I was recently speaking with a urologist about “radical” circumcision, a procedure where pretty much all of the foreskin is removed from the penis. He told me that the removal of too much skin may lead to a condition called “buried penis.” I never heard of buried penis before, and I was intrigued, so I...Continue reading
Category: Boys
Are You Getting Enough Fruits and Vegetables?
Depending on your age, sex, and level of physical activity, we should eat anywhere from 1 cup to 3 cups of fruits and veggies every day. Visually, that’s about half of everything on our plate at every meal. And most of us tend to greatly overestimate how much we’re actually eating. The compound being measured...Continue reading
Flu? Cold? How to Tell the Difference
First it was the coughing, and then the congestion. Just a cold, I thought. No big deal. So off I went to work. The next morning, my body temperature had soared to 103.8. This was no cold – a visit to my doctor confirmed I had the flu. It got worse. A few days later,...
ED drugs not working? You may be using them wrong
New research from Spain says many men fail to respond to erectile dysfunction medications correctly. The study was done by Dr. Borja Garcia Gomez at the Hospital Universitario in Madrid and published in the journal Urology. According to the study, 69% of men report that their erectile dysfunction persisted after taking PDE5 inhibitors including Viagra,...Continue reading
Is Normal Always Normal?
What does “normal” really mean? Besides your grandmother, and maybe your parents, do you know anyone who is truly “normal?” There’s a list of normal Hollywood celebrities that includes Matt Damon, Johnny Depp and Jennifer Aniston, but are they really normal? That famous, last-century psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud made a stab at defining normal: “Every normal...Continue reading
It’s all about sex. Or not?
Sex is everywhere. We see sex related topics in the media, on our Facebook timelines, spam folders, in politics and various magazines and public sites. So it begs the question – why are people so hesitant to talk about personal sex issues with their doctors or even their partners? According to...
Men: Get your PSA checked
Men: Get your PSA checked New healthcare guidelines from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommend that men should not have a PSA test to screen for prostate cancer. A PSA test is a simple blood test that measures the amount of prostate-specific antigen in a man’s blood. When the PSA is elevated,...Continue reading
My Men’s Movement: 45 Years on the Path
Part 1 My Father, Myself, My Future By Jed Diamond, PhD When I began writing this I realized I couldn’t talk about the Men’s Movement because, for me, my involvement is personal and I don’t seem to fit within any one tributary within the Men’s Movement river. Wikipedia says, “The men’s movement is a social...Continue reading
Fatherhood with Klinefelters
What’s the most common definable cause of azoospermia among infertile men? Here’s a hint: it’s also pretty common in general, occurring in 1/500 male births. Answer: Klinefelter syndrome. Men who have it possess an extra X chromosome in every cell in their bodies. It’s inherited, and about equally so from mothers and fathers. The fact is that most men don’t know about...Continue reading
Prostate Health Index
October marks the beginning of all things pink, as Breast Cancer Awareness month kicks off, but that doesn’t mean we should forget about Prostate Cancer and the awareness we which we raised for it in September. Not only do we want to keep raising awareness throughout the year, but always strive to achieve better standards...Continue reading