sponsored by If you’ve recently overcome prostate cancer or benign prostatic hyperplasia (or BPH), then you already know that being cured is not where the healing stops, but rather where it begins. Life after a prostatectomy or a similarly invasive prostate treatment can become a complex shell game of trying to figure out which side…
An international group of researchers has discovered a drug combination that could stop the progression of fibrosis, a process that characterizes the significant curvature of the penis that is known as Peyronie’s disease. This possible new treatment for Peyronie’s disease could also help in the management of other conditions that are marked by fibrosis, ranging…
Can I have sex after prostate cancer treatment? This is a question that is often on the minds of men who have been diagnosed with and then treated for prostate cancer. Whether you have been with your partner sexually for years or you have a new loving partner after your diagnosis with prostate cancer, you…
What happens during a vasectomy? This is a logical question a man would ask before undergoing the procedure. After all, a vasectomy involves cutting or snipping in a highly sensitive area of the body. Some men are uncertain or squeamish about getting their scrotum cut or poked, so it is important to fully understand what…
Did you know that how your penis looks can be an indicator of whether you have a greater risk of developing cancer? Researchers who were part of a study of 1.5 million men have found there is a link between penis shape and cancer risk. At Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, researchers reported that…
What women want to know about vasectomy reversal is often more than the questions posed by men. Although men are curious about what happens when a vasectomy is reversed, women often have a broader scope of questions. If you are a woman, are the following questions among those chosen to be called “what women want…
Periodically you hear news stories about viruses such as avian influenza and infectious bronchitis virus affecting chickens and other poultry, and often with devastating effects. What you may not know, however, is that exposure to poultry viruses has been associated with an increased risk of various human cancers, including penis cancer (aka, penile cancer). Penis…
Cancer that develops in a testicle is called testicular cancer or cancer of the testis. Usually only one testicle is affected, but the cancer can appear in both. Most testicular cancers start in the cells called germ cells that develop into sperm. From there, the cancer may spread to lymph nodes in the abdomen or…
