The Same Drug. A Different Conversation.
For most of my career, finasteride wasn’t a hair loss medication. It was a prostate medication. We’ve prescribed it for decades to men with enlarged prostates, and it’s one of…
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A Number Isn’t a Diagnosis
On the surface, that sounds like a good idea. There’s been recent discussion about screening military personnel for low testosterone. If a young man truly has testosterone deficiency, identifying it…
The Retirement Blind Spot
I spent some time recently reading the research on retirement and men’s health. I expected the answer to be simple. Retirement is either good for you or bad for you.…
Can You Stretch the Penis?
Men have been trying to answer that question for centuries. Weights. Homemade devices. Surgery. Exercises like jelqing, which I’ll mention only to tell you not to do it. Repeatedly forcing…
The Midnight Phone Call: What a Penile Fracture Really Is
It was a little after midnight on a Sunday when my phone rang. One of my urology colleagues was in the emergency department evaluating a 37-year-old man with a possible…
Know Your Numbers
A few weeks ago, at 51, I had my first colonoscopy. Better late than never. Everything was normal, and I’m glad I did it. It reminded me of something I…