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International Men’s Health Week 2025: Lead with Empathy, Act with Purpose

June 9, 2025May 9, 2025MHN EditorAdvocacy, Aging, Anxiety, Boys, Disparities, Economics, Editorials, Education, Education, Growing Up, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Masculinity, Mental Health, New Again, Policy, Psychology, Public PolicyOne Comment

As we celebrate International Men’s Health Week, it’s important to recognize where it all began. Men’s Health Network not only launched Men’s Health Week and Men’s Health Month—they laid the groundwork for a global movement. Their advocacy helped pass the original Congressional resolution in 1994, signed into law by President Bill Clinton, establishing Men’s Health Week as a national observance. From there, they created the infrastructure, messaging, and coalition-building that gave rise to what is now an international health campaign.Continue reading

When a Leader’s Diagnosis Becomes a National Wake-Up Call: Prostate Cancer, Awareness, and the Urgent Need for Change

May 28, 2025May 27, 2025MHN EditorAdvocacy, Aging, Disparities, Editorials, Family, Fertility, Health, Legislative, Lifestyle, New Again, Other Cancers, Others, Policy, Prostate, Public Policy, Regulatory, Research and Science, Testicular, Well-beingLeave a comment

Former President Joe Biden’s stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis underscores a national failure in men’s health and preventive care. Men’s Health Network is calling for urgent reform to PSA screening guidelines, improved prostate cancer awareness, and expanded support for men’s healthcare—especially for those over age 70. Prostate cancer is highly treatable when detected early, making timely prostate screenings critical. This moment is a wake-up call to prioritize men’s health policy, close the Lifespan Gender Gap, and increase health education for men.Continue reading

Marijuana and Men: The Growing Cannabis Industry and Its Impact

May 31, 2023May 30, 2023Sean KullmanHealthLeave a comment

Not surprisingly, boys and men are more likely to engage in cannabis use, a trend that models other substances, such as alcohol, amphetamines, and other drugs. Educational level plays a role in substance use. Young men who are not going into college and careers directly out of high school are particularly vulnerable. Continue reading

The Wrong Prescription At Exactly The Wrong Time: Build Back Better Prescription Negotiation Strategies Will Limit Access To Needed Medications and Chill Innovation

October 29, 2021November 1, 2021Dr. Salvatore GiorgianniEconomics, Editorials, Health, Legislative, Policy, Public Policy, RegulatoryLeave a comment

Men’s Health Network (MHN) as do all Americans, want to insure access to affordable, effective and safe medications. There have been many suggested approaches on how to achieve this goal, including those now being negotiated as part of the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better legislative package. Analysis of the proposed approaches to achieve the goal...Continue reading

Should You Buy ED drugs Online?

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorHealth, SexOne Comment

It’s simply incredible to see how the way we buy things has changed over the last two decades. In just 20 years, online shopping has gone from being non-existent to becoming a trillion-dollar industry. What with 360-degree product views, videos, consumer ratings, detailed sizing instructions, free shipping, front door delivery and EZ returns, shopping online...Continue reading

Moving Forward: Working to End the HIV Epidemic

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021Dr. Demetre DaskalakisAdvocacy, Disparities, STDsLeave a comment

This June marked 40 years since the first cases of what is now known as HIV, then AIDS, were reported by CDC. We have made great progress in HIV testing, prevention, and treatment in the last four decades. Reductions in the number of people that get HIV likely reflect more access to HIV prevention tools...Continue reading

Advice from Men Who Have Overcome a Male Infertility Diagnosis

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021Dr. Paul Turek, Medical ContributorFertility, SexLeave a comment

Men as a species are pretty good at adapting to the new or different, to judging and taking risks and to responding to the unknown. I didn’t say perfect, but pretty good. Indeed, this ability has allowed them to surf waves the size of mountains, run the mile in well under 4 minutes, run companies,...Continue reading

Booster Vaccinations: An Important Tool to Continue COVID-19 Protection

August 30, 2021August 23, 2021Dr. Salvatore GiorgianniDisparities, Editorials, HealthLeave a comment

Men’s Health Network (MHN) applauds the recommendations from CDC and NIH announced on August 18, 2021, to make COVID-19 booster vaccinations available for those who are at higher risk of COVID-19 infections, including nursing home residents, health-care providers, and those over 65 years of age. These were the majority of those to first get vaccinated...

Leading Causes of Death and Greater COVID-19 Impact on Men in the U.S.

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021MHN EditorDisparities, Editorials, Health, LifestyleLeave a comment

As life starts to return to a “new” normal from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are coming to a point where the number of COVID-19 cases are increasing, but more and more individuals are able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. Over the course of the pandemic, we have seen COVID-19 take the lives...Continue reading

Dole’s career distinguished by efforts on behalf of men’s health

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021Joy FranklinDisparities, Editorials, Health, ProstateLeave a comment

With his usual directness and humility, former Kansas senator and Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, 97, announced in February that he is suffering from lung cancer. It was the second time he had announced a cancer diagnosis, but less exceptional than the first time. In 1991, his office released the news that he had undergone...