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Category Archives: Male issues
Record number of Sexually Transmitted Infections diagnosed in 2017
Record number of Sexually Transmitted Infections diagnosed in 2017. Not a great statistic, I know. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the 2017 data showing that nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were diagnosed in … Continue reading
Posted in General Medicine- Adults, infections, Male issues, Uncategorized
Tagged chlamydia, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, family physician, family practice, gonorrhea, rate of STDs, Reno family doctor, STDs, University of Nevada, University of Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Nevada Reno Family medicine Residency program, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine
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Men, do you know your cholesterol level?
Men, do you know your cholesterol level? There was a recent lipid (cholesterol) guideline released by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association which showed that men with a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) component of cholesterol of at least 190 benefit … Continue reading
Posted in Cholesterol, General Medicine- Adults, Male issues, Uncategorized
Tagged cholesterol, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, heart attack, high cholesterol, stroke, University of Nevada, University of Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine, vascular disease
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HPV
I took notes at the Nevada Family Medicine meeting when expert Dr. Trudy Larson spoke about HPV. Here are the take-home points… Who gets HPV? 80 % of adults have a strain of HPV. “HPV happens.” There are 40 subtypes … Continue reading
Posted in infections, Male issues, Pediatrics, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Uncategorized, Vaccines, Vaccines
Tagged cervical cancer, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, HPV, HPV vaccine, human papillomavirus, Leslie Greenberg MD, Reno physician, University of Nevada, University of Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine
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Testosterone replacement. Do you (or your man) need it?
Testosterone replacement. Do you (or your man) need it? I recently attended a medical conference discussing the subject of testosterone deficiency (and replacement!), risks and benefits. I’d like to share what I learned… Direct-to-consumer advertisements. There are MANY ads to … Continue reading
Posted in General Medicine- Adults, Male issues, Uncategorized
Tagged androgen deficiency, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family practice, late-onset hypogonadism, testosterone, testosterone gel, testosterone replacement, testosterone replacement therapy, University of Nevada, University of Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine
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Who should get screened for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?
It depends on your age… The US Preventive Services Task Force is the organization that reviews the most cost-effective, efficient treatments. They suggest that all sexually active women, ages 24 or younger, should be screened for both gonorrhea and chlamydia. … Continue reading
Posted in General Medicine- Adults, Male issues, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Uncategorized
Tagged chlamydia, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, family physician, family practice, gonorrhea, kansas, sex, sexually transmitted diseases, sexually transmitted infections, STD, STI, wichita
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Prostate cancer screening. To screen or not to screen?
The US Preventive Services Task Force recommend against routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. The PSA test was introduced in the late 1980s. This lab test showed us that the incidence of prostate cancer increased dramatically compared to when we could … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, General Medicine- Adults, Male issues, prostate cancer, Uncategorized
Tagged Andover, cancer, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, kansas, prostate cancer, PSA, screening test, wichita
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Over the counter treatment for benign prostatic hypertrophy symptoms
Benign prostatic hypertrophy? BPH symptoms in men are urinary frequency, difficulty starting and stopping stream of urine, weak urine stream, and needing to get up from bed at night to urinate. Who gets this? Only men. More than 80% of … Continue reading
Posted in General Medicine- Adults, Male issues
Tagged Andover, benign prostatic hypertrophy, BPH, Dr. Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, kansas, NSAIDs, wichita
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Need sexually transmitted infection screening?
If you are a sexually active woman under the age of 24 you most likely need STD screening. A federal task force is suggesting that STD screening should be regularly done in all American women who are sexually active. Gonorrhea … Continue reading
Posted in General Medicine- Adults, Male issues, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Uncategorized, Women's Health
Tagged Andover, chlamydia, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, family physician, family practice, gonorrhea, sexually transmitted diseases, STD, STI, wichita
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Erectile dysfunction. The canary in the gold mine?
Indeed impotence can be the first sign of cardiovascular disease. A new study of 600 men showed that men with erectile dysfunction (ED) had a better than threefold improvement in erectile function after receiving a statin drug. Statins are most … Continue reading
Posted in General Medicine- Adults, Male issues, Uncategorized
Tagged Andover, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, ED, erectile dysfunction, Family Medicine, family physician, impotence, kansas, wichita
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Low testosterone
If you have watched ANY sports on television, you must have been barraged by ads about “Low T.” The advertisers are eluding to low testosterone. Testosterone is the male hormone that is responsible for sexual libido and the ability to … Continue reading
Posted in General Medicine- Adults, Male issues, Uncategorized
Tagged Andover, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, ED, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, impotence, kansas, libido, low T, low testosterone, testosterone, wichita
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