Features Related to Men's Health
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It's a Mad World
There's the waitress who refuses to look in your direction. The oaf who drifts across the highway without using his blinker. And the cheerful, recorded voice that draws you deeper and deeper into voice-mail hell. The most minor annoyance can send us into a fury. But have you ever stopped to think wh
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Ubersexual: The New Masculine Ideal?
The American Dialect Society named "metrosexual" the "word of the year" for 2003 after marketing consultant Marian Salzman helped popularize it. Now the "ubersexual" is replacing the metrosexual, Salzman writes in The Future of Men, a book she co-authored with Ira Matathia and Ann O'Reilly. What's t
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Father's Day Advice for Dad
National Men's Health Week starts June 11, topped off by Father's Day on June 17, so it's a good time to give your man some good health advice. "Use sunscreen!" Research suggests that men are more likely to get skin cancer than women. Also, get the checkups every man needs to ensure a healthy heart,
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Grooming Essentials for Men: Skin Care and Hair Products
You may not be a "product junkie," but certain skin and hair care products are essential to every man's well-stocked medicine cabinet. Here's a look at what you need -- and why you need them. "We all -- men as well as women -- want to have softer skin, shinier hair, whiter teeth, and to age graceful
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Hair Removal: For Men Only
It used to be that hair removal was strictly a female thing. Unless you were a bodybuilder, cyclist, swimmer, or male exotic dancer, chances are your body hair remained untouched. Not so anymore. Experts report that more and more men are opting for the same grooming rights as women - including smoot
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Hugh Laurie Makes a House Call
One thing is sure: Hugh Laurie, the star of Fox's hit medical drama House, does not suffer from "white coat hypertension," the well-documented phenomenon in which blood pressure increases in the presence of a doctor. If anything, this six-foot-plus Golden Globe winner experiences the opposite reacti
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Skin Care: It's Not Just for Women
For many men, "skin care" is something their wives or girlfriends do. Reaching for the shaving cream, they knock over bottles of moisturizers and creams and wonder if all those expensive potions and their exotic ingredients are even worth the plastic they're packaged in. So it's not surprising that
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10 Key Facts to Know About LASIK
You can hardly turn on the TV or the radio without hearing ads about a new, low-cost eye surgery to rid you of those bothersome glasses or contacts. But how can you be sure you're not playing Russian roulette with your eyes? WebMD Health professional Bill Lloyd, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmolog
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Hollywood Takes Action on Health
Michael J. Fox, David Hyde Pierce, Julia Roberts, and Katie Couric are just a few of the celebrities who have been known to tug at our heartstrings when they speak on behalf of various diseases and medical needs. But it's not just our heartstrings that are responding. According to some experts, the
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Dad's Impact on Your Career
As yet, there's no such thing as "Take Your Dad to Work Day." But a psychologist maintains that most of us -- consciously or unconsciously -- bring our fathers into the workplace every day. Who's behind your need to (pick one): please the boss, find someone to blame, bark at subordinates, climb the
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