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Robotic Prostatectomy Lowers Hospital Days and Revisits

Dr. Mullins at Johns Hopkins studied robotic prostatectomies at 28 Maryland hospitals from 2000 to 2011. He found that for the 14 hospitals that acquired robotic technology during this period the...

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Urethral Slings for Incontinence during Vaginal Prolapse Repair

It often happens that new bladder overactivity appears after surgical correction of vaginal prolapse. The bladder neck is kinked by the prolapse, and straightening that kink with surgery can make a...

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What to do when Viagra won’t work?

Most of the men I see with erectile dysfunction (ED) have ED as a result of diabetes and/or hypertension that has slowly caused the small blood vessels to the penis to be compromised much the same way...

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Is a vasectomy reversible?

When a man considers a vasectomy he should think that it cannot be undone, and thus “unreversible”. But in reality a vasectomy can be undone with great care and understanding. When a vasectomy is...

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Emergency Visits For Women With Kidney Stones Are Increasing

From 2006 to 2009 the number of women visiting emergency rooms with new kidney stones rose on average 2.85% per year according to a study by Dr. Ghani, a urology fellow in the Henry Ford Health System...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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Sleep Apnea Is An Important Cause of Nocturia

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...

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Young Men Have Tripled Testosterone Use

In the last ten years the number of younger men using testosterone supplements has tripled. 18-45 year old men are the group most likely to have children, and testosterone can have a devastating effect...

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