Paul Turek, MD, Author at The Turek Clinic

The Littlest Things Can Mean the Most

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Paul Turek, MD

Did you ever notice how the smallest things can make your day? Think of all of the things you do every single day, some by habit and some by intent. Realize that any one of them can make your day, if you let it. Join me for a moment in thinking small. Double Dare Read […]

What We Do for Love and What Love Does for Us

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Paul Turek, MD

They were moonstruck. Acting like no one else existed, they were silly, giddy and sat so close together that they stole the same air. The phenylethylamine, (love hormone) levels were so thick that you could cut it. Ah, love! A Quest for Love She was in her late 30s and it was her first marriage. […]

Mahatma Ghandi, renounced material things

Should You Worry When You Take Ibuprofen?

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Paul Turek, MD

Is anything good in excess? Most of us can make the argument that excess has its place in life: pets, shoes, cars, art, love. Others, like Mahatma Ghandi, prefer the ascetic existence in which material things are roundly denounced. Throughout history even the greats can’t agree about excess: Hippocrates espoused that “everything in excess is […]

The Little Prosthesis That Could

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Paul Turek, MD

The Case of the Month is an actual patient of The Turek Clinic. What’s one of the best ways to improve a man’s sexual health? Get him to stop worrying about his “junk.” And one of the best ways to wring out the worry is to ensure that things look normal down there. It can […]

Varicocele and Infertility: Assumed Innocence, Proven Guilt

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Paul Turek, MD

Innocent until proven guilty. Although pondered since the Digest of Justinian in 6th century Roman law, this tenant of justice only saw widespread acceptance in the US in the late 1890s. For those of us Latin buffs: “ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat” describes it best. Innocent Bystander? You probably didn’t know this […]

Getting it Just Right with Patients

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Paul Turek, MD

There are many ways to solve problems. But there is beauty and clarity in finding the best solution, and I believe it’s worth spending the the extra mental energy to achieve this. Can’t tell you how, when or why I think this way, but Steve Jobs captured this concept when he said: “When you first […]

Does Man Make the Sperm or Sperm Make the Man?

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Paul Turek, MD

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This ancient paradox filled the minds of the great philosophers Aristotle, Plutarch, Macrobius and Anaximander who all considered it a “great and weighty” problem. Not sure what else was going on back then, but even 2000 years later, it has not been satisfactorily solved. A Newer Paradox […]

The Epigenetics Gold Rush: You Are More Than Just a Pile of Genes

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Paul Turek, MD

Did you think that 2017 was a wild year? Me too. In so many ways, the improbable became reality. And, I have to admit, this includes science: It was a breathtaking year for epigenetics research. If you recall, epigenetics is the study of how our genes are switched on and off and is a field […]

Lives of Stuff and the Stuff of Lives

Posted on December 25, 2017 by Paul Turek, MD

Have to say, I’m quite proud of my Turek Clinic staff. This year was a busy one, full of the stuff of life. Three of my beloved staff left for medical school or to become physician’s assistants or nurse practitioners. I felt like I was back in academics training and inspiring them to do greater […]

He Who Lives in His Body Knows His Body Best

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Paul Turek, MD

The Case of the Year is an actual patient of The Turek Clinic. Ever feel that you know something before you actually know it? Call it premonition, intuition, hunch, instinct or just plain “gut” feeling. Powerful stuff. Especially when we combine the right brain’s “gut” with the left brain’s rationality to weigh choices and act. […]