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While the life-expectancy gap between men and women has decreased, it's no secret that men still need to pay more attention to their bodies. Several things work against men. They tend to smoke and drink more than women. They don't seek medical help as often as women. Some men define themselves by their work, which can add to stress.

There are also health conditions that only affect men, such as prostate cancer and low testosterone. Many of the major health risks that men face – like colon cancer or heart disease - can be prevented and treated with early diagnosis. Screening tests can find diseases early, when they are easier to treat. It's important to have regular checkups and screenings.

 
  • Men With Reduced Fertility At Reduced Risk For Prostate Cancer Involuntary childlessness owing to reduced fertility is a concern for many men. However, these men do have one advantage-they run a significantly lower risk of suffering from prostate cancer. Researchers are interested in whether this phenomenon could be used in the fight against cancer. There is a clear link between male subfertility and a lower risk of prostate cancer...
  • Recommendations For HPV And Hepatitis B Vaccinations Broadened By 2012 Adult Immunization Schedule The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) now recommends routine HPV vaccination for males aged 11 to 12 years and catch-up vaccination for males aged 13 to 21. These are just two of the changes to the 2012 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule published February 1 in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians (ACP)...
  • Men More Likely To Have An Accurate Memory Of Unpleasant Experiences A woman's memory of an experience is less likely to be accurate than a man's if it was unpleasant and emotionally provocative, according to research undertaken by University of Montreal researchers at Louis-H Lafontaine Hospital...
  • Ultrasound Male Contraceptive, Overlooked For Decades, Confirmed To Work Imagine a contraceptive that could, with one or two painless 15-minute non-surgical treatments, provide months of protection from pregnancy. And imagine that the equipment needed were already in physical therapists' offices around the world. Sound too good to be true? For years, scientists thought so too. But new research headed by Dr...
  • Giving Birth More Than Once Lead To Weight Gain And Other Problems For Mouse Moms And Male Offspring Women have long bemoaned the fact that as they have more children, their weight gain from pregnancy becomes more difficult to lose. A new study using a mouse model that mimics the human effects of multiparity (giving birth more than once) has found that mouse moms who gave birth four times accrued significantly more fat compared to primiparous females (those giving birth once) of similar age...

  • Mayo Clinic - Men's Health Center 08.01.08 Find information on health issues key to men, including prostate health, sexual health, STDs and fertility.
  • Men's Health Network 08.01.08 Men's Health Network (MHN) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to reach men and their families where they live, work, play, and pray with health prevention messages and tools, screening programs, educational materials, advocacy opportun
  • Men's Health Medline Plus 08.01.08 Link to the men's health page run by the NIH
  • Men's Health Magazine 08.01.08 A link to the nationally-published Men's Health magazine website.