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Around one in 250 males are born with a penis defect called hypospadias which affects normal urological function, and which may be addressed through specialised corrective surgery. This is the message from urologists, Dr Izak van Heerden from The Urology Hospital, Pretoria, who conducts up to five hypospadias-related surgeries a week and who recently undertook […]

Testicular cancer affects mostly younger men, can often be effectively treated and may be detected early if men self-examine carefully, according to a urologist. Dr Johan Mouton from The Urology Hospital Pretoria says the treatment of testicular cancer is one of the “big success stories in modern medicine”. “Previously, if you were diagnosed with testicular

Bedwetting may be hereditary and is often outgrown, but if it continues beyond age five a medical evaluation by a urologist with an interest in this field is important. A large-scale study shows that bedwetting (also called nocturnal enuresis) is up to seven times higher among children with one parent who had the condition as

Erectile dysfunction (ED) affects about 50 percent of men over 50 and could indicate a serious health condition such as heart disease, hypertension, diabetes or depression — highlighting the need for men with this condition to consult a urologist. A recent, wide-ranging study found that ED was increasingly affecting younger men and was often associated