Keeping You Informed

By: J. Rene Frontera, M.D. Summer is such a great time of year. It means family vacations, dips in the pool, and trips to the amusement parks. It’s all fun and games until someone gets a kidney stone. Did you [...]

By Jennifer Sobol, D.O. It’s normal to lose interest in sex from time to time. But if the loss of interest feels “not normal” to you, it could hint at one of several underlying health issues that affect millions of women. [...]

By: Dr. Alec Wilson It’s no secret that men don’t like talking about sexual health issues. From concerns about privacy to the embarrassment of opening up to someone they don’t know well, there are numerous reasons men don’t come to [...]

By: Melissa Fischer, M.D. How do you know if you have overactive bladder? How about when nature stops calling and starts shouting. A lot, and especially at night. Overactive bladder is the immediate, hard-to-control need to urinate. If you feel [...]

By: Gregory McIntosh, D.O. According to the latest data from the American Cancer Society, the incidence of prostate cancer is about 73% higher in Black men than in White men, with Black men in the U.S. and Caribbean having the [...]

By: Joshua Palka, D.O. We’ve bottled SPF to protect our skin, particularly since skin cancer is by far the most common type of cancer; how about something for the prostate? Prostate cancer affects one in eight U.S. men, making it [...]

By: Melissa Fischer, M.D. Many people believe that as women mature, they don’t enjoy sex as much as men. This is a myth. The fact is many women of all ages want to enjoy sex even more. But sometimes, urinary [...]

By: Dr. Jeffrey Schock Waking up to pee in the middle of the night is not a big deal until it is. For men, what may be getting bigger is their prostate, and its growth can interrupt a restful night’s [...]

By: Jennifer Sobol, D.O. Menopause is a stage of life that many women look forward to. It means freedom from monthly periods, saying goodbye to painful menstrual cramps, sayonara to PMS, and hasta luego to menstrual migraines. But since nature [...]

By: Dr. Jason Hafron, M.D., CMO We conduct clinical trials at MIU to better understand urological conditions and diseases. These trials help us find better ways to prevent and treat these illnesses, and participation in them can potentially grant patients [...]

By: Katie M. Rosen, D.O. If the sound of running water gives you an urgent need to pee, then you probably have a hunch about what it’s like to experience the symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB). Lots of people do. [...]

By: James Relle, M.D. As men age, they are more likely to experience an enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). BPH is one of the leading reasons men visit a urologist because, by age 60, 50% of [...]