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Testicular Cancer Awareness Month 2025: Start the Conversation, Save a Life

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025MHN EditorAging, Boys, Family, Family Issues, Fatherhood, Fertility, Growing Up, Health, Health, Other Cancers, Parenting, Testicular, Well-beingLeave a comment

Every year, we promote awareness around April being Testicular Cancer Awareness Month (TCa). TCa is a young man's disease and still largely stigmatized. We believe that creating a culture of prevention starts with families, communities, and personal connections. MHN encourages parents and caregivers to integrate discussions about testicular cancer into everyday life. It's also important to use April as a time of spreading care, awareness, empathy, support, and funding for important men's health topics, including Testicular Health and Wellness.Continue reading

Do You Have A Hydrocele?

August 5, 2015August 5, 2015David Samadi, MD - Medical ContributorEducation, Family Issues, Health, Masculinity, Testicular, Well-being

A hydrocele is sac that is filled with fluid which forms on a testicle. It causes inflammation or swelling in the scrotum. They are most common in babies, but can affect males of any age. In adult men, it often affects those that are middle-aged or older. They are not a very serious condition as...Continue reading

A Fighting Chance to Be Fertile

February 7, 2014February 4, 2014Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorFertility, Health, Testicular

The case of the month is an actual patient from The Turek Clinic. He arrived exhausted after a flight from Shanghai. We had talked over the phone several times earlier and he decided that he had to try once more before throwing in the towel on becoming a biological Dad.