According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the vast majority of a number of cancers are attributed to HPV. For girls, these include cancer of the cervix or anus (over 90%), vagina and throat (over 75%). Boys are also just as susceptible to anal and throat cancers, plus HPV causes nearly two...
Category: Policy
A Laymen’s Guide to getting Health Insurance on the Marketplace
Whether you plan on enrolling through the Health Insurance Marketplace this year or not there are a few key points everyone should be aware of. These points include the deadline to enroll for 2015 health coverage, the Special Enrollment Period, and the penalties for anyone without coverage. Since the inception of the Affordable Care Act...Continue reading
Prostate and Breast Cancers Are More Similar Than You’d Think
It’s rare to find the words “prostate cancer” and “breast cancer” in the same sentence. After all, one (prostate cancer) affects only men. The other affects mostly women. But despite their differences, the two diseases actually have a lot in common, particularly in the way those diagnosed with either one evaluate their options and make...Continue reading
What you need to know about the Ebola Virus
On Tuesday, the CDC reported that a man who travelled from Liberia to Texas has been found to have Ebola. Now that the first case of Ebola has been confirmed in the US by health officials, the importance of educating ourselves on what this disease is and how it can be prevented becomes even...Continue reading
I’m Covered Stories: A Persistent Dad Wins the Day
By Judy Sarasohn, Public Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services Phillip Wise, a retired Air Force medical technician I spoke to recently, has a favorite saying: Persistence beats resistance. “Otherwise, you’re just giving up,” he told me. That core belief helped him recover from the horrific Operation Babylift crash during the evacuation of orphaned Vietnamese babies...Continue reading
My Father’s Story: Taking Control of Your Health
My dad’s a lucky guy. It was 10 years ago that my dad, a relatively young, thriving, robust, gregarious, independent and proud African American man, suffered a large stroke. It might seem strange to have me say he was lucky – but he was. My dad was many things, but as you might have noted,...Continue reading
The Power of Prevention
As a doctor and a public official committed to improving the health of Americans, I am concerned that men often have poorer health outcomes than women. As men, we can do a better job taking care of ourselves. Unfortunately, we are living sicker lives and dying younger than American women. Men are less likely than...Continue reading
Men: Take Control of Your Health – Present and Future
By Bill Corr, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Men don’t always have a great track record for taking care of our own health. On average, we live sicker and die younger than women. We are less likely to talk to a health care provider about how to prevent heart disease, diabetes, and other...Continue reading
How PCORI is Advancing Men’s Health
June is Men’s Health Month, and the week culminating in Father’s Day, which this year falls on June 15, is Men’s Health Week. Created by an act of Congress in 1994, Men’s Health Week is a perfect time to remember the health issues facing men. At PCORI, we’re funding a wide variety of research projects...Continue reading
Do You Know the Warning Signs of Stroke?
Did you know: Strokes are the fourth leading cause of death in men? Yet, many men are unable to name a single symptom or take precautions against becoming susceptible to strokes themselves. Strokes can range from mild to severe, and they are frighteningly common. One stroke happens every 40 seconds in America. That means 795,000...