Dr. Turek's Blog

A Year of Answers

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This is a guest post from a patient who lives in Europe. He has shared his remarkable journey about being infertile in the past. As I continue to be moved by his story and his fortitude, I asked him to write to us again. He is also the inspiration for the creation of The Turek […]

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

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How about an April Fools riddle: What 100-year old garment accessory lives less than an inch from your privates and is a leading cause of penile injury? Nope, not your stylish skivvies! It’s your pant zipper. Zipper History An American invention from 1913, the “hookless fastener” was first used on rubber boots and tobacco pouches. […]

Biology Always Wins

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The case of the month is an actual patient of The Turek Clinic. “I thought for sure that I never wanted kids. They broke the mold when they made me,” he told me. But then, he met the woman he never thought he would meet. “She changed everything. Nothing was the same after her,” he […]

A Good Citizen

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What makes you feel like a good citizen? Is it giving blood? Coaching your kid’s team? Volunteering at a school or shelter? Church work? Voting? Recycling? What is it that makes you feel part and parcel of the wide, wide world around us? I asked this question of myself recently. As a doctor, quite naturally […]

Pins and Needles

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This week’s post is written by noted Bay Area acupuncturist Anca Sira, founder of Ama Wellness Center in San Rafael, California, She has a special interest in Eastern medicine treatments for infertility. The man sitting in my waiting room for his acupuncture appointment looked about as excited as he would getting a root canal. I think […]

Better Baby Batter

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I’m impressed. Have to admit, I’ve been following the tabloids recently and I like what I see: real men are letting it all hang out. Hugh Jackman, crooner Michael Buble, the Brit Anthony McPartlin, and writer David Vienna are all talking about it. Their true-to-life, down-to-earth, lay-it-on-the-line feelings about the troubled path they’ve taken to become […]

Sex Drive: A Planetary View

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The Case of the Month is an actual patient from The Turek Clinic. He is 32 years old and very concerned: “My sex drive in the tank, Doc.” He continues: “I am happily married, love my wife, work is busy and I just don’t understand what’s going on. I think that my testosterone is low.” […]

Pass the Buffalo Sauce

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This is a guest post from Greg Wolfe, author of How to Make Love to a Plastic Cup: A Guy’s Guide to the World of Fertility. Greg grew up in the San Fernando Valley and worked with the Groundlings and Acme Theater groups in Los Angeles while earning his master’s degree in education. Greg and his wife […]

Basic Stem Cell Math

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Guess how many human diseases are curable with stem cell therapy. Let’s make it easier. First, eliminate the unvalidated claims made by unlicensed stem cell treatments around the world that purport to cure everything under the sun. Then, remove bone marrow transplantation used for years to treat cancer. And the answer is….none. All that hype and […]

Meet Mr. Varicocele

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How can something so soft and warm and blue, and no wider than a pencil, have such a devastating effect on your ability father children? Meet the varicocele (veri-ko-seal), the unicorn of male fertility. The Inimitable Varicocele As posted previously, the varicocele is unique to humans and is a consequence of our upright posture. It […]