Men's Health

Men can devel­op a vari­ety of uri­nary symp­toms or changes with their prostate gland as they age. Most don’t seek med­ical treat­ment for these issues, treat­ing fre­quent night­ly trips to the bath­room and oth­er symp­toms as an inevitable part of the aging process. Devel­op­ing con­di­tions like benign pro­sta­t­ic hyper­pla­sia (an enlarged prostate), uri­nary incon­ti­nence, over­ac­tive blad­der or low­ered testos­terone lev­els does­n’t mean you should suf­fer in silence. These con­di­tions are like­ly to wors­en over time and if left untreat­ed, can lead to oth­er health prob­lems and have a seri­ous impact on your over­all health. Depend­ing on the sever­i­ty of your symp­toms and their impact on your dai­ly rou­tine, there are treat­ment options avail­able to help. Urol­o­gist, Jagan Kansal, MD, MBA, shares some of the mis­con­cep­tions about these com­mon men’s health con­di­tions and treat­ment that are avail­able so you can enjoy a healthy, active lifestyle as you age.

Men at any age can expe­ri­ence issues with their repro­duc­tive and sex­u­al health. Dr. Jagan Kansal, a urol­o­gist fel­low­ship trained in Men’s Health, out­lines com­mon issues men face and treat­ments to over­come them.

Find out how you can proac­tive­ly care for your health and what screen­ings you should rou­tine­ly schedule.

Life can get busy and tak­ing care of our skin health can eas­i­ly become an after­thought. Our cell phones are use­ful tools to help sup­port healthy skin­care habits.

We all know that sun­screen is a nec­es­sary step in our skin­care rou­tine. But do you know the dif­fer­ence between chem­i­cal and phys­i­cal sun­screens? Our der­ma­tol­o­gists explain the dif­fer­ence between these two types of sunscreen.

Whether you have oily, dry or sen­si­tive skin, wear­ing sun­screen is a crit­i­cal step in pre­vent­ing the onset of skin can­cer and aging. Der­ma­tol­o­gist, Dr. Kristin Lee, explains which sun­screen is best for you based on your skin type.

New or sud­den gas­troin­testi­nal symp­toms should not be ignored as they can sig­nal a more seri­ous con­di­tion. Our Gas­troen­terol­o­gy team iden­ti­fies symp­toms that should be addressed with your health­care provider.

When it comes to prostate can­cer treat­ment there are many dif­fer­ent options for care. Did you know that rough­ly 25 per­cent of men who receive radi­a­tion treat­ment have a recur­rence? A treat­ment called sal­vage prostate cryother­a­py has become avail­able to help treat prostate can­cer reoc­cur­rence. Sal­vage prostate cryother­a­py can offer men a sec­ond chance as long as the can­cer has­n’t spread beyond the prostate.

Your prostate is a wal­nut-sized, mus­cu­lar gland locat­ed below your blad­der, and is respon­si­ble for secret­ing prostate flu­id which helps the flow of sem­i­nal flu­id. As part of the male repro­duc­tive sys­tem, your prostate gland grows sig­nif­i­cant­ly dur­ing your teenage years, near­ly dou­bling in size, and will con­tin­ue to grow for the remain­der of your life. In some cas­es, the prostate may become larg­er than aver­age, a con­di­tion called benign pro­sta­t­ic hyper­pla­sia (BPH). An enlarged prostate gland can put pres­sure on your uri­nary tract and impair the flow of urine from your blad­der. Oth­er com­mon signs of an enlarged prostate include:

Testos­terone is a hor­mone found in both men and women, although women pro­duce a much small­er amount. Testos­terone pro­duc­tion is typ­i­cal­ly at its high­est dur­ing puber­ty, and begins to decline around the age of 30. Although testos­terone is most com­mon­ly asso­ci­at­ed with an indi­vid­u­al’s sex dri­ve and sperm pro­duc­tion in males, it also impacts bone and mus­cle mass, red cell pro­duc­tion, the deep­en­ing of your voice, and can even affect your mood.