Originally published in The Ottawa Citizen September 20, 2004 Original Title: The Testes of Time Young men rarely see their family doctor (if they have one). There is a tendency to think that nothing can really go wrong in your late teens or 20s. Yet there is one cancer in men that occurs exactly when [...]

Diagnosing prostate cancer is difficult, even with the screening. All of a sudden, everyone wants to know about the PSA test.

During my residency at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, I watched a groaning patient in tremendous pain hobble into the emergency room, clutching his lower back and side.

The ER staff physician, his back to the ER entrance and writing his notes, said without the slightest hesitation: “Kidney stones. That groan is unmistakable.”

Ladies, you have borne your children and have been responsible for contraception. Now, when the time finally arrives to decide who will be the one to undergo sterilization your guy will be making himself scarce. In my office it is usually wives that ask about vasectomies on behalf of their husbands. They all have similar stories. Their husbands are concerned about prostate cancer, decreased libido, bleeding and grapefruit size swelling of the scrotum. As someone who recently has undergone this simple procedure, stand your ground ladies! Vasectomy has a lower failure rate than tubal ligation (getting your tubes tied). Aside from the potential of minor bleeding the other side effects just do not stand up to the facts.