Did you know that at least 50% of men over the age of 50 suffer from an enlarged prostate or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)? The older a man gets, the more likely he is to have BPH. In fact, nearly 70% of men age 70 have BPH and 90% of men who have made it
In places like the United Kingdom, they have an expression known as ‘man flu’. They use it to refer to men who seem to suffer more from viral infections like the flu, than women do. Here in the states, I’ve heard ladies refer to men as little babies, whiners and worse because they appear or
Whether we like to admit or talk about it, each sex has their own key identifying physical attributes. For many women, it’s their breasts and the thought or realization of losing one or both breasts is like asking many of them to give up their femininity or womanhood. To many women, losing their breasts is
In the past few months, we’ve talked about osteoporosis in women and dangers broken hips. We showed how women are especially susceptible to osteoporosis due to their giving birth to children and then due to the hormonal changes that occur during menopause. We even looked at the role that genetics can play as a risk
The most common type of cancer to affect both men and women is skin cancer. The second most common type of cancer that affects men will hit about 1 of every 7 men in the United States and about 60% of those cases will be diagnosed in men 60-years and older. The average of being
