Lehigh Valley Hospital: When It Matters Most
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Our Expert on Men's Health

Lung Cancer Treatment
The best hope for lung cancer cure is immediate treatment. If you have lung cancer or suspected lung cancer, there is more hope than you realize. More >>

Hearing Loss
If you are having problems hearing, see an ear nose and throat doctor who will test you for underlying illnesses. More >>

Colon Cancer Screening
A colonoscopy is the most accurate way to screen for and also prevent colon cancer. More >>

Why Learn CPR
In sudden cardiac arrest, a person's chance for survival decreases by 10 percent every minute without CPR and defibrillation. More >>

Alcohol and Diabetes
If you get your doctor’s OK, you may be able to have one or two drinks with a meal. Even so, drinking alcohol can boost your risk of hypoglycemia. More >>

Chest Pain
Don't ignore chest pain or discomfort. Call 911 immediately and chew an aspirin. More >>

Using a Defbrillator
Defbrillators are more common in public places so you can help someone if they are having a heart attack. More >>

Lowering Cholesterol
Lowering cholesterol helps to reduce the risk of heart attack and death in people with heart disease. More >>

Excessive Sweating
If excess sweating rules your life and causes you to feel embarrassed, you could have hyperhidrosis. More >>

Erectile Dysfunction and Smoking
Smoking can cause erectile dysfuction. Chemicals in smoke limit blood flow to the penis. More >>

Teeth Whitening
Everyone wants to have a nice smile, but over the years most people accumulate intrinsic stains which won’t brush away. More >>

Blood Sugar Testing
While 18 million people have diabetes, nearly one-third of them don’t realize it because they’ve never been screened. More >>

Prostate Cancer
A yearly doctor’s exam and a test that measures the amount of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in your blood are effective ways of early detection. More >>

Incontinence
Don't let embarrassment, fear or wrong information about incontinence keep you from getting help. More >>

Auto-immune Diseases
An autoimmune disease occurs when your immune system mistakes healthy cells for harmful invaders and attacks them. More >>

Organ Donation
There are two categories of donation - living and deceased. There are nearly 100,000 people awaiting organ transplants in the United States. More >>

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