Cigarette smoking, whether on occasion or done regularly, is a harmful habit that can cause many diseases and reduce a person’s lifespan.

A vasectomy is minimally invasive procedure that prevents men from fathering children. 

If you’re waking up frequently during the night to urinate, you may be suffering from nocturia, or excessive nighttime urination.

Enterocele, or small bowel prolapse, develops when the small intestine lowers into the pelvic cavity and pushes out the top of the vagina, creating a bulge. 

Brothers or sons of men who’ve had testicular cancer may be at risk of developing the disease

According to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, roughly 15% of couples are infertile, and male infertility contributes to the problem in up to 50% of couples. 

When it comes to diagnosing and treating certain urological cancers, our team at Affiliated Urologists provides nothing but the best patient care. The prognosis for bladder cancer, among other urological cancers, can change from good to poor pretty quickly depending on the stage and grade of cancer. 

This March, the Affiliated Urologists team will be celebrating National Kidney Month. 

Last week, we wrote about lycopene-rich foods lowering a person’s risk of developing kidney cancer, for women especially. This week, we’re going to dial it back a bit and discuss the beginning stages of kidney cancer and what may or may not be considered a sign or symptom of this cancer. 

Who would have thought tomatoes, of all foods, could lower a person’s risk of kidney cancer? According to a long-term study conducted by the Women’s Health Initiative, women who ate tomatoes and other lycopene-containing foods lowered their risk of developing kidney cancer by 45 percent.