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Read But Don’t Believe

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Great news! Feel free to smoke. Drink as much booze as you want. Gain as much weight as you like. And feel free to indulge in whatever recreational drugs you can find. Have at it! None of these will affect your semen quality if you are trying to conceive. At least that’s what we are […]

Not Everything is a Nail

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The Case of the Month is an actual patient from The Turek Clinic. He was 33 years old and presented to the Clinic with a 2-year history of infertility. His wife was also 33 years old and she was evaluated early on and cleared by her doctor. He came to me alone, and the first […]

A Place Where Paths Cross

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Happy Father’s Day to those whose lives have been enriched with children. And for those among us who want to be fathers, but cannot, I salute you as well and offer you a gift. It’s not a tie or cufflinks, but rather a place to tell your story and find solutions: The Turek Clinic Support […]

To Fathers and Fathers To Be

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“A father is a guy who has snapshots in his wallet where his money used to be.” Now there’s the essence of fatherhood. I have a similar albeit less poignant story about what it means to be a father. The Immortal Cinderella When my daughter was little, she had a plastic Cinderella statue that she […]

Go Ahead, Have a Heart

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Tonight is it! The year-end fundraiser for our free clinic for the working uninsured in San Francisco, Clinic by the Bay. And what a great year it was! Have a look: Serving 750 families in San Francisco and Daly City Providing care to a working community of which 99% have no health insurance Enrolling from 50-75 […]

Less Can Mean More

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The Case of the Month is an actual patient from The Turek Clinic. The couple stared at me excitedly. “We’re here because we want to have FNA mapping done. We heard that you invented it and that you can find sperm from a rock and I was told that I am shooting blanks.” It’s true that […]

Reversing Vasectomy Reversal Thinking

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You had your wings clipped and now you want more children. What’s a guy to do? Well that depends on who you ask.  Your choices include vasectomy reversal or sperm retrieval and assisted reproduction (IVF – ICSI). Doctors who perform IVF – ICSI might say that vasectomy reversals don’t work. Doctors who do vasectomy reversals say […]

Assisted Reproduction: A Two-Edged Sword

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Almost 2 decades ago, just about the time when my fellowship ended and I was starting on the faculty of UCSF, along came ICSI. Short for intracytoplasmic sperm injection, ICSI involves using a single sperm and manually injecting it into an egg. Voila, the egg fertilizes and becomes an embryo, and later, with the help of mother, […]

Try It, You’ll Like It?

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As if it’s not top of mind anyway, here’s an update on the state of erection pills. Another one was just approved by the FDA and will hit the streets soon. Its name: Stendra (avanafil). Who names these drugs anyway? The PDE5i Drugs This new pill works similarly to the holy triumvirate of Viagra, Levitra […]

It Takes Two to Tango

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The Case of the Month is an actual patient from The Turek Clinic. It is presented to highlight Infertility Awareness Week. The Dance Begins He is a 36-year old who has been trying to conceive with his 35-year old wife for 2 years. After 5 months of trying, the couple achieved a pregnancy she miscarried […]