The Pain and Frustration of Urinary Symptoms to Instant Relief: One Woman’s Life-Changing Experience with InterStim Therapy The unrelenting need to urinate. Excruciating bladder pressure and pain. For approximately six years, 56-year-old Joy Brumbeloe experienced those problems on a daily basis. “You learn to live with things, and it just becomes your norm,” Brumbeloe explains. […]
By Kristi Hebert, M.D. Stress urinary incontinence after prostatectomy or pelvic radiation therapy is a common and often frustrating side effect of treatment for thousands of men. Symptoms include loss of urine control with increased abdominal effort, such as coughing, sneezing, heavy lifting, and exercise. Stress incontinence can improve with dedicated pelvic floor physical therapy […]
By Brittani Barrett-Harlow, M.D. While most patients may not know the term Peyronie’s disease (PD), the condition is quite common — affecting one in 10 men over the age of 18. Peyronie’s results from scar tissue in the penis. Scarring can be due to trauma, other surgeries, pre-existing conditions like diabetes, or associated with other […]
By Barry Zisholtz, M.D., F.A.C.S. Prostate cancer, just like any cancer, is a dreaded diagnosis associated with fear, unpredictability, and uncertainty. Most men with prostate cancer are given the choice of removing the prostate, which is done with an open incision or with robotic technology. The other more standard therapy is radiation treatments. However, some […]
When a couple is ready to start a family, challenges with infertility can be stressful, mortifying, and even embarrassing. As the months or years pass, and nothing is working, the stress can mount. Doubt and frustration set in and a couple can begin to feel as if the situation is hopeless, or that somehow, they […]
70-year-old Carl Bedingfield approached his prostate cancer diagnosis in a fashion befitting an engineer. Bedingfield, who works for a large telecommunications company, spends a great deal of time-solving problems through innovation, with more than 150 patents to prove it. So, when he was facing prostate cancer treatment, Bedingfield dove deep into research. As someone who […]
Jacqueline was at a loss. Her 6-year-old daughter Kathleen’s problem with urinary incontinence had become a daily issue and was getting worse. It was so bad, in fact, Kathleen began lying about wetting herself and hiding the issue from her parents. “When I went to the pediatrician and the school counselor, I got no real […]
Prostate cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer death and the most common solid tumor cancer in men, is a serious concern that is still poorly understood by many patients. Starting at age 40, the rate of prostate cancer steadily increases. However, the dangers of prostate cancer frequently go unmentioned, and many men do not receive […]
By Shannon Suarez, MSN, APRN, CPNP March 16, 2020, changed a lot for the children of Georgia. For my own three daughters, it was the last day my third-grader would hug her teacher goodbye, and the last day my sixth graders would cram a book into their lockers. But there they were, downright giddy at […]
By Callie Duggan, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC What Is a UTI? A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an overgrowth of bacteria in the urine. UTIs can occur at any age and most often just affects the bladder, but the kidneys can also be involved. They are most common in females because the urethra (the tube we […]