his office because, fertility is a barometer of a man’s health.