Men’s Health

Testosterone replacement therapy: Take an informed, individualized approach

Bettie Coplan, MPAS, PA-C, Jacqueline Spiegel, MS, PA-C; Ilona Bleaman, MHPE, PA-C; James Roch, MPAS, PA-C January 01, 2011

Endocrine Society guidelines support prescribing testosterone to patients with hypogonadism, but individual treatment may be best.

Elder preventive medicine: Immunization and screening for adults older than 65 years

Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA-C, PhD January 05, 2010

Preventive medicine in the elderly can reduce disease-specific morbidity, decrease disability, and improve quality of remaining life.

Benefits and harms of widespread PSA test use still unclear

Timothy Quigley, MPH, PA-C October 22, 2009

Despite the publication of the preliminary results of two studies and the update of two sets of guidelines, the benefits of prostate cancer screening are still controversial.

Clarification of the meaning of a negative test result

October 16, 2009

Should I be tested for the BRCA gene?

Jill Gore, MPAS, PA-C September 24, 2009

Patients whose family members have breast, ovarian, or prostate cancer will want to know their risk of disease and if there's anything the can do to reduce it.

An elusive tumor in a man who has evidence of prostate cancer metastasis

Brendan Patrick Boyer, PA-C; Martin James Boyer, DO August 10, 2009

Conventional imaging studies failed to locate the metastasis in a patient with an elevating PSA level. Scintigraphy revealed the tumor.

Does this man have genital warts?

Joe R. Monroe, PA-C, MPAS February 06, 2009

A 26-year-old man self-referred himself to the dermatology clinic for evaluation of "genital warts" that had not responded to OTC wart medication. The lesions had been present for several years unchanged, caused no symptoms, and had never appeared in any other locations.

A young man with acute onset of testicular pain

Julie Vajnar, PA-C, RT May 01, 2007

A 23-year-old male presented to the emergency department with complaints of testicular pain on the right side. He said he did not seek treatment earlier because he was embarrassed and hoped the pain would resolve without medical help.