Today, we have a special episode for June because it's Men's Health Month.

Over the last decade, there has been a surge in low testosterone and erectile dysfunction clinics. A recent study described the services that are provided by these stand-alone, commercialized men's health clinics, and it also described the providers administering the services. The findings were alarming for urologists and consumers alike because they brought to light several concerns regarding these clinics. In today's episode of the Prostate Health Podcast, we will be talking to Dr. Jagan Kansal, one of the primary investigators for the study. Stay tuned to find out more!

Currently, Dr. Kansal is concluding his fellowship training in men's sexual and reproductive health, at the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee. He did his urology residency training at the University of Cincinnati. Soon, upon completion of his men's health fellowship, he will be leading the Men's Health Center at the DuPage Medical Group, in DuPage County, Illinois, a multi-specialty group in Chicago. Be sure to tune in today, to hear what Dr. Kansal has to say about the treatments and the providers who are administering them at these commercialized men's health clinics.

Disclaimer: The Prostate Health Podcast is for informational purposes only. Nothing in this podcast should be construed as medical advice. By listening to the podcast, no physician-patient relationship has been formed. For more information and counseling, you must contact your personal physician or urologist with questions about your unique situation.

Show Highlights:

• Dr. Kansal talks about stand-alone, commercialized men's health clinics, and about some of the treatments that are being prescribed and administered in them.
• Education is a very important aspect of what Dr. Kansal is doing.
• The study into men's health clinics and how it was conducted.
• The kind of problems men were having with men's health clinics.
• Dr. Kansal explains how shockwave therapy works.
• The difference between shock waves and acoustic waves.
• What platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatments are, and how they work.
• The types of providers administering the treatments at the commercialized clinics.
• The problems with injection therapy.
• What frustrates urologists about those men's health clinics.
• The exorbitant costs of the treatments at the clinics.
• Some of the findings of the testosterone therapy at the clinics.
• Not all men's health centers are bad.

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