Why male friendships benefit men’s health

Why male friendships benefit men’s health

Making friends as an adult is more complex than it was as children.  Adulthood brings responsibilities involving family, jobs, and other commitments that consume time and the effort needed to nurture long-standing friendships.

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Be involved with Men’s Health Month

Be involved with Men’s Health Month

This month helps educate and remind men and each of us of preventable health problems affecting men and to encourage them to seek out early detection and treatment of disease or illnesses they may face.

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8 essential health screening all men need

8 essential health screening all men need

The reasons for their stubbornness on getting routine health screenings boils down to this – many men are simply not as in tune with their bodies as women, they tend to miss signs of a serious problem or chalk it up to getting older, or they fear something is wrong but they would rather not know. 

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Men and prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia

Men and prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia

Nearly half of all men by the time they reach age 50 will have some form of a condition called prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia.  Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia or PIN is a condition in which cells from the prostate begin to look and behave abnormally. Pin has no symptoms therefore men are not aware they have it unless they undergo a prostate biopsy, which in most cases is done because of an elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) level.

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Testing Your Testosterone

Testing Your Testosterone

Without wading too deeply into philosophy and gender studies, it's your testosterone that makes you man. That's the main sex hormone, produced predominantly by your testicles, and progenitor of the characteristics most would describe as “manly.”

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