Did you know BPH (also known as enlarged prostate) affects about 50% of men by age 60, and up to 90% of men by age 85? Symptoms include getting up at night to urinate, frequency, irregular flow, urgency, weak stream, and straining.
Many women live with a leaky bladder. This includes almost half of women over 50. But only 30 percent of women who leak talk to their urologists. They learn to live with the leaks because they believe it’s a normal part of getting older. It’s not.
If your family is complete and you’re looking for a permanent, side-effect-free method of birth control, a vasectomy may be right for you.
It’s true. Women love men who get vasectomies. Women love the benefits of a vasectomy, like permanent contraception minus side effects and complications of other kinds of birth control. Read on for five reasons women love men who get vasectomies.
Stone Oak deserves great urological care, so we’ve added a great physician to our practice! We’re happy to announce that Katherine J. Cockerill, MD, is now seeing patients at our Stone Oak location.
Dr. Cockerill completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Texas in Austin and medical school at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Please help us in welcoming Maurilio Garcia-Gil, MD, MPH, to our practice! Dr. Garcia-Gil is now seeing patients at our downtown San Antonio location.
Dr. Garcia-Gil received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School – Southwestern. He completed his urology fellowship at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Prostate cancer is common, but did you know that it’s the second most common cancer diagnosed in American men? Here are eight other surprising prostate cancer statistics, according to the American Cancer Society:
If you’ve ever had a urinary tract infection (UTI), you will probably do anything to avoid another one! A UTI is an infection of the urinary system, which is made up of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. Urine is normally sterile, but UTIs are caused when bacteria enter the urine. This can lead to a bladder infection (cystitis) or a kidney infection (pyelonephritis).
Urinary incontinence affects 25 million adult Americans, according to the National Foundation for Continence. Although the loss of bladder control is a common health concern, it isn’t easy to live with. Both men and women experience urinary incontinence. Due to anatomical differences and childbirth, it’s more common in women than in men.
There are five different types of urinary incontinence.
One common men’s health issue is prostate cancer, and there are many known risk factors. A risk factor is something that increases your risk of getting a certain disease. Some risk factors, like smoking, are lifestyle choices that can be changed. Others, like age, can’t be changed.
Having one or more risk factors for prostate cancer doesn’t mean that you will get it.