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Vasectomy Cancer - Articles
Does having a vasectomy cause prostate cancer?
by
Dr. Arnon Krongrad
Posted
Wed 17 Sep 2008 1:15am
One question that crops up over and over again is whether having a vasectomy (the procedure that stops a man from making a woman pregnant) can lead to a later diagnosis of prostate cancer.
First of all, it has to be said that men who have vasectomies do appear to be more likely to have a diagnosis of prostate cancer 20 years later than men who do
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5 Common Vasectomy Myths
by
k
Posted
Sun 24 May 2009 10:35pm
with these things, it can’t affect a man’s “maleness.”
Myth 3
A vasectomy increases a man’s risk of developing prostate cancer.
This myth surfaced in the 1990s but has been disproven...
There are few things that can universally make men cringe - one of them is discussing vasectomies. If truth be told, women rarely have any sympathy for that because they’re
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Vasectomy resistance among veterinarians: What’s up with that?
by
Dr. Patty Khuly
Posted
Sun 07 Feb 2010 10:00pm
If I were to list all the categories of questions I get in order of how frequently they hit my email inboxthe hands-down winner would have to be the Q on canine vasectomies. As in“My veterinarian won’t perform a vasectomy on my dog. Where can I have one done?” and “Do I have to fly my pet down to Miami to get my dog a vasectomy?”
All this attention
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Vasectomy: Baby boomers, get your follow-up test!
by
Scott Keith
Posted
Fri 01 Jan 2010 12:00am
I don’t have an “oops” category on my blog. If I did, this post would probably qualify. Let’s say a baby boomer finally agrees to a vasectomy. After the procedure... follow-up:
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=634132
I’ve yet to experience a vasectomy, but I’m amazed that, according to the article, nearly 50 percent of men who
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The Economy Is Causing Vasectomies!
by
k
Posted
Fri 17 Apr 2009 11:39pm
are very expensive and after that it’s just a long, drawn out bill. It’s a bill always worth paying when you love your children.
Image: Newscom
Most men don’t get a vasectomy... there is no solid evidence that says that the economy has spurred a rise in vasectomies, a study by the NY Times is saying that there seems to have been a sharp increase since the economic
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No scalpel vasectomy video
by
Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Sat 07 Mar 2009 2:57pm
Dr Advani , Special Officer , Dept of Health, Bombay Municipal Corporation is doing a great job with popularising the No-Scalpel Vasectomy technique in Bombay, to enourage men to limit their families. This video shows how easy the technique is, when performed expertly !
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Free steaks with every vasectomy - Jeff McCallum
by
Kathlyn S.
Posted
Sat 06 Dec 2008 4:46pm
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Perhaps the anesthesiologists should be required to block all pain while keeping our brain and signature hand functional during surgery just in case the growth was cancerous... on the corner. And make sure I’m out of there in 20 minutes!
Jeff McCallum is a commercial building contractor, a stage four cancer survivor and author ofa book of poemsfor patients
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Vasectomy Gone Wrong
by
Christine ..
Posted
Wed 12 Jan 2011 9:04pm
the first sentence.
Now might actually be a good time to shoo your kiddos away. Oh, your hubby too, especially if he plans to have a vasectomy in the near future, as this is a very....
After a quick Internet search to self-diagnose, we discovered that in “rare” cases, a vasectomy patient can experience post vasectomy hematoma – basically internal bleeding
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Countercyclical sector: Vasectomies
by
Jason S.
Posted
Tue 16 Jun 2009 5:39pm
Vasectomies are countercyclical:
Lawrence Ross, a professor of urology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, says: “We’re seeing about twice as many men coming in for vasectomy consultations as we did a year ago.”
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