Features Related to Men's Health
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Sexless in The City
One click around the TV dial, one flip through your favorite magazine, and it's hard to ignore: Sex seems to be everywhere -- with everybody doing it more often, with more partners, in more ways than ever before. But what if you're not one of those people having sex on a regular basis -- and particu
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Want More Strength? Slow It Down
The SuperSlow program began when its developer, Ken Hutchins of Orlando, Fla., led a program investigating the effects of resistance training on older women with osteoporosis. "These women were so weak we were afraid for their safety," Hutchins recalls. Even before then, Hutchins had toyed with the
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Yoga for Men
Ira Bloom calls himself a yoga "evangelist." By day, the 52-year-old Bloom is a practicing dentist. Two or three times a week, though, after leaving his office, you'll find Bloom at the Greater Baltimore Yoga Center. There, for an hour and a half, he practices a form of hatha yoga known as Iyengar.
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Water Pills Help All With Hypertension
The largest hypertension study ever conducted has found that the simple "water pill" is preferred to newer, more popular and expensive drugs and should be the designated choice "for use in starting treatment for high blood pressure." But what if you're among the 24 million Americans taking other typ
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The Price Tag on Pain
What medical condition do these three people have in common: an 80-year-old with arthritis, a 50-year-old with a bad back, and a 20-year-old with migraines? The answer, which may not be obvious, is chronic pain. While many of us think of pain as a symptom of something else and not a condition in its
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A Man's Guide to Women's Health
You've seen the cough medicine ads that brag, "recommended by Dr. Mom." No doubt about it -- in most households, Mom still handles the doctors' appointments, prescription refills, and late-night symptoms. "Women are the health CEOs of the family," says Amy Niles, executive director of the National W
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Why Do We Laugh?
Whether you snort, cackle, chortle, or have a wild, weird little giggle, you have a "laugh print," a personal signature that's too, too you. Laughter is so basic to humans, we barely notice it -- unless it totally pleases or absolutely annoys us. But laughter has power -- the power to energize the h
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Sick-Building Syndrome
Pat B., a web designer in upstate New York, didn't think much of it when she got a sinus infection the first week at her new job. Two months later, she got another one. Then the muscle cramping began. "I would try to walk at lunch time and my hips would cramp so bad I had to go back," she recalls. "
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Men Are Caregivers, Too
Marty Beilin plays many roles in his day-to-day life -- from breadwinner to husband to father of two daughters. But for the past five years, he has also found himself thrust into a new and unanticipated role -- as primary caregiver for his wife, Debbie, who has multiple sclerosis. "It changed everyt
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Doctor's Office ATM
The advantages of getting your medication from the doctor's office are obvious. Either you're sick and don't fancy sitting around a drafty drugstore or crowded supermarket waiting for your prescription -- or you're herding a slew of sick or cranky kids and would just like to go home. Enter InstyMeds
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