Our men’s health category is dedicated to providing you with health news, articles, expert interviews and trends associated specifically with men’s health. From exercising and fitness to diet and nutrition, we have everything you need to maintain a healthy lifestyle here.
You may have heard the recent internet buzz about a male teen that took a home pregnancy test as a joke and was shocked to get a positive result? Well that same teen wasn’t pregnant (obviously) but he might have had testicular cancer! It’s totally possible, according to Dr. Ted Gansler, director of medical content for the […]
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The National Cancer Institute predicts that more than 240,000 U.S. men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year—even more tragic, 28,000 will die of the disease in 2012. The tragedy with the majority of prostate cancer deaths is that most early stage patients don’t even know they have the disease because they don’t show […]
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When you overhear a conversation or a health report concerning eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia do you just shrug them off as a “chick problem”? Well guys, think again! Both bulimia, the act of binging and purging via vomiting or laxative abuse; and anorexia, the act of food restriction and an irrational fear of […]
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Middle-aged men who have been taking a daily multivitamin for several years will not see a decreased risk of heart disease, according to a large, new study out of the US. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week, revealed that the longterm benefits of taking these vitamins is uncertain, […]
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A new study presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress presented an interesting hypothesis that flu shots may help prevent heart attacks. The researchers looked at 3,227 participants. Half of these had been followed from the 1960’s. Half of the total were given placebo flue shots, while the other half received it. The results were astounding. […]
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