by David Y. Josephson, MD, FACS A vasectomy is a safe and highly effective method for contraception. There are nearly 500,000 men who undergo vasectomies annually in the United States. This procedure can be performed safely with minimal morbidity in an office setting with just a local anesthetic or under light sedation for select patients who [...]
Cedars-Sinai Office Towers Phone: 310-854-9898 8635 West 3rd Street Fax: 310-854-0267 Suite 1 West Los Angeles, CA 90048 Tower Urology Medical Group is located just West of The Beverly Center. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is [...]
by: Dudley S. Danoff, MD, FACS The marketing of low serum testosterone (low T) as a common medical condition helped propel sales of testosterone gels, patches, injections, and tablets to about $2 billion in the United States last year, according to IMS Health, a health-care information company. A recent study published in the Medical Journal [...]
By Gary E Leach, M.D.Director, Tower Urology Institute for ContinenceTower UrologyLos Angeles, CA Loss of bladder control (urinary incontinence) after prostate surgery is a devastating complication, which has a significant negative impact on quality of life. The ‘good news’ is that with appropriate evaluation and treatment, the incontinence problem is usually treatable with significant improvement [...]
by Dudley S. Danoff, MD, FACS Over the past several years, the media has bombarded us with various treatments for low serum testosterone in men to prevent andropause, the male equivalent of menopause in women. But in a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Joel Finkelstein of Massachusetts General Hospital pointed [...]
by David Y. Josephson, MD, FACS For years, internists, endocrinologist and urologists alike have touted the benefits of testosterone replacement in men due to its protective affects on the cardiovascular system. Clinical trials had previously consistently shown improvements in a number of cardiac outcomes and reduction in adverse cardiovascular events (i.e. stroke, heart attack or death) [...]
by Dudley S. Danoff, MD, FACS Laparoscopic, robot-assisted surgery has grown dramatically, increasing more than 400 percent in the United States between 2007 and 2011. About 1,400 da Vinci systems, which cost $1.5 million to $2.5 million each, have been purchased by hospitals, according to the manufacturer of the da Vinci unit. A recent article in [...]
September is the official Prostate Cancer Awareness month, however November has become equally if not more effective in driving the message home thanks to the Movember movement. Millions of men worldwide (known as Mo Bros) will start the month clean-shaven and then grow a mustache to raise awareness, fund research and combat men’s health related [...]
by Dudley S. Danoff, MD, FACS An estimated 240,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in America this year. Hospitals and physicians are always searching for the ultimate treatment for a cure, favorable disease-free survival intervals, decreased patient morbidity, and a reduced risk of secondary cancers and other harmful side effects. Innovative changes have included [...]
