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The Data Is In: Little Care for Infertile Men

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Paul Turek, MD

I was hoping my hunch wasn’t true…but it was. A decade ago, while debating with colleagues in Barcelona, I noted a trend in the medical care of infertile American men. Basically, they weren’t getting care. Yes, some were having semen analyses, but that’s about it — and that’s not “care.” Care includes documenting a patient’s […]

The Evolution of a Men’s Prenatal Vitamin

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Paul Turek, MD

Over the last decade, my view of vitamin supplements has evolved. Yes, I know that half of all Americans take a multivitamin daily. Maybe to replace dietary deficiencies. Or to keep healthy, prevent disease or stay young. But the honest truth is that except for treating actual vitamin deficiencies, hard evidence showing that vitamins can […]

Five Things Men are Surprised to Learn About Vasectomies

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Paul Turek, MD

It’s March! Spring is in the air, along with a warmer sun, longer days, and still-cool breezes. In the words of Doug Larson, “Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.” It’s also a time of love, romance and…vasectomies! Did you know that more vasectomies are performed during March […]

Questions Patients Never Ask Me

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Paul Turek, MD

Historically, men have been raised and conditioned by society to suck it up, man up, be silent and be strong. Should it surprise us, then, that they might not handle certain subjects with ease, like their muscle tone, beer bellies, height, and the hair on their heads? Man Talk I take care of men for […]

Pot, Sperm and You: Sperm Toke Too

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Paul Turek, MD

Surely pot isn’t as bad for you as is smoking or alcohol…right? Fully one-third of reproductive-age Americans have used pot in the last year, and it’s now legal in more than half of US states, so how unhealthy could it be? As a reproductive specialist, I’ve always been worried about pot, but lately I’ve become even […]

Premature Ejaculation: Fact or Fiction?

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Paul Turek, MD

Are you quick to quip? Do you get there before everyone else? Eat faster than those around you? Finish other people’s sentences? All kinds of things in life can happen too quickly for our taste. Even in bed. Speed Demon Premature ejaculation is loosely defined as ejaculation occurring sooner than desired, either before or shortly […]

Quiz: The Symptoms of Low Testosterone

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Paul Turek, MD

Falling asleep after dinner? Is your work performance worsening? Enjoying life a little less? Unable to play sports like you used to? Feeling grumpy? Getting weaker and not stronger? Feeling less energetic? Erections failing and sex drive tanking? What hard working adult doesn’t have these symptoms at one time or another? Testing Testosterone This is […]

What You Can Do to Increase Sex Drive

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Paul Turek, MD

I heard it said that the average 18-year-old male thinks about sex every 3 minutes during waking hours. It’s no wonder they’re so wildly inefficient human beings at this age. Of course, as we age and get careers, pay rent and have kids, we tend to get less frisky. Blame locker room talk, Hollywood, or […]

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Have You Hit Your Sexual Peak?

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Paul Turek, MD

When do we hit our peak? Well that depends on how you define peak. Peak muscular strength in men occurs around age 26. In terms of smarts, Nobel Prize winners make their big discoveries at an average age of 40 years. And, as you might already know, men peak emotionally even later, at 50 years. But do […]

Peeling Off the Layers of Sexual Dysfunction

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Paul Turek, MD

This Case of the Year is an actual patient of The Turek Clinic. A 13th century Franciscan friar named William of Occam proposed a way of thinking that is popular even today. Occam’s Razor states that simpler solutions are more likely to be correct than complex ones. Alternatively viewed, if one theory explains all observations, then […]