After lecturing at the International Congress of Andrology last week about my research in azoospermia, my wife and I explored Berlin beyond the campus of the
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A Historic Clinical Moment
Walking around Berlin after my lecture to the European Congress of Andrology, I am struck by the how this European city is at once both indelibly historic and wildly modern. A profound reminder that history is really happening right now, with every breath we take. We are also making history! Clinic by the Bay in San […]
Never Say Never
The case of the month is an actual patient of The Turek Clinic. This month, we present the 2012 Case of the Year. Life on Wheels Mark is 45 years old and wants to start a family. He is an attorney who works as a public defender and is the absolute nicest guy you will […]
Freezing Your Fellows
Looking for a great investment in dire times? Our national fertility organization just declared that the technique of freezing a woman’s eggs now safe and effective. Banking fertilized eggs or embryos after IVF procedures has been de rigueur for three decades. However, freezing unfertilized eggs from the ovaries of young women to maintain fertility later in life […]
My Time with Lance
What do you think of Lance Armstrong? Are you disappointed, angry or simply indifferent about the accusations that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win seven Tour de France titles? Maybe it hasn’t really crossed your mind. Regardless, many cancer patients, some dead and others alive, have drawn great strength from what Lance Armstrong has done […]
How to Choose a Vitamin
I just read the latest nutritional supplement guide from Men’s Health magazine. A little overwhelmed (or maybe underwhelmed) by it, I picked the brain of noted San Francisco nutritionist Natalie Ledesma with whom I worked to develop the Essential Beginnings system of supplements for conception, to learn more. Who Needs a Vitamin? Your body needs over […]
Fun Without Laughing
The case of the month is a patient from The Turek Clinic. A 37 year-old man presented with his 35-year old wife describing a 2-year history of infertility. After trying for one year, the wife underwent medical evaluation that was normal. The couple then tried four cycles of intrauterine insemination (IUI) at UCSF, my old […]
Social Media Matters
This is a guest blog post from colleague Jennifer Neeley, web strategist and professor of social media marketing at San Francisco State University. Before WebMD or Wikipedia, I worked at ABC-TV and helped bring the content from Dr. Dean Edell‘s HealthCentral.com into ABC websites. Honestly, it was largely because of Dr. Edell trustworthiness that ABC even considered […]
A Nobel Cell
Take a piece of skin and turn it into a heart, some muscle or a bone or two. Pure fantasy? Not at all. Last week, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to two scientists who laid the groundwork for this to happen. The field of regenerative medicine is entering its teenage years. The Nobel Prize […]
A Piece of My Mind
It was a welcome call from the Midwest: “Dr. Turek, thank you very much! We took your advice and it worked! My wife is pregnant.” Nice thing to hear from someone that I had never actually met. They had simply asked for my opinion. The first of many telemedicine pregnancies at The Turek Clinic. The […]
