Author: Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone

Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone (Dr. Pom) is a board-certified urologist at Bangkok Hospital Headquarters, specializing in Men's Health, Robotic Surgery (da Vinci Xi) and Kidney Stone treatment. He is currently a Research Scholar and Clinical Observer at the Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine (2025–2026), under Prof. Mohit Khera. He completed a Robotic Surgery Fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan (2019) and an Endourology Observership at Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo (2022).

Shockwave Therapy for Peyronie’s Disease: What It Helps, and What It Does Not

Shockwave therapy has a place in Peyronie’s disease, and that place is pain. It does not straighten the penis or shrink the plaque — and knowing the difference decides whether a course of it is worth your time.

hCG for Low Testosterone: Who It Can Help, and Who It Cannot

hCG raises testosterone by telling the testes to make it, so sperm production is preserved — but it only works if the testes can still respond. What it does to oestradiol, what still has to be monitored, and the alternatives.

What Are the Real Chances of Conceiving Each Month?

About one cycle in four for a young couple, and around 85% within a year. Why timing intercourse to a single day makes things worse rather than better, and the point at which trying longer stops being the right plan.

Ureteral Stricture: How a Narrowed Ureter Can Destroy a Kidney Silently

A narrowing in the tube from kidney to bladder often causes no symptoms at all, because the other kidney quietly takes over. By the time anything is noticed, function on that side may already be lost — which is why follow-up imaging after stone or pelvic surgery matters.

Understanding a Semen Analysis: What the Numbers Mean, and What They Do Not

The WHO figures on a semen analysis report are not a pass mark. They are the fifth centile of men whose partners conceived within a year — which is why men below them father children and men above them sometimes cannot.

Lycopene and Prostate Cancer: What the Evidence Actually Supports

Tomatoes are good food. That is not the same as a proven way to prevent prostate cancer — and the processed sauces this article once recommended as the best sources come with problems of their own.

Saw Palmetto for an Enlarged Prostate: What the Trials Actually Found

Saw palmetto is the most-sold prostate supplement in the world, and the two largest trials found it no better than placebo — including at triple the usual dose. Why the quality-of-extract explanation does not hold, and the risk of treating the symptom without knowing the cause.

Rezum Water Vapour Therapy for an Enlarged Prostate: What It Does, and What to Expect Afterwards

Rezum treats an enlarged prostate with steam rather than cutting, and it protects sexual function in a way that prostate surgery does not. The parts men are least often told: the first few weeks are usually worse, not better, and some men need a second procedure years later.

Exercise and Erectile Dysfunction: What Actually Works, and How Much

What doctors mean by regular exercise, in numbers — and the part that matters more than any of it: erectile dysfunction is often the first warning that the arteries are in trouble.

Bacteria in the Urine With No Symptoms: Who Actually Needs Antibiotics

A positive urine culture in someone who feels perfectly well is usually not an infection to treat. Two groups genuinely need antibiotics — and one very common situation, an older person with confusion, is where the mistake is most often made.