News and Features Related to Men's Health
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Exercise May Protect Men’s Bones
June 20, 2007 -- Broken bones may be often associated with sporting injuries, but a new study shows that playing sports actually reduces the risk of broken bones over the long haul. Swedish researchers followed a group of middle-aged men for 35 years and found those who were most active throughout t
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Why Men Skip Doctor Visits
June 20, 2007 -- Many U.S. men only go to their doctor when they're extremely sick, skipping preventive care, a new survey shows. Harris Interactive conducted the online survey of more than 1,100 men for the American Academy of Family Physicians. The men completed the survey between April 30 and May
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A Second Chance: Vasectomy Reversals
For most men who get a vasectomy, the thought of a needing a vasectomy reversal later is the last thing on their mind. Gene McCroskey was just 23 when he had his vasectomy. He had already fathered a boy and a girl, timed just as he wanted. “His wife had endured two difficult pregnancies. Why, he fig
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Medical Mysteries, She Wrote
Why is hitting your funny bone anything but funny? Does sneezing really make your eyes pop out of your head? And why, no matter how hard you try, can't you stop from yawning when the person next to you yawns? Here are some of life's little medical mysteries -- solved. The funny thing is, the funny b
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Andy Garcia Puts Family First
Listening to Andy Garcia talk about his son's latest hobby, you get the sense that a toy caboose is just as important to the actor, director, and musician as the release of his latest feature film, Ocean's Thirteen, which opened last month to fanfare, here and abroad. "He plays a lot of trains," Gar
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Food for Men: 10 Foods to Boost Male Health
Men are different from women in all kinds of ways -- including their nutritional needs. These 10 foods can help deliver the nutrition a man needs.
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Low Testosterone May Up Male Mortality
June 5, 2007 -- Low testosterone levels may be linked to a higher death rate in men aged 50 and older. That's according to a study presented today in Toronto at The Endocrine Society's 89th annual meeting. The study included nearly 800 men in Rancho Bernardo, Calif. The men enrolled in the study bet
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The Seven Most Common Sports Injuries
After a sedentary work week, end-zone catches and 36-hole weekends can take their toll in common sports injuries. The seven most common sports injuries are: Ankle sprain Groin pull Hamstring strain Shin splints Knee injury: ACL tear Knee injury: Patellofemoral syndrome — injury resulting from the r
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10 Health Benefits of Regular Exercise for Men
Terry Waters, a former college wrestler and baseball player, loved working out. He got real pleasure out of pushing himself hard at the gym, and he liked the feeling of tired but virtuous afterwards. He figured regular physical activity and its health benefits would always be a part of his life. The
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Minor Athlete Infections and Other Annoyances: How to Prevent and Treat Them
As a child, I never would have guessed I'd one day be paid to type the phrase "jock itch." Actually, I'm sort of surprised now as an adult to find that jock itch, and its southerly cousin athlete's foot, still exist. There's something sort of quaint about these and other minor locker room infections
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