America’s number one “male cancer,” prostate cancer, is widely considered an old man’s concern. It’s not. We’re learning more and more about how diet and lifestyle impact males’ chances of getting cancer starting at an early age. The men of tomorrow must be made aware of prostate cancer, be armed with knowledge and be encouraged...Continue reading
Category: Family Issues
Men are just as likely to binge eat as women—but they rarely get treatment
Most of us have a tendency to think of eating disorders as something that affects only girls and women. The truth is that plenty of men have eating disorders. And when it comes to binge eating—which is associated with obesity, hypertension, depression, and many other symptoms—it turns out that men are just as likely as...Continue reading
Two Plus Two: Couples and their Couple Friendship
We know people with friends live longer, healthier and happier lives.Friends keep us mentally active, socially wired in and physically engaged in sports. They teach us how to use the equipment at the gym, play the latest video game and hit a better chip shot. They point us in the direction of the next Grammy...Continue reading
Health Toll for Shift Workers
New survey results released by Men’s Health Network and Cephalon, Inc. found that the majority of shift workers (79%) believe that they are negatively impacted by their shift work and report issues associated with work productivity, negative emotions, concern about sex life and decreased time spent with family. Nevertheless, of the 52% of shift workers...Continue reading
April is Alcohol Awareness Month
I am always intrigued by the process by which patients can be admitted to a hospital with one or another sequella of either binge drinking or chronic alcoholism and the can get a mega-workup for the evaluation and management of their symptoms without anyone ever having asked them “Why do you drink?”
World Autism Awareness Day
This post is dedicated to all of the amazing girls and boys who live with autism and their families. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) “ASDs (autism spectrum disorders) occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups, but are four times more likely to occur in boys than in girls.”
An Adult Fairy Tale For Understanding Grief Work
Most people think fairy tales are only for children. If one looks more closely, you will find fairy-tales, fables and stories from quite a few cultures that are for adolescents, young adults, middle-aged folks and even elders. The one I am about to tell you is about many things but specifically about the need to...Continue reading
GRIEVING: A key to a man’s healing
Let’s be clear. When a man, woman or child is crying it is because the hurt has already occurred and crying or grieving is the healing of the hurt. One of the doorways a man must walk through is the one that leads to many rooms filled with sadness, despair, depression, trauma and the pain...Continue reading
Defending Boundaries
The following post is an excerpt from John Lee’s new book “24 Things To Increase the Emotional Intelligence of Your Man.” To find other books by John Lee visit his website www.johnleebooks.com and www.turnerpublishing.com.
Case Studies in Flying Above the Father in Literature & Film: Hemingway’s Robert Jordan
What was Hemingway trying to tell us?Continue reading