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The definitive guide to diagnosing and treating your male patients using evidence-based algorithms for disease management
Comprehensive and authoritative, The Essentials of Men's Health ensures you are current on all the health issues of your male patients.
Written by internationally renowned experts in every facet of men's health, this timely guide delivers evidence-based algorithms for disease management, integrated models of patient-centric treatment, and pathophysiologic basis of major men's health issues. It also provides indispensable advice on optimizing workflow, useful patient-education tools and resources, and powerful management strategies aligned with recent trends in healthcare delivery.
Male patients experience distinct susceptibility to certain disease, exhibit specific symptoms, and respond to treatment in unique ways. With The Essentials of Men's Health, you have everything you need to diagnose and treat men with knowledge,
confidence, and expertise.
Learn everything you need to know about men's health issues, including:
- Androgen disorders
- Fertility, infertility, and contraception
- Urogenital problems in middle-aged and older men
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Body image disorders and performance enhancing substances
- Reproductive problems among cancer survivors
- Transgender health
List of contents
THE BRIGHAM TEXTBOOK OF MEN'S HEALTHTable of ContentsSECTION 1. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMChapter 1. Male Reproductive PhysiologyChapter 2. Mechanisms of Androgen ActionChapter 3. Physiology and Biochemistry of ErectionsChapter 4. SpermatogenesisChapter 5. The Effects of Aging on Fertility PotentialChapter 6. The Evidence-Based Well-Male ExaminationSECTION 2. ANDROGEN DISORDERSChapter 7. Disorders of Androgen ProductionChapter 8. Disorders of Androgen ActionChapter 9. Diagnosis and Treatment of Androgen Deficiency Syndromes in MenChapter 10. Androgen Abuse and Body Dysmorphia in MenChapter 11. Breast Enlargement in MenChapter 12. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment of Androgen TherapyChapter 13. Treatment of Androgen DisordersSECTION 3. SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN MENChapter 14. Sexual Desire DisordersChapter 15. Erectile DysfunctionChapter 15. Ejaculatory and Orgasmic DisordersChapter 16. The Relationship Between Sleep Disorders and AndrogensChapter 17. Management of Complications Related to Opioid TherapySECTION 4. FERTILITY REGULATION AND INFERTILITYChapter 18. Evaluation of the Infertile MaleChapter 19. Integrated management of the Infertile ManChapter 20. Treatment of Male-factor Infertility with Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)Chapter 21. Male ContraceptionSECTION 5. UROLOGIC DISORDERS IN PRIMARY CAREChapter 22. Introduction to the Genitourinary System for the Primary Care ProviderChapter 23. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Benign Prostatic HypertrophyChapter 24. Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome/Painful bladder syndromeChapter 25. Screening for Prostate CancerChapter 26. Management of Complications Related to Prostate Cancer TreatmentSection 6. Sexually Transmitted Diseases and High Risk Behaviors in Young MenChapter 27. Detection and management of sexually transmitted diseases in menChapter 28. Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases Chapter 29. Addressing high risk behaviors among young men
About the author
Shalender Bhasin, MB, BS, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Research Programs in Men's Health, Aging and Metabolism; Director, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Michael O'Leary, MD, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Director, Men's Health Clinic, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Shehzad S. Basaria, MD, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, specializing in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension.
