When It Comes to Health, Men Aren’t Getting What They Deserve
Dear Healthy Men: I’ve read some of your columns and you spend a huge amount of time griping about how when it comes to health, men and boys are worse off than women and girls. Not true. Everyone knows that women’s health has been ignored for decades. And it’s clear...
Attention Men and Those Who Love Them! February is Heart Health Month
Why should you care? It’s simple… and grim. Heart disease is the #1 killer of men in the US. So now’s the perfect time for all of us to think about our remarkable cardiovascular system (which is made up of the heart, arteries, and blood vessels), and what we can do to...
Creating and Sustaining Publicly Supported Boys’ and Men’s Health Initiatives
As part of Men’s Health Month 2023, the Men’s Health Caucus of the American Public Health Association (APHA) hosted this Town Hall focused on creating and sustaining publicly supported initiatives for boys’ and men’s health. Together, we learned from field leaders and...Fail First is the Wrong Prescription for Patients
As policymakers and health care stakeholders consider reforms to address the cost of medications, Healthy Men, Inc. (HMI), a leading health advocacy and education non-profit that seeks to advance the comprehensive health of boys and men in America, urges lawmakers and...
Why We Need an Office of Men’s Health—Now!
Dear Healthy Men: More than a year ago, I read a column of yours that mentioned that while there are several Offices of Women’s Health in the federal government, there isn’t a corresponding Office of Men’s Health. Is that still true? And if not, why not? A: The answer...