The American Fertility Association (The AFA) and Men’s Health Network (MHN) have joined forces to disseminate monthly articles about Male Reproductive Health. As you’ll read in the introduction from Dr. Ajay Nangia and Dr. Stanton Honig, below, the articles are being generated from a collaborative organization called MRHA – the Male Reproductive Health Alliance, of which The AFA and MHN are founding members.
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Family Issues, Lifestyle Issues, Medical Issues
Health Toll for Shift Workers
New survey results released by Men’s Health Network and Cephalon, Inc. found that the majority of shift workers (79%) believe that they are negatively impacted by their shift work and report issues associated with work productivity, negative emotions, concern about sex life and decreased time spent with family. Nevertheless, of the 52% of shift workers who want a change in job or hours, most don’t think it will be possible in the near future and 44% feel that they will have the same job until they retire.
T-Talk Tune-Up Men’s Health Event
Did you know that almost 70 percent of men find it easier to care for their cars than for their personal health? Since June is Men’s Health Awareness Month, Men’s Health Network commissioned a survey with Abbott Laboratories in order to assess men’s and women’s knowledge of common men’s health issues and to gain insight into men’s understanding of their health as it relates to car care. The survey is part of the T-Talk Tune-Up national campaign.
Advocacy, Family Issues, Lifestyle Issues, Substance Abuse, Well-being
April is Alcohol Awareness Month
I am always intrigued by the process by which patients can be admitted to a hospital with one or another sequella of either binge drinking or chronic alcoholism and the can get a mega-workup for the evaluation and management of their symptoms without anyone ever having asked them “Why do you drink?”
Advocacy, Family Issues, Medical Issues, Parenting
World Autism Awareness Day
This post is dedicated to all of the amazing girls and boys who live with autism and their families. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) “ASDs (autism spectrum disorders) occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups, but are four times more likely to occur in boys than in girls.”
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Family Issues, Lifestyle Issues, Psychology, Well-being
An Adult Fairy Tale For Understanding Grief Work
Most people think fairy tales are only for children. If one looks more closely, you will find fairy-tales, fables and stories from quite a few cultures that are for adolescents, young adults, middle-aged folks and even elders. The one I am about to tell you is about many things but specifically about the need to grieve the past so the present and future can be fully inhabited and celebrated.
- Part I: Passivity and the Male Psyche
- The Eroding (Ok, Eroded) Masculinity of the American Male
- A Novel Prostate Cancer Therapy Gets the Green Light
- Investing in Health
- Paternity Leave: More than a policy
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Male Reproductive Health Alliance
- Dr. Samadi Reports
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Health Toll for Shift Workers
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T-Talk Tune-Up Men’s Health Event
- April is Alcohol Awareness Month
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