Men's Health: The Great Male Meltdown: Men regularly court disaster when it comes to their health

Every man should read this article. Men need to start paying attention to their health and see the doctor regularly. Ignoring symptoms and pain because they don’t want to make a fuss or a big deal out of it, can be a fatal mistake. "

From the article:

Men are typically strangers to their own health. Preventive medicine and early detection rank way down on their list of priorities. And they frequently pay for it with their lives. Men are far likelier than women to die early from diseases, many of them treatable.

Of every 100,000 people, for instance, 297 men die of heart disease each year, but just 197 women. Cancer, likewise, takes 238 men per 100,000 compared to 163 women. In the United States, men live an average of six years less than women do. According to a recent Lou Harris poll, men were three times more likely than women to avoid doctors when they had persistent minor medical symptoms. Many neglected to seek routine screenings, even if sent reminders and offered free testing by their health plans.

…Because of their early training, men don’t want to talk to anybody when they’re hurting. Fathers have an opportunity to teach their sons to take charge of their health.