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.…
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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…
I Have Peyronie’s Disease. Should I Be Doing Something?
Finding It and Treating It Are Not the Same Thing A reader recently wrote with a question I hear often. “I’ve developed a plaque and an indentation, but my penis…
Calling a Thing a Thing
There are two ways doctors fail men when the options run out. The first is saying it too early. The second is never saying it at all. Most of us…