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Barriers to Men Seeking Preventive Care: Improving the Health & Wellness of Men & Boys!

February 26, 2025February 18, 2025MHN EditorBoys, Family Issues, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Sex, STDsLeave a comment

In an effort to catch women's health up, there has been an overcompensation of preventative resources dedicated to women resulting in an eventual gap in men’s preventative services (Baker, 2021). With more and more preventative ads as well as interventions targeting non-men, many men are being left behind and ignored. The combination of men interacting with preventive services less and preventive services not focusing on men, an exponential effect of preventive care being underutilized takes place.Continue reading

Prioritizing Men’s Health: Why It Saves Lives and Money

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024MHN EditorBoys, Economics, Education, Family, Fatherhood, Lifestyle, Parenting, Well-beingLeave a comment

Shorter lifespans and higher rates of serious illnesses. An article from BadCredit.org sheds light on why prioritizing men’s health not only saves lives but also reduces economic burdens. At Men’s Health Network (MHN), this message is at the core of our mission: reaching men, boys, and their families where they live, work, play, and pray.Continue reading

Wellness in the Workplace for Men: Thriving Through Health & Wellness

October 23, 2024October 21, 2024Traci JohnsonAging, Anxiety, Boys, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Diabetes, Domestic Violence, Education, Education, Family, Family Issues, Fatherhood, Fertility, Fitness, Growing Up, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Masculinity, Mental Health, Nutrition, Other Cancers, Others, Parenting, Prostate, Psychology, Relationships, Sex, STDs, Stress, Substance Abuse, Testicular, Testosterone, Vaccines, Well-beingLeave a comment

Wellness in the Workplace for Men: Thriving Through Health & Wellness As we have stated in previous articles, employees spend more than one-third of their lives at work, which makes the workplace the perfect arena for workers to get evidence-based healthcare information designed to improve health and make healthcare services more accessible. Many organizations provide...Continue reading

How Sperm May Be Related to Autism Diagnoses

July 13, 2021July 13, 2021Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorFamily, Lifestyle, Masculinity, SexLeave a comment

You see the headlines, “Autism increased tenfold,” “Autism 1 in 2 by 2025,” and you wonder if it’s really true and why. Well, the fact is that autism rates are increasing among children. In the 1970s, autism spectrum disorder was reported in 1 in 5,000 children. In 2009, it was 1 in 110. Currently, about 1...

Why Is Emotional Health Stereotyped as a Woman’s Issue?

June 6, 2021May 18, 2021Caleigh FindleyDisparities, Masculinity, Mental HealthLeave a comment

The age of social media has seen the normalization of various aspects of life previously considered taboo. A primary example of this is mental health awareness. Instagram and Twitter are overflowing with examples of females (some with large followings) sharing vulnerable stories about their struggles with depression, anxiety, and more. They openly discuss their journey...Continue reading

Young Men Say They Feel Stuck in a “Man Box”

December 2, 2018November 2, 2018Andrew YarrowEconomics, MasculinityLeave a comment

Despite the decades-long drumbeat for gender equity, young American men still feel strong social pressure to adhere to traditional male roles to be tough, sexually aggressive and controlling, even though most personally don’t believe in the tenets of old-style masculinity. This disconnect between how they feel they should act and how they say they want...Continue reading

Male Participants Needed for Suicide Prevention Study

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015Guest ContributorHealth, Mental Health

Male participants needed for suicide prevention study, see details below. UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research 2103 Stockton Blvd, #2224, Sacramento, CA 95817 REQUEST FOR STUDY PARTICIPANTS From: Anthony Jerant, MD Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine Principal Investigator, MAPS Study We are seeking for participation...

Diabetes And Male Infertility: What Are The Concerns?

June 3, 2015June 3, 2015Guest ContributorDiabetes, Fertility, Health, Prostate, Sex

By Matthew A. Pierce, MD and Edmund Y. Ko, MD Diabetes is a worldwide epidemic with significant impacts on multiple aspects of men’s health. 3.5 in every 1000 reproductive aged men (18-45 years old) in the United States are living with diabetes (1). While it is true that many Americans are aware of diabetes’ impact...

Women Make Less than Men? Better Think Again.

March 8, 2014March 13, 2014Armin BrottBoys, Family Issues, Fatherhood, Masculinity, Parenting, Relationships

We recently came across this wonderful infographic that does a great job of debunking the whole women-make-less-than-men canard that’s been going around for years. Bravo to the brave people who put it together, flying in the face of political correctness.

Parental Divorce Linked to Stroke in Males

September 16, 2012September 16, 2012MHN EditorCardio, Depression, Editorials, Family Issues, Fatherhood, Growing Up, Health, Lifestyle, Others, Parenting, Relationships, Stress

Men with divorced parents are significantly more likely to suffer a stroke than men from intact families, shows a new study from the University of Toronto. The study, to be published this month in the International Journal of Stroke, shows that adult men who had experienced parental divorce before they turned 18 are three times...Continue reading