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Men's health

Men have health issues all their own. Talk to your peers about preventing and coping with the illnesses that tend to plague men. Worried wives and mothers welcome, too.

Can men under 40 have prostate cancer?

KimE
  • By KimE · New reply November 20, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • my husband has been experiencing bleeding in his urine and semen. The doctors that we have been to say that he is too young to have prostate cancer, so they have not tested him for it. They just keep ...

joint pains

staywithme4ever
  • By staywithme4ever · New reply October 23, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • I'm 28 and I'm starting to feel joint pains in my body. Specifically, my wrists and my knees. I talked to my doctor and he ran some tests and they all tested negative for arthritis. I am to see another ...

hair grower help

bringmedown
  • By bringmedown · New reply October 6, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • Can you please help me find the best hair grower? I know it’s a little shallow but at the age of 28, my hair at the top of my head is already disappearing. Any chance of me getting it to grow back ...

erection issue

thickerthanh20
  • By thickerthanh20 · New reply September 25, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • I don’t know if this is related with my diabetes but lately I’m having problems getting an erection. I’m yet to talk to my doctor about it. I’m only 42 so I’m worried that this erectile dysfunction might ...

Is infant male circumcision child abuse?

geskoi
  • By geskoi · New reply May 22, 2009
  • 62 replies
  • A recent article (see below) says, "I caution parents, however, against delaying the decision [to circumcise] until the child is old enough to decide for himself." What a blatant abuse of a child's rights ...

A trip to Bahamas

sal2
  • By sal2 · New reply February 21, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • A trip to Bahamas is all I want right now and I already feel the sand under my feet and the smell of ocean. However, I need to lose some pounds. I`m not overweight but I want to follow a diet in order ...

Dizziness, loss of balance, sweating... all of a s

paulina1
  • By paulina1 · New reply October 21, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • What would cause a 55 year old man in good health to all of a sudden be dizzy, loss balance, sweat. His equalibrium is out of whack, BAD, all this out of the blue ...

enlarged prostate

bubbie1
  • By bubbie1 · Posted October 14, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • My Doctor suggested a prescription drug like flomax. i read about a drug called antiiva that I could purchase over the internet. Has anyone heard of it? Is it safe, does it help ...

health

andreali
  • By andreali · Posted October 1, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • How to make my pulse faster. I am a about 70 years Chinese senior. I live in Maryland. My heart pulse is too slow, It is about 44/min. I don’t know if it is better than regular pulse. I run 4 miles every ...

health fairs in roxbury, MA community

harvardINTERN08
  • By harvardINTERN08 · New reply August 7, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • hi, i am currently an intern for the summer at the harvard school of public health. i am in the process of trying to find a theme for a health fair that is about to take place on the 3rd tuesday of september ...

for some one i care about

genezis
  • By genezis · New reply May 8, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • how can my father apply for unemployment becuase of an illness ...

sleeping habits

sixten
  • By sixten · Posted April 23, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • why do some men hold themselves( crouch) while they sleep. does it have anything to do with keeping the scrotum warm? please help with any info you can....thx rew ...

cushing syndrome

Sudibel
  • By Sudibel · Posted February 11, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • I am looking for a list of Endocrinologists in my area. Can anyone help ...

left testecul (?)

Iamjam
  • By Iamjam · Posted November 26, 2007
  • 0 replies
  • I had quard bypass last year. I now have congestive heart failure, COPD, and severe swelling in my leggs. Last month my left ball started to swell, it has gotten so big it is hard to do things. (5.33 ...

I really need help

oniangie
  • By oniangie · New reply October 17, 2007
  • 5 replies
  • Hello, I'm new here, but I really need someone to answer my questions. My boyfriend's face has been going numb for awhile now, we were never really worried about it, but today when we had a fight ( It ...

Hurting alot, no energy, no sex drive!

lindsey056
  • By lindsey056 · New reply October 14, 2007
  • 1 reply
  • Hello! I hope I can get some honest replies. Here's the deal, I am 56 years old, I have been seeing a great doctor and am taking anti-depression pills, hydrochodone, testosterone cream (hormone therapy ...

Need help bad~at the end of rehab!

shabug
  • By shabug · Posted August 29, 2007
  • 0 replies
  • hello, I had a severe stroke 3 yrs ago (38 yrs old) that left my left side what they call "weak",but I cannot move my shoulder, arm, or hand at all. Ive also develpoed spasticity causing my hand to curl ...

Diagnoses Unknown

Rynet
  • By Rynet · Posted August 6, 2007
  • 0 replies
  • For about 10 years or so i have been experiencing episodes that seemed to be anxiety attacks/panic attacks. Sweating, Shakes, Very bad chest bad, Nausea the episodes would happen on and off for about ...

discoloring of sperm

brackson2
  • By brackson2 · New reply July 28, 2007
  • 2 replies
  • i,ve noticed lately my sperm is a rusty color and not clear. does anybody got any ideas ...

too much oxygen in blood

dee12
  • By dee12 · New reply July 3, 2007
  • 1 reply
  • a friend was just admitted to hospital because of "high levels of oxygen" not certain if this is in blood or something else....any responses ...

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