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Most doctors assume that when a man is getting up often to urinate that the cause must be an enlarged prostate and some blockage of flow. Nocturia is the term used for arising from a sleep to use the toilet. While an enlarged prostate is one cause there are other very important reasons [read more…]
8 Things That Cause Overactive Bladder
1. Caffeine tops the list. I have this conversation with patients two or three times a day. Caffeine is a powerful drug, and makes the bladder squeeze way before it should. Caffeine is more powerful than most overactive bladder medications! It is found in coffee, but also has high levels in [read more…]
Penile Implants Restore Virility
As men age, their ability to keep an erection goes down. Just like the heart has little blood vessels that clog and close down over the years, the penis has little blood vessels that do the same thing. A lot of men get a heart bypass surgery, but there isn’t anything like that [read more…]
Testosterone Use Does Not Raise Prostate Cancer Risk
Prostate Cancer is sensitive to testosterone, so much so that one major treatment of it is to block testosterone with powerful hormonal drugs. But does a man have a higher risk of prostate cancer if he is given testosterone? It seems the answer is probably “no”. Dr. Farid Saad, a researcher at [read more…]