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men and contraception

Just One Brother in the Bag?

It took him years to admit it. He just didn’t feel like himself. The constant unease with always having to explain himself was wearing him down. So, from across the country, he called for help. A Solitary Existence No, this wasn’t some kind of “therapy;” he wanted a testicular implant. What’s the bother in having […]

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The Ultimate Liquid Biopsy for Fertility

If you’re around my age (not telling), you’ve probably had your blood drawn, maybe even regularly. Electrolytes, sugars, cholesterol, liver and kidney stuff, HIV testing and the like. But imagine that that same blood sample could tell you whether or not you have any one of 40 cancers? The future is upon us. Written in […]

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To Sir with Love

What just happened? Now I’m teaching again! Taking the blank slate of innocent, curious minds and crafting them into well oiled, thinking machines. Raising them from crayons to pencils to Ipads and beyond, and preparing them to tackle all manner of things and to move the field beyond anything that I can imagine. Good Ole Days […]

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There’s a First Time for Everything

“It’s never happened before!” he exclaimed, almost in a panic. He was 30 years old and looked like he’d just seen a ghost. “I lost my erection right in the middle of having sex!” “It’s never happened before?” I asked. “Nope, never… I need to get checked out. I hope that I’m OK Doc.” Woolly […]

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How Does a Good Doctor Get That Good?

A patient recently referred to me as the “Doctor’s doctor.” I was honored. And it led me to think: What makes a doctor really good at doctoring? Look it Up If you look up the term “Doctor’s doctor,” you might not find a formal definition for it. Among physicians and groups that rate doctors, it […]

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Why Make Up Your Mind?

The Case of the Year is an actual patient of The Turek Clinic. They hailed from central Alaska, rugged folk who lived the extremes of weather and knew the undistilled rawness of nature. Self sufficient to a T, they were as robustly independent as Americans get. You Want What? “I’d like to have my vasectomy […]

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What Just Happened…Last Year?

2016 was a doozy! No doubt. The Olympics, Castro’s death, Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize, and an unforgettable Presidential election. Two other amazing feats include our sending a spacecraft to Jupiter and the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series. This year showed us that miracles can happen and dreams (and nightmares) can come true. Wasn’t it […]

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The More the Merrier

Name something besides celebrity status that the following couples have in common: Rhea Durham and Mark Wahlberg, Tory Spelling and Dean McDermott, and Victoria and David Beckham. Bingo! They each have a brood of 4 kids. What’s up with large families? A Big Brood I just got another birth announcement from a lovely couple in […]

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Getting Snipped and Getting Cancer

You’re done with the kid thing and thinking of getting your wings clipped. What can go wrong early on after a vasectomy is pretty understandable and, fortunately, quite uncommon. But what about later on, say many years afterwards? Anything you should worry about? Worry Wart I get asked this all the time by patient’s considering […]

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Medicine from the Cloud

Who says a patient has to be sitting right smack in front of you for you to make a difference in their lives? I am the first to admit that reading a book is so much easier if the “book” is in the room with you. But you gotta’ roll with the times. Whoever thought […]