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Male hypogonadism or Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome

At Tulane Urology Garden District Urology clinic, we provide comprehensive men’s health services through our group of...
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Food for the Prostate-Cooked Tomatoes

For many years I have recommended that men consume cooked tomatoes for their prostate diseases like prostate infections.
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When Your Bladder or Prostate Won’t Let You Sleep

For both men and women over 50 getting up to pee once a night is normal and twice a night…
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Understanding Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Testing

Prostate Specific Antigen (or PSA) testing is utilized to determine a man’s risk of having prostate cancer. 
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Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer continues to be the most common cancer diagnosed in men.  More than 200,000 people will be diagnosed with…
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Partial Nephrectomy for Kidney Cancer

As more patients receive abdominal imaging when they present to emergency rooms for pain or in screening other disease, we…
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 Risk of Heart Disease with Treatment for Prostate Cancer

There is evidence that an association exists between certain treatments for prostate cancer and increased risk of diabetes...
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Advanced Prostate Cancer Can Be Successfully Treated

One of the most common treatments for advanced prostate cancer is androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).
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Pounds and Potency-Impotence and Obesity

There are numerous causes of erectile dysfunction or impotence. Obesity can now be added to the list.
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Sleep Deprivation and Cancer-Who Would Have Thought?

There are numerous causes of cancer including smoking, carcinogens in the food, air pollution, and even excessive...
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There’s No Seduction With Erectile Dysfunction

Impotence\ED impacts both men and women. Help is available and often there are reversible causes that provide a solution to…
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PSA Testing For Prostate Cancer-What’s the New Guidelines

Nothing has created more controversy in the past few years than screening for prostate cancer using the PSA blood test.
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Guidelines of Getting a Mammogram

Just a few years ago the U.S Preventive Services Task Force weighed in PSA screening for prostate cancer.  The USPSTF…
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Performing a Self-Administered Testosterone Injection

Testosterone for injection is usually in the form of testosterone cypionate. These liquids come in multiple concentrations...
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Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Pain in Your Testicles

There’s not a man on the planet who hasn’t experienced pain in the testicles. In most instances, it is a…
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Erectile Dysfunction – Don’t Let Diabetes Keep You “Down”

Nearly 5-10% of men in the New Orleans area have diabetes and many of these diabetic men will have erectile…
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PSA Testing For Prostate Cancer-To Screen or Not Screen?

I am frequently asked by patients about screening for prostate cancer with PSA testing and what to expect. I will…
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Urinary Tract Infections in Men- What to Expect?

Although men can get cystitis, more common is prostatitis — inflammation of the prostate gland which affects half...
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Urinary Tract Infections May Be More Than the Eye of the Storm

Cystitis, or inflammation of the bladder, is one of the most common types of urinary tract infection (UTI) and affects…
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Options For Male Contraception-Vasectomy   

A vasectomy is a cost effective method of contraception that can easily be performed in the doctor's office.
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Drip, Drip, Drip-When the Prostate Gland Causes Constant Dribbling

Some men have a blockage to the flow of urine and the bladder no matter how much it contracts or…
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Overactive Bladder or When Your Bladder Controls Your Life

Most men and women can hold their urine for 15-20 minutes after the first urge to urinate.  If you feel…
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5 Things to Know About Benign Prostate Gland Enlargement

Benign enlargement of the prostate gland is natural consequence of aging. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) will be present...
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The Other Side of Andropause or Low Testosterone Levels

A decrease in testosterone begins after age 25-30 where testosterone production decrease about 1% each year.
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