How ViaSure Works: A Non-Invasive ED Treatment Most Men Don’t Know About

How ViaSure Works: A Non-Invasive ED Treatment Most Men Don’t Know About For most men, the conversation about erectile dysfunction starts and ends with a pill. Take it before, wait for it to kick in, hope it works. And for a lot of men, that approach is fine — oral medications do work, and they […]

The Truth About Kidney Stones: How to Prevent Them From Coming Back​

The Truth About Kidney Stones: How to Prevent Them From Coming Back Kidney stones send more than half a million Americans to the emergency room every year. They’re one of the most painful experiences in medicine. And for roughly half the people who get one, it will happen again — usually within five years. What’s […]

What Your Urine Color Actually Tells You About Your Health

What Your Urine Color Actually Tells You About Your Health I had a patient call my office last week in a panic because his urine was bright orange. He’d convinced himself it was blood, possibly cancer, and spent the night before Googling worst-case scenarios. Turns out he’d eaten a bunch of carrots and taken a […]

Aging Well: Proactive Health Choices for Midlife and Beyond

Aging Well: Proactive Health Choices for Midlife and Beyond I hit 50 a few years back, and suddenly I got why my patients in their forties and fifties come in looking a little worried. Things that worked fine for decades start requiring actual effort. Recovery takes longer. You can’t coast on good genetics anymore.   […]

When to See a Urologist vs. a Gynecologist

When to See a Urologist vs. a Gynecologist I get asked this question more often than you’d think, and honestly, the confusion makes sense. There’s overlap between what urologists and gynecologists do, especially when it comes to women’s health. And then you throw in primary care doctors, and suddenly nobody knows who they’re supposed to […]

Nutrition Tips That Support Hormonal Balance

Nutrition Tips That Support Hormonal Balance I’m a urologist, not a nutritionist. Let me get that out of the way upfront. But after years of treating hormonal issues—low testosterone, erectile dysfunction, fertility problems—I’ve noticed patterns that are hard to ignore. And a lot of them come back to what people are eating. Or more often, […]

Stress, Sleep, and Hormones: How They Affect Intimacy

Stress, Sleep, and Hormones: How They Affect Intimacy Nobody tells you in medical school that you’ll spend a surprising amount of time talking to couples about their sex lives. Or maybe they did and I wasn’t paying attention. Either way, it’s a huge part of what I deal with as a urologist, and the conversations […]

Pelvic Floor Health After Childbirth: Why It Matters at Every Age

Pelvic Floor Health After Childbirth: Why It Matters at Every Age Nobody really talks about the pelvic floor—until something doesn’t feel right.   Over the years, I’ve sat with countless women in my office. Some were just weeks postpartum. Others were decades removed from childbirth. Many told me the same thing: “I thought this was […]

Male Infertility: Common Causes and When to Seek Help

Male Infertility: Common Causes and When to Seek Help When couples have trouble getting pregnant, the focus often turns to the woman first. That’s understandable—but it’s only part of the picture. In reality, male fertility plays a role in about half of all infertility cases.   And yet, many men don’t realize this until months—or […]

Silent Kidney Disease: Warning Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore

Silent Kidney Disease: Warning Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore Here’s a fact that still unsettles me, even after years in medicine: your kidneys can lose up to 90% of their function before you feel anything wrong.   Ninety percent.   I see this all the time. A patient once came in for routine pre-surgical testing. He […]