Men's health emerged as a discrete academic and political concern in the 1990s.

A greater understanding of Women's health issues had been one of the successes of the feminist movement, a development that drew attention to the fact that, while men continued to dominate most societies in most fields this did not extend to health and to life-expectancy. By 2006, it was still the case that in the vast majority of countries, rich and poor, women could expect to outlive men.

In the UK, the Men's Health Forum was founded in 1994. In the same year the first National Men’s Health Week was held in the USA. The first UK week took place in 2002 and the event went international the following year. In 2005, the world’s first professor of men’s health, Alan White, was appointed at Leeds Metropolitan University in north-east England.

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Men's health News From Medical News Today

Should Boys Be Vaccinated Against HPV?
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0800
A new paper to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology outlines a number of ongoing questions and challenges related to HPV vaccination. These include the decision to limit vaccination to adolescent girls, and the importance of continued screening. In 2008, the government launched a nationwide immunisation programme designed to protect British women against the devastating impact of cervical cancer.
Risk For High-Grade Prostate Cancer May Be Reduced By Low Cholesterol
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800
Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high-grade prostate cancer - an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative study. In a prospective study of more than 5,000 U.S. men, epidemiologists say they now have evidence that having lower levels of heart-clogging fat may cut a man's risk of this form of cancer by nearly 60 percent.
$45 Million NIH-Supported Trial To Study Testosterone Therapy In Older Men
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0800
Penn Medicine will lead a new national $45 million clinical trial to test whether testosterone therapy can favorably affect certain conditions affecting older men. Low serum testosterone may contribute to a number of problems affecting older men, including decreased ability to walk, loss of muscle mass and strength, decreased vitality, decreased sexual function, impaired cognition, cardiovascular disease and anemia.
Disrupting Male Fertility
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0800
The sexual function of male rodents can be impaired by in utero and/or neonatal exposure to external molecules that disrupt normal hormone functioning, giving rise to concerns that low-level exposure to such molecules might cause similar effects in humans. Examples of such molecules include the synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen DES, which was used as a treatment for various diseases until the mid 1990s, and BPA, which is found, among other places, in some plastic containers.
Facial Attraction Operates Similarly For Gay And Straight Men
Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800
A new study from a researcher at Harvard University finds that gay men are most attracted to the most masculine-faced men, while straight men prefer the most feminine-faced women. The findings suggest that regardless of sexual orientation, men's brains are wired for attraction to sexually dimorphic faces - those with facial features that are most synonymous with their gender.
Blood Clot Risk Higher In Apple-Shaped Men And Pear-Shaped Women, Danish Study
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:00:00 -0800
New research from Denmark suggests that where middle-aged men and women carry excess body fat affects their risk of developing blood clots like deep vein thrombosis (DVT) , with apple-shaped men who carry excess fat mainly around the waist and pear-shaped women who carry excess fat mainly around the hips having the highest risk.

NYT > Health

Patient Money: Getting Medical Help for the Mind as Well as the Body
By LESLEY ALDERMAN Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:41:54 -0000
A new law requires that next year big group plans provide the same level of care for mental health as for medical ones.

CNN.com - Health

Study: Holocaust survivors have higher cancer risk
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:47:57 -0500
Many Jews lived through extreme hunger, mental duress and near-death experiences during the Holocaust. Now -- decades after the war -- they face another peril: a higher risk of developing cancer.
How to squash worry and grab more happiness
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:27:10 -0500
These days it can feel like the age of anxiety is winning over the pursuit of happiness. But you don't have to live on the dark side. Here's your recipe for a more joyful life.

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