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Family Issues, Lifestyle Issues, Medical Issues

Survey Highlights Physical and Emotional Toll of Working Non-Traditional Hours

July 27, 2011 Comment

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.

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Advocacy, Family Issues, Lifestyle Issues, Substance Abuse, Well-being

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

April 7, 2011 Comment

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?”

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Family Issues, Lifestyle Issues, Psychology, Well-being

An Adult Fairy Tale For Understanding Grief Work

April 5, 2011 Comment

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.

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Family Issues, Lifestyle Issues, Well-being

GRIEVING: A key to a man’s healing

April 1, 2011 Comment

Let’s be clear. When a man, woman or child is crying it is because the hurt has already occurred and crying or grieving is the healing of the hurt. One of the doorways a man must walk through is the one that leads to many rooms filled with sadness, despair, depression, trauma and the pain that has been locked in them for far too long.

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Lifestyle Issues, Medical Research, Nutrition

Alcohol and Prostate Cancer: What’s the connection?

March 29, 2011 Comment

By Michael J Rovito, Ph.D. and Janna Manjelievskaia, MPH (c)

Most men enjoy a beer, tumbler of whiskey, or glass of wine coming home from the grind, going out with friends and family, or just to take a load off. Many people can benefit socially, mentally, or even spiritually from moderate alcohol consumption. However, the physiological benefits of alcohol consumption have been debated amongst the ranks for decades. One only has to do a rudimentary literature search to view the rich history of the argument. Continue Reading

Fitness, Lifestyle Issues, Well-being

Why Don’t Men Take Care of Themselves?

January 4, 2011 Comment

So, here we are, resolution time.  ‘Course, we’ve been there before, and we all know how those prior resolutions fared.  There isn’t one of us who doesn’t know about something he ought to work on and improve, whether it be gym time, weight issues, relationship issues, work/personal time balance.  What gets in our way? Why doesn’t it happen, at least for many of us?

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