Dear Health Men: I’ve heard that being married improves one’s health. Sounds good, but is it really true? A: Regardless of your feelings about marriage, you may want to give it a try—especially if you’re concerned about your health. Researchers at New York University studied 3.5 million people and found that married people have lower risks...Continue reading
Dear Healthy Men: I have diabetes and my wife is driving me crazy, constantly bugging me to check my insulin and take my medication, reminding me what I should and shouldn’t eat, bugging me to exercise more, and generally nagging all the time. I think she means well, but what can I do to get...Continue reading
Dear Healthy Men: There have been a lot of vaping-related injuries and deaths lately, but I haven’t heard anything about the male-female difference. You’ve written about how men are more likely than women to abuse drugs and alcohol. I’m wondering whether the same gender imbalance applies to smoking cigarettes and vaping. A: In a word, Yes....Continue reading
The dreariness of February is lightened somewhat by that special day – the 14th – so beloved for its chocolates, roses and pronouncements of love. But before you bite into that delicious heart-shaped chocolate on Valentine’s Day take a moment to consider this somber fact: Heart disease is the number one killer of men and...Continue reading
Call it what you will: beer belly, love handles, gut, spare tire, or anything else. Whatever the words, they’re all referring to the same thing: belly fat, which is one of the most common types of fat for men. As you’ve no doubt noticed, as we gain weight, our thighs, legs, and arms usually don’t...Continue reading
As a young man, I often learned life lessons from my father. Perhaps none have been as lasting as the lesson he inadvertently taught me about health as his own health took a downward turn. While I was in middle school—a time when most boys are navigating puberty—my dad was busy prepping for heart valve...Continue reading
We spend a third of our lives sleeping, but millions of us may not be getting enough high-quality sleep to derive the much-needed benefits it provides. We know people who don’t get regular deep sleep are at a greater risk of heart attacks and stroke. They report more absences from work, work-related injuries, and even...Continue reading
What’s one of the best ways to improve a man’s sexual health? Get him to stop worrying about his “junk.” And one of the best ways to wring out the worry is to ensure that things look normal down there. It can be that simple. Worry Warts About a decade ago, we published a paper reporting that 80-90% of...Continue reading
A recent study suggests that men in marriages that improved over time may have a lower risk for heart disease. For many, marriage signals the beginning of an entwined and, at times, tangled relationship. Spouses often play the role of friend, co-parent, caregiver, financial partner and emotional support system for their significant other. Given the...Continue reading
What’s a great way to get health information about men? Why wearables, of course. In 2016, there were 325 million wearable devices in the world. That’s “big data” territory by any measure. But have wearables actually improved the health of men? In a word, no. Or not yet anyway. Stay Home Medicine But there’s a 2.0 movement in men’s healthtech: entirely digital...Continue reading