Almost nobody sets out to become dependent on a benzodiazepine. The prescription usually starts for a good reason — a period of severe anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia after a bereavement, a rough stretch that needed…
Testicular torsion is one of very few genuine emergencies in urology, and it is defined by time more than by anything else. The spermatic cord twists, the blood supply to the testicle is cut off,…
Producing a sample for a semen analysis is, for most men, the least dignified part of trying to have a child. Then a report arrives full of terms like motility, morphology and concentration, with some…
A good number of men arrive at a urology appointment having already concluded that the matter is closed. They tried one of the oral medications, perhaps a sample from a friend or something ordered online,…
The antibiotic is usually the easy part. Men leave an STI appointment with a treatment plan and a clear sense of what happens next medically, and then sit in the truck for twenty minutes trying…
A man who has spent twenty years on lease roads, drilling sites, roofs or equipment has accumulated more ultraviolet exposure than almost anyone who deliberately sunbathes. It arrives in small daily instalments rather than in…
A familiar pattern turns up in men's health clinics. A man has burning with urination and perhaps a small amount of discharge. He is tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea, both come back negative, and he…
It is one of the few urological problems that cannot be ignored or put off until a day off work. A man finds he cannot pass urine at all. The bladder keeps filling, the urge…
Most men who test positive for chlamydia or gonorrhea did not feel unwell beforehand. They came in because a former partner sent them a message, because something looked slightly off for a day or two,…
Cancer treatment has entered a transformative era with the advent of immunotherapy, a groundbreaking approach that harnesses the body's own immune system to fight malignant cells. Unlike traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation that…
