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Reminders for Men and Women during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
September marks Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and as a result, women throughout the United States have a valuable addition to their to-do list. We are urging women to take advantage of this month, and remind the men in their lives to get screened. According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, 1 in 6 men are affected...CONTINUE READING→
Sick of Snoring? Understand Your Treatment Options
A man in Idaho recently tried to perform his own sinus surgery. He had been told he needed sinus surgery to stop snoring, and when he realized he couldn’t possibly afford the procedure, he decided to do it himself. He drank hard for a week straight, then inserted straws in his nose and hit himself in...CONTINUE READING→
“Sonning”
The following is an excerpt from John Lee’s forthcoming book, Breaking the Mother-Son Dynamic, due out in 2015. One day in my mid-forties I called my mother and very gently and compassionately said, “Mom, you’re fired! I don’t need you to be mothering me anymore. In mid-life, I had been a college teacher for twelve...CONTINUE READING→
How to Keep Your Prostate Happy
Name a gland in the male body that is essential for fertility but not for erections, and just happens to enlarge, rather than shrink, with age. That’s right, the prostate. Go Baby Go Because of the prostate, as men age, they are more likely to look at travel experiences as a series of restroom stops....CONTINUE READING→
Non-Surgical Treatment Options For External Hemorrhoids
While it may be an uncomfortable topic, hemorrhoids can be a problem for men of all ages. More than half of people over the age of 50 experience hemorrhoids at some point in their life. This painful condition is often characterized by anal discomfort and bleeding. Men suffering from constipation or dehydration, particularly those who...CONTINUE READING→
Opening up the Can-Troversy: Are Canned Foods Bad for You?
These days, it’s one of the most persistent messages we get from the healthfood side of the spectrum. Avoid canned food. Avoid processed food. Eat fresh food. It would be a lot easier to accept this as true if they weren’t simultaneously trying to hawk their very expensive alternative foods and ingredients. So what’s the...CONTINUE READING→
How to Attract a Financially Fit Woman (Hint: Be a Financially Savvy Man)
Arguments about money trigger worse fights than any other topic, and they are the biggest and earliest indicator that a couple is heading for a break-up, according to Kansas State University research. People fight over things such as differing beliefs about how money should be used, unmet financial expectations and disagreements about who controls the...CONTINUE READING→
Be Careful Relaxing
The case of the month is an actual patient of The Turek Clinic. He had been trying to conceive for the better part of two years with no luck. His wife was healthy, had very regular cycles and had been thoroughly “checked out” early on. He was eating great, maintaining a good weight, and certainly treating his...CONTINUE READING→
Keeping Your Kids Safe Online
Here’s a great infographic provided by TeenSafe on the whats, hows, whys, dos, and don’ts of keeping kids safe from bullies online. Click on the image to expand it.
Put Down the Golf Club and Pick Up a Tennis Racket
As you get older it becomes more difficult to balance your vices, hobbies and workouts. Take a round of golf for example. For me, playing golf is a chance once a week to get some fresh air, relax and have a couple of beers and a cigar. The line between leisure and physical activity gets...CONTINUE READING→