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?”
Category: Advocacy
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.”
New Men’s Health Website Launched by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
A new men’s health website called Healthy Men was launched today by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). AHRQ falls under the U.S Department of Health & Human Services. It primarily functions as a research agency and additionally provides research grants to academic institutions, private entities, and public organizations.
#ProstateSnatchers Contest!
Watch out, watch out for the #ProstateSnatchers invading Facebook and Twitter! Talking About Men’s Health has teamed up with Men’s Health’s Network, Tandem Literary, and Other Press to host the #ProstateSnatchers contest. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and we are getting a jump start through our Facebook and Twitter Pages. Winners of the Facebook...Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Creation of a Federal Office of Men’s Health
TAMH is pleased to announce that the Indian Health Service (IHS) will welcome a new initiative into its effort, the Office of Indian Men’s Health. The novel Office was included within each version of the two congressional houses’ Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA), H.R. 2708 and S. 1790. The IHCIA was reauthorized permanently and...Continue reading
The Business Case for an Office of Men’s Health
Below is an excerpt from a forthcoming study that I authored, which investigates the federal costs associated with excess disease burden in men in an attempt to substantiate the need for a federal Office of Men’s Health. Despite the increased risk of disease and injury, the health of men is oft an overlooked subject. Men...Continue reading
Head Injuries in the NFL and Beyond
There are few things more satisfying than watching a rival quarterback receive a blind-side sack or seeing your team’s DB lay out a receiver on an incomplete pass in slow-mo. Of course, this is only true as long as the recipient is able to get up and walk off the field, as nobody would actually...Continue reading
Health Reform: What’s in it for Men?
With health reform sound bytes swirling across the media as ferociously as a September hurricane, I thought it would be helpful to assess some of the real proposals on the table. Most elements of the reform effort will surely benefit men’s health outcomes. Health insurance subsidies and ending harmful insurance market practices will allow men...Continue reading
Men’s Health in Public Policy by Adam Dougherty, MPH
As you may or may not be aware, health reform is THE topic of the summer in Washington, DC and men’s health has a lot to gain (and lose) in the talks. There are two bills making their way through Congress that deal specifically with men. First the good news! The resolution H. Con. Res....Continue reading