by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2013 | Men's Health
Several papers show that having to urinate frequently at night is often caused by low levels of antidiuretic hormone (1,2) and that taking that hormone can control this condition (3). During the day, your kidneys clean your body by producing large amounts of urine....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2013 | Men's Health
A series of articles in Human Reproduction Update showed that infection is the most common cause of male infertility and that standard tests for infertility often do not find the infection. When evaluating a male for infertility, doctors check sperm count and sperm...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2013 | Men's Health
A depressing study from Harvard School of Public Health showed that loss of hair on the top of the head markedly increases a man’s chances of suffering a heart attack, and the more hair he loses, the more likely he is to suffer a heart attack (1). Men with male...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2013 | Men's Health
Several years ago I reported that the present treatment for male-pattern baldness is not very effective, that male pattern baldness may be caused by insulin resistance, and that a diet high in sugar and flour may cause irreversible hair loss. The old theory was that...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 16, 2013 | Men's Health
Doctors do not need to biopsy every man with a high PSA screening blood test for prostate cancer. Most patients become infected from the procedure, 20 percent suffer severe pain, 10 percent require strong pain medicines, and 15 percent of previously potent patients...
