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Seek emergency medical care if you experience: Pain so severe you can't sit still or find a comfortable position Pain accompanied by nausea and vomiting Pain accompanied by fever and chil...

Certain types of urologic conditions, such as urologic cancers, are not completely preventable. However, you can help prevent many other types of urologic conditions, including urinary tract infection...

Adrenal cancer is a rare cancer that begins in one or both of the small, triangular glands (adrenal glands) located on top of your kidneys. Adrenal glands produce hormones providing instructions to vi...

Erectile dysfunction, or impotence, is the inability to get and keep an erection firm enough for sex. Having erection trouble from time to time isn't necessarily a cause for concern. If erectile dysfu...

Seeing blood in your urine can be alarming. While in many instances the cause is harmless, blood in urine (hematuria) can indicate a serious disorder or cancer of the urinary tract. Blood you can see ...

Testicular cancer occurs in the testicles, or testes, which are inside the scrotum. The scrotum is a loose bag of skin underneath the penis. The testicles produce male sex hormones and sperm for repro...

Vasectomy is a safe, effective birth control choice for men who are certain they don't want to father a child in the future. It's a minor surgical procedure that cuts the supply of sperm to the semen ...

Urinary incontinence, or the leaking of urine, is a common and often embarrassing problem. Types of urinary incontinence include leaking urine with a cough or sneeze, or an urge to urinate that's so s...

Kidney stones, also called renal calculi, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis, are hard deposits made of minerals and salts that form inside your kidneys. Passing kidney stones can be painful, but the sto...

Circumcision is the surgical removal of the skin covering the tip of the penis. The procedure is fairly common for newborn boys in certain parts of the world, including the U.S. Newborn circumcision o...