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Health and Men

Archive for the ‘Prevention’ Category

December 23rd, 2007

10 Symptoms You Shouldn’t Ignore

The Men’s Health section of MSN.com posted an article from the Mayo clinic stating 10 Health Symptoms You Shouldn’t Ignore. These Symptoms cover everything from possible cancer indications to the symptoms of a future heart attack. We all know this doesn’t mean you should go running to the doctor every time you break out in […]

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December 14th, 2007

Doctors Urge Men To Get Check For Breast Cancer

Yeah, thats what I thought too when I first saw this. Men? Breast cancer? It is true. Doctors are urging men with a history of breast cancer in their family. I’ve heard of it before in rare cases and I actually knew someone that had some funny looking pecks (kinda looked like womens breasts) that […]

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December 11th, 2007

(Re)Focusing On Health And Fitness

Trying to live a healthy life isn’t easy, especially if you didn’t do it for so long and you throw yourself into it. Getting started is hard but maintaining that lifestyle can be a bigger challenge.
When I started to live healthier it ook me some time to finally take a big step to quit smoking. […]

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November 24th, 2007

Are You At High Risk Of Contracting An STD?

Are you a high risk for contracting and STD? If you fit the bill you may be. Some people are higher risk for getting std’s. It’s not because of their immune system or their genes, it’s because of their occupations, geography and even social habits.
MSN Men’s Health and Fitness writer Rcih Mallof put together this […]

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November 22nd, 2007

Flu Season Approaches… Part 2

Just as I suspected, The flu shot that I received Saturday made me slightly sick yesterday and I had to leave work a little early. It started in the morning when I woke up with a faint headache. Then when I got to work I felt kinda week and started feeling muscle aches which was […]

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November 18th, 2007

Flu Season Approaches…

So I got my Flu shot today…for the second time. Why, you say? Because it was mandatory. As some of you may know I serve in the Army National Guard, for another two weeks anyway. I just had drill this weekend and our next drill is in two weeks. This is my last drill and […]

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November 13th, 2007

Forever Young

Ok, well not forever…but now you have that Rod Stewart song stuck in your head for the rest of the day.
Researchers are saying that power naps are good for your heart and longevity of life! Who doesn’t like a good power nap every now and then. When you have kids thats all you’ll ever get […]

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November 12th, 2007

Nutritional Dynamic Duos, The Batman And Robin Of Foods

Msn published an article about the benefits of combining certain foods and the effects they have together. Here is a short excerpt. I’ve listed all the combinations but you’ll need to follow the link to find out the why’s and how’s.
What began as small talk at a holiday party ended in a revelation — only […]

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November 6th, 2007

Top Ten Causes of Death

The Following article has some quite amazing information in it. It states that just over 56 million people died in 2006, worldwide. Wow…thats seems like a lot of people. While some are quite common, others are not. Here are the top ten causes of death worldwide for high and low income countries.
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October 21st, 2007

Cheating Death

While technology these days has people living longer on a larger scale then any other time in history there is still only one true fact about death. It’s inevitable. The probability of dying in a car accident is a lot higher than a plane crash but these are things that we can’t really always prevent. […]

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