Waist to Hip Ratio vs BMI: Why You Might Discount One “Mass” Measurement
Many doctors use a population-based “surrogate” number to singly assess a patient’s body mass and to implicate health risk. Simple inputs for that proxy estimate or “mass” index are one’s height and weight. To give credit where credit was due, Dr. Alfonso Quetelet was an amazing 19th century statistician. His Quetelet Index for “the average...CONTINUE READING→
Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron dies at 86
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Henry “Hank” Aaron, the former home run king and advocate for civil rights, died Friday morning at the age of 86. The Atlanta Braves announced his passing Friday. While the cause of death is unknown as of the publishing of this article, the Braves said Aaron died peacefully in...CONTINUE READING→
Remote cognitive behavioral therapy may help rural men’s mental health challenges
Rural men are likely to experience a sizeable increase in mental health needs during and after the pandemic, whether they had a prior history or not. Chief among these mental issues is depression, as people feel isolated and alone during the pandemic. Men’s Health Network, a non-profit concerned with men’s health issues, convened a conference...CONTINUE READING→
Rural men more vulnerable to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a double whammy for rural men: Their access to medical care is often difficult because of long distances to travel for treatment, and they are less likely to have access to high-speed internet for telehealth visits. Even before the pandemic, healthcare for rural men had unique challenges. For the approximately...CONTINUE READING→
Five Tips for Saving Your Health and Building Your Wealth
Are you a man who often finds himself working too hard? Working too hard can be bad for anyone’s health. Have you ever considered an alternative to your current lifestyle? Let’s face it, the reason we all work so hard is to gain wealth. That is the true driving force of hard work. Though, in...CONTINUE READING→
New Year Equals New Opportunities To Stay on Top Of Your Health
You know what they say: New Year equals a new me, right? Well, despite the overwhelming feeling of relief by many that our calendars have flipped from 2020 to 2021, it is absolutely vital to both men and women to make a plan to stay on top of their health. Some could read that last...CONTINUE READING→
Aldo Andretti, twin brother of racing legend Mario Andretti, dies at age 80
Former motor racing driver Aldo Andretti, the twin brother of race legend Mario Andretti, died last Wednesday in Indianapolis at the age of 80. Mario confirmed the news on Twitter last week. Aldo’s cause of death was due to coronavirus complications, according to Racer. Aldo Andretti, my loving twin brother, my partner in crime and...CONTINUE READING→
COVID-19 mutation is seen across U.S., but is not a cause for panic, according to experts
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreck havoc across the globe, the United States has seen cases of the COVID-19 variant that was first discovered in the United Kingdom across California and Colorado. Despite this unpleasant reality, experts are unsure if the vaccines being released will protect against this form of virus mutation. Dr. Salvatore...CONTINUE READING→
Men Slightly More Willing to Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19; Blacks Less Confident in Vaccine
As hospitalizations and deaths surge from the novel coronavirus that has claimed more than 258,000 lives, help is on the way. Pfizer and Moderna hope to have functional coronavirus vaccines ready to begin distribution within weeks; on Monday, AstraZeneca announced that its vaccine, too, had proved highly effective in late-stage trials. Pfizer and Moderna are hoping to get...CONTINUE READING→
Al Roker Says He Announced His Prostate Cancer to Help Others
When Al Roker, the 66-year-old weatherman on the TODAY show, announced his prostate cancer diagnosis earlier this month, he did so expressly to highlight the fact that 1 in 7 African American men, and 1 in 9 men overall, will also be diagnosed with prostate cancer. Roker underwent successful surgery the week after his announcement...CONTINUE READING→