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• What Is Stage 4 Bladder Cancer?

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• How Sex Ed Can Prevent Genital Herpes

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• What Is Balanitis: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention

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• What is a Cystoscopy?

  In cystoscopy, a slender, flexible or rigid tube (cystoscope) with a lighted camera at its tip is positioned inside the urinary bladder. The device is lubricated and gently slid inside the bladder through the urethral opening in the penis under anesthesia. The procedure enables the urologist to...

• Treatments for Erectile Dysfunction

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