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Read posts from experts at Harvard Health Publishing covering a variety of health topics and perspectives on medical news.

Cancer

Testosterone supplementation after prostate cancer?

Published June 19, 2009

As men age, their testosterone production begins to slow. As men get into their 50s, 60s, and beyond, they may start to have signs and symptoms of low testosterone including reduced sex drive and sense of vitality, erectile dysfunction, decreased energy, lower muscle mass and bone density, and anemia. In some cases, supplemental testosterone may help. However, doctors disagree over the wisdom of prescribing testosterone to prostate cancer survivors.

Men's Health

Sex and the prostate: Overcoming erectile dysfunction when you have prostate disease

Updated April 21, 2021

Harvard Prostate Knowledge

Hematospermia demystified

Published March 11, 2009

Spotting blood in your semen can be worrisome, but it’s usually not cause for alarm.

Harvard Prostate Knowledge

Your benign prostatic hyperplasia medication: When to consider a change

Published March 11, 2009

A look at treatment options and trade-offs

If you are like many of the 14 million men in the United States who have been diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), you’ve probably been taking the same medication, at the same dose, for years. If so, consider the experiences of two patients, both of whom were taking some type of medication for BPH. Their names have been changed, but all other details are accurate (see “Jack Muriel” and “Henry Banks”).