Paul Turek, MD, Author at The Turek Clinic

Testosterone: A Love Affair in its Honeymoon Phase

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Paul Turek, MD

You’re feeling it. Falling asleep more often after dinner. Not as strong or quick on the court anymore. A tad grumpier than you used to be. Maybe the sex drive is a bit flatter than you remember it being or the memory bank is fading a bit. Is this normal with age? Suck it Up […]

Can You Be Allergic to Your Sperm?

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Paul Turek, MD

They sat in front of me, notes in hand, having read all they could, and looking somewhat concerned. “We read that vasectomy reversals don’t work because of antibodies that men make to their sperm. Is this true?” Don the Immunology Hat Practically speaking, the world’s first immunologist was the formidable warlord King Mithridates VI of […]

How to Impress Her on Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Paul Turek, MD

You asked her for a date on Valentine’s Day. Now what? You really want to impress her. Dinner and a movie? A dinner show? Just dinner? A ball game? Hot tubbing or a spa? Karaoke? Salsa dancing? Split some chocolate lava cake? The pressure is on. It must be perfect. What’s a guy to do? […]

Epigenetics: The Real Reason You Are Who You Are

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Paul Turek, MD

You share 99.5% of your DNA with the person sitting next to you. In fact, you share 97.5% of your DNA with mice. And, believe it or not, 50% of banana DNA is identical to yours! So what makes you so special? Epigenetics. The New Plastics Remember the scene in “The Graduate” when the smug, older […]

Helping Wounded Veterans Live and Love

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Paul Turek, MD

His kidney harbored a cancer and it needed to be removed. As a first-year surgeon-in-training, I was consenting him for surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Philadelphia. Unlike most patients, he was unusually calm as I talked him through the procedure and its potentially life-threatening complications. At one point, he gently put his hand on top of […]

I Saved a Man and He Saved Me

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Paul Turek, MD

I learned something today. Something really important. About how to stick to your guns, how use your gut. About what it really means to be a doctor. And, what’s funny is that I didn’t have to cure a man of cancer to learn this, but simply rid him of pain. A tech engineer, he hailed […]

The Flipside of Living Forever

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Paul Turek, MD

Name some issues brand new to this world in the last 100 years. How about nuclear war, environmental pollution and climate change? Medically, we can blame carpal tunnel syndrome on the typewriter or computer keyboard, and “automobile knee” on that awful car commute. Hard to know whether these marks on modern society are preferable to […]

The Boy with the Varicocele

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Paul Turek, MD

The case of the month is an actual patient of The Turek Clinic His head was topped with bobbing red hair and his face full of freckles. Thin as a beanpole, he spoke softly as if trying to control his cracking pubertal voice. All in, he appeared to be the stuff that teenage boys are […]

A Tale of Three Testicles

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Paul Turek, MD

Its funny what people think about every day. Some decide exactly where to paint the lines in our streets. Others, called Gumbusters, remove gum stuck to park benches. Jelly Doughnut Fillers do precisely that, and Golf Ball Divers find stray golf balls that land underwater. And what would casinos do without certified Dice Inspectors? Better […]

Getting Out of the Fast Lane

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Paul Turek, MD

The eggs didn’t fertilize. No sperm was found. The embryos fell apart in the dish. The pregnancy test was negative, again. To boot, you’re out of money and utterly and totally exhausted. Your mind is an empty room on a cold, gray day, filled only by the scattered noise of rustling leaves outside. And now […]