Fact or Myth: Test Your Knowledge on Testosterone & Prostate Cancer
Movember is a great opportunity for people to learn about important men's health issues. As a urologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of testosterone deficiency, I wanted to present some facts regarding the relationship between prostate cancer and...
What Is “Herbal Viagra” — and Is It Safe or Effective?
There’s nothing like celebrity malfeasance to give an obscure topic newfound salience, and the recent discovery of an unconscious Lamar Odom — former NBA player, reality-TV star and Kardashian-in-law — in a Nevada brothel has done just that for so-called “herbal...
More Than Just a Number: The Best Testosterone Treatment Focuses on the Whole Patient
by Marc Richman, M.D. Testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS, or Low T), as its name implies, is a medical condition in which a man’s level of testosterone, the male hormone, is insufficient. Low T can cause a variety of problems: sexual dysfunction, fatigue, lack of...
Prostate-Cancer Screening and Low T: What You Need to Know
One of the most poorly understood aspects of American medicine today, especially in the realm of men’s health, is prostate-cancer screening. Indeed, the PSA — prostate-specific antigen — test, a blood screening that can detect early-stage prostate cancer, is one of...
Stories From the Trenches: Never, Ever Entrust Your Low T Treatment to a Quack
As a urologist who specializes in men’s health, I’ve encountered a string of patients lately who are getting treatment for testosterone deficiency from those I consider non-experts — family-practice doctors, OB-GYNs and the always suspicious “anti-aging”...
About our Physicians
Our urologists have more than 30 years of combined experience helping men achieve and maintain a healthy sex life. More about Shane Geib, M.D. and Marc Richman, M.D.