COVID-19 is hitting some communities hard, and a cluster of factors puts Native Americans at especially high risk. Among those factors: multi-generational families living under one roof and, in some cases, limited access to running water or power, says Jessica Atwell, infectious disease epidemiologist with the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health. Underlying health...Continue reading
Dear Healthy Men: I’ve really had it with COVID and the non-stop pressure to wear a mask. I’m a 35-year old, very fit man and doubt I’m going to get sick. Plus, the things look positively goofy. And anyway, if the President of the United States won’t wear a mask, why should I? A: Whether President...Continue reading
One in six US adults lives with some form of mental illness, says the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). But racial and ethnic minorities have less access to mental health care, are less likely to be diagnosed, and have poorer mental health outcomes. Non-Hispanic Blacks are 10 percent more likely, and Hispanic/Latinos are 40...Continue reading
Why should women care about men’s health? Because men’s health affects women directly, says Armin Brott in “Blueprint for Men’s Health: A Guide to a Healthy Lifestyle,” a 76-page book available from Men’s Health Network. Brott, a spokesman for Men’s Health Network and author of the syndicated Healthy Men column, has written about men’s health...Continue reading
Dear Healthy Men: A few weeks ago, you wrote about why women live longer than women. When does the gender gap start? In other words, do girls live longer than boys? Dear Healthy Men: A few weeks ago, you wrote about why women live longer than women. When does the gender gap start? In other...Continue reading
On average, men’s lives are less healthy—and shorter—than women’s. This health disparity exists in part because women take better care of themselves than men do. But several recent studies have found that in many cases, a man and a woman with the exact same condition may respond to it quite differently. Logic would dictate that...Continue reading