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Prostate Cancer Needs More Than a Global Initiative: Ground-Level Action Needed

June 11, 2025June 9, 2025MHN EditorAdvocacy, Boys, Disparities, Economics, Education, Education, Family, Family Issues, Fatherhood, Growing Up, Health, Health, Legislative, Lifestyle, Masculinity, Policy, Prostate, Public Policy, Regulatory, Research and ScienceLeave a comment

Men’s Health Network responds to Global Action on Men’s Health’s new report on prostate cancer with a call for urgent, ground-level action. While supporting a WHO-led global initiative, MHN stresses that real impact requires community outreach, empathy-driven education, and trusted local engagement. Prostate cancer is rising fast, especially among underserved men, yet too many go without screening or support. This Men’s Health Month, MHN urges policymakers and the public to bridge the empathy gap and take action now. Learn more, get involved, and help bring life-saving care to where men live, work, play, and pray.Continue reading

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 PolicyLeave a 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

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...

Do I qualify for lower costs on Marketplace coverage?

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021MHN EditorEconomics, Family, Health, LegislativeLeave a comment

Need coverage for the rest of 2021? You have through August 15, 2021 to apply and enroll through the new Special Enrollment Period for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency. You might qualify for savings, even if you didn’t before. In fact, most people do!

The Benefits of Having a Hobby for Men

June 16, 2016June 18, 2016Armin BrottWell-being

Men in Australia, the U.S., and just about every other country in the world, have similar health concerns. Click on the image above and you’ll see a fun infographic from Australia on the health benefits of having a hobby (click on the infographic to enlarge). Be sure to check out the International Men’s Health Week...Continue reading

#StartAsking — What About Men and Infertility?

May 28, 2016June 1, 2016ART of IFBoys, Family, Fertility, Health, Mental Health, Relationships

Infertility is often looked at as a disease that only affects women. In reality, infertility is caused by female factor and male factor equally at 30% each. In the balance of cases, the infertility is the result of both partners or unexplained. Even when the disease is not a direct result of issues with a male...Continue reading

The Power of Prevention

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014Dr. Howard K. KohEditorials, Public Policy

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

June 10, 2014June 10, 2014Guest ContributorEditorials, Health, Health, Public Policy

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 8, 2014June 8, 2014Kara Odom Walker, MDAdvocacy, Cardio, Legislative, Others, Policy, Prostate, Public Policy

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

Part I: Passivity and the Male Psyche

May 17, 2013June 7, 2013John LeeAnxiety, Family Issues, New Again, Others, Well-being, Work

Passivity in men has been one of the least studied, discussed, and explained aspects of masculine psychology. Understanding passivity is an essential and important key to creating healthy relationships, increasing self-esteem and healing the bodies, minds, and spirits of men who are hurting or hurting others.