RE: [Sndbox] What Men Won't Do

[AJ]

While it's fine to suck it up, it's not fine to ignore the body's natural alarm signals. What's a man to do? The Sun polled a number of experts for solutions:

--Men need more and better information about health care.-----------------------------------------  I know all I need to know.

 

--Men need to learn to take responsibility for their bodies. Nagging wives are not enough.---------- I get the nagging but I know what my body can heal or not heal

 

--Men need to work out, eat right, sleep enough, and try not to stress too much.-------------- UMM I need to improve on this one.

 

--Before beginning a workout program, men should get an EKG and stress test. Remember, heart disease is the leading cause of death among men.----- been there, done that I am healthy as a horse...

 

--Men should begin blood pressure and cholesterol tests in their 20s.-------- good in that area, my chlosterol is about 30 points up on average.

 

--By age 50 men should have annual rectal exams and blood tests. African-American men should begin this regimen at age 40. ------  Done

 

AJ

 

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Scary! 1 in 4 Men Won't Do This American men die, on average, six years earlier than women. They have higher death rates for each of the top 10 leading killers, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. This may be one reason why: Most men don't like to visit the doctor. Even when they are in pain or have a health problem, fully one in four men will wait as long as possible to seek medical treatment, The Baltimore Sun reports of a recent government study. Of all the people who haven't visited a doctor in the past five years, 70 percent are men.


Why? Will Courtenay, editor of the International Journal of Men's Health and a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, told The Sun that men are much less knowledgeable about health issues than women. And it doesn't help that boys and men are socialized to withstand pain and not complain. "Even top athletes will wait until they are on their last leg to ask for help," says John Bielawski, regional director of Union Memorial Sports Medicine Center in Baltimore, told The Sun. Winners train. Losers complain.


While it's fine to suck it up, it's not fine to ignore the body's natural alarm signals. What's a man to do? The Sun polled a number of experts for solutions:
--Men need more and better information about health care.
--Men need to learn to take responsibility for their bodies. Nagging wives are not enough.
--Men need to work out, eat right, sleep enough, and try not to stress too much.
--Before beginning a workout program, men should get an EKG and stress test. Remember, heart disease is the leading cause of death among men.
--Men should begin blood pressure and cholesterol tests in their 20s.
--By age 50 men should have annual rectal exams and blood tests. African-American men should begin this regimen at age 40.


Ask yourself this question: Do you take better care of your car than you do of your body? The doctor is in. Make the call.

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