For those who do not regularly watch weekend news, what I am about to tell you may come to you as a surprise. Fox News has officially started a weekly Saturday segment dedicated to men’s health. Yes, it is incredible and a great first step toward educating the public about the prominent issues in men’s...Continue reading
Tag: Talking about Men’s health
Editor’s Opinion: Men’s Health Week and PSAs galore!
Men’s Health Week has officially started and if you weren’t aware from all the twitter and facebook messages, please let us at TAMH be the first to welcome you to the “please send men to the doctors” movement as I call it. There’s so much going on and news being shared this week that I...Continue reading
New MHN Chapter in California!
With dozens of activities happening around the country to mark Men’s Health Month, this seems like the perfect time to announce the launch of the new California Men’s Health Network. This chapter of the national MHN will allow us to promote men’s health through both statewide and local initiatives in the Golden State. These include:Continue reading
More than Luck
“A brush with mortality turns out to be the best way to appreciate how blue the sky is, how sensuous grass feels underfoot, how melodious kids’ voices are,” wrote Nicholas D. Kristof in a recent New York Times op-ed piece. Mr. Kristof was fortunate, even lucky to have been found with a malignant tumor on...Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Creation of a Federal Office of Men’s Health
TAMH is pleased to announce that the Indian Health Service (IHS) will welcome a new initiative into its effort, the Office of Indian Men’s Health. The novel Office was included within each version of the two congressional houses’ Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA), H.R. 2708 and S. 1790. The IHCIA was reauthorized permanently and...Continue reading
Investing in Health
Do women make better doctors? A recent editorial by Pauline Chen, M.D. in the New York Times posed this thought-provoking question, which led me to recall my previous experiences with physicians of both genders. It is an interesting concept when you think about it. So many of the same qualities that mothers generally have –...Continue reading
Life is Cliché…Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That!
I was recently given the incredible honor to represent my peers as the speaker for the Masters and MPH programs at the 2010 graduate school commencement ceremonies. Our esteemed editor, Mr. Sonny Patel, felt that my speech, while not specifically male-centered, would serve quite well for this month’s blog entry.
Welcome Home GI Dad!
For the last 15 years, I have devoted myself to providing men the tools, support, and knowledge to help them become the fathers they want to be——and their families need them to be. As a former Marine, I understand completely the barriers and issues that come up for men when deployment is over and it’s...Continue reading
Honoring Armed Forces Day
In honor of Armed Forces Day today in the United States, TAMH will be posting 2 posts this Monday, with one especially for those in the military written by the nationally recognized parenting expert Armin Brott, also known worldwide as Mr. Dad (https://www.mrdad.com/). We at TAMH want to express and stress the amount of love...Continue reading
Here’s to the Women
The recent observance of Mother’s Day is a good opportunity to give thanks for the care that mothers and other women in our lives have provided,