Men's Health Resource Guide

Men and women have different health needs so it is important for men to take charge of their own health and learn all they can about the physical, mental, and emotional factors that can affect their health. By being proactive about their health, men may be able to prevent future health problems and enjoy a more healthy lifestyle in the present.

General Men's Health Resources

Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age – Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality, this site presents general tips to help men stay healthy. It includes basic health screening tests, medications, and diet tips.
Men: Take Charge of Your Health – This web site run by the National Health Information Center discusses activities and proactive strategies men can take to prevent health problems. It also focuses on small steps men can take today to improve their future health.
Men's Health: Preventing Your Top 10 Threats – Run by the Mayo Clinic, this site describes the ten biggest threats to men's health and well-being, and steps men can take to combat them. Threats include heart disease, cancer, injury, and stroke.
Male Health Center – This web site presents information on health topics of interest to men. Subjects covered include colon cancer, erectile dysfunction, heart disease, stress, and testicular cancer.
Male Health – This site hosted in the United Kingdom provides an extensive amount of information on subjects concerning men. Some of these are physical health, everyday life, mental health, and an online gym.
Men's Health Library – This site presents an aggregate of information from the latest reports intended for both government and the private sector about topics in men's health.

Cancer

Cancer and Men – Presented by the Centers for Disease Control, this web site discusses the types of cancer commonly found in men, including lung, prostrate,colorectal, and skin cancers. It provides basic facts about these cancers and links for more information about each type.
Prostrate Cancer Home Page – Produced by the National Cancer Institute, this is a comprehensive site on all things related to prostrate cancer. Information on treatment, statistics, prevention, clinical trials, and screening is presented.
The Testicular Cancer Resource Center – This site run by the Association of Online Cancer Resources presents stories from survivors, research opportunities, self-exam guides, and much more about testicular cancer.
What Is Breast Cancer In Men? - Presented by the American Cancer Society, this site explores breast cancer in men, its causes, and treatments.
Men and Cancer – This site run by Cancer Council Victoria (Australia) is a guide to types of men's cancer and prevention strategies. Cancers covered include prostrate, bowel, and testicular.
Sex and Cancer for Men - This site presented by Cancer Research UK talks about how cancer can affect a man's sexuality. It describes treatments for sexual problems brought on by cancer.
Prostrate Cancer Update – This site of the Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute describes in detail how various foods and nutrients affect the prevention of prostrate cancer.

Mental Health

Real Men, Real Depression – This site run by the National Institute of Mental Health describes how depression differs in men. It talks about various treatments and the most important aspect: asking for help.

Men's Mental Illness: A Silent Crisis – Run by the Canadian Mental Health Association, this site presents information about increasing mental health problems in men and how to help them. It discusses barriers to treatment, including general indifference to men's mental health issues.
Men Stopping Violence – This is an organization dedicated to social change, education, and prevention of violence by men, especially towards women and children. It presents information to try to stop violence before it starts.
Issues: Emotional and Mental Health – Presented by Mens Health Australia, this site features statistics about men's suicide rates, and articles about current topics of interest in men's mental health. Topics covered include men's reluctance to seek help for mental problems and the depression-suicide link.
Gender Affects Relationships Betweeen Drug Abuse and Psychiatric Disorders – This article by the National Institute on Drug Abuse discusses how drug abuse affects psychiatric disorders in men and women differently. In men, drug abuse often precedes the psychiatric disorder, while in women, a psychiatric disorder can lead to drug abuse.

Sexual Health

Erectile Dysfunction – This page on MedicineNet.com is written by a physician specializing in men's sexual health. It outlines the causes of erectile dysfunction and the variety of treatments available.
Male Infertility – Presented by the American Academy of Family Physicians, this site covers the incidence, causes, evaluation, and treatment of male infertility.
Semen Analysis: The Test – Produced by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, this site explains when a man should have a semen analysis, how it is done, and what the results mean.
Sexual Problems – This page of WomensHealth.gov describes various sexual problems that can plague men. Included are erectile problems, loss of sexual interest, low testosterone, and male infertility.
Men's Sexual Health – Presented by the University Health Center of the University of Georgia, this comprehensive page lists problems and considerations regarding men and sexuality. Topics covered include premature ejaculation and the use of condoms.

Weight and Diet

Diet & Nutrition for Men – Presented by Mission Health System in North Carolina, this site discusses how much of each type of food men should eat. Proteins, fats, and carbohydrates are broken down and explained in layman's terms.

Men's Nutrition – This site of Brown University offers information on how a man's diet can influence his health in all sorts of ways. Some include preventing heart disease and osteoporosis.
Nutrition Information for Men – This site by Health Alliance Plan breaks down proper servings for men from each food group. It gives references for sizes as well, such as ¼ cup = size of a large egg.
Healthy Eating – This site by the Australian Government Department of Veteran's Affairs focuses on dietary guidelines for men. It talks about what kinds of foods to eat, how much, and equivalents.
Diet Plans for Men – WebMD presents this site that describes the various diet plans and which ones work best for men. Atkins, Ornish, South Beach, and the Zone are discussed.

Fitness and Physical Activity

Steroid Abuse – This site presented by the U.S. DEA's Office of Diversion Control describes in detail the problem of steroid abuse and how it can affect a man's health. Legal ramifications of taking steroids is also discussed.

Daily Exercise Dramatically Lowers Men's Death Rates – This article by the American Heart Association outlines the benefits of daily physical activity and discusses a study which showed that men with a higher degree of fitness have lower risks of death than men with a lower degree of fitness.
Men's Health: Exercise – This website presented by the BBC discusses the importance of exercise for men. It talks about the three main types of exercise and the best methods men can take to stay fit.
Be Active, Be Fit – This site from the Hong Kong Department of Health focuses on the significance of physical activity to men. It describes how men can find opportunities in their busy lives to become physically fit.
Fitness Center – This site dedicated to men's fitness features topics such as water exercise, yoga, healthy recipes, and well being.

Workplace

Men's Health: Workplace Health Checks – This Australian website describes how workplace health checks can increase the productivity of male workers. It talks about what to assess at different stages of life.
Workplace Lessons From Women – This site from MensHealth.com talks about how women act in the workplace and how men could learn to copy their social skills to be healthier and fare better at work.
Men's Health In the Workplace: Time for a New Approach – This site by PersonnelToday describes how work affects men differently than women. It talks about how promoting well-being of men at work can increase productivity.
How Can Going to Work Affect My Health? - This article tells men how the workplace affects their health in various ways. These include eye strain, repetitive movements, electromagnetic fields, back problems, and even the risks of driving to or from work.
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace – This site by the organization Sexual Harassment Support discusses sexual harassment of both men and women in the workplace. It talks about the low numbers of men who have been sexually harassed in the workplace who actually report it.

Age Specific Health Information

Why Is My Voice Changing? - Sponsored by the Nemours Foundation, this site explains to teenage boys what causes voice changes in males at a certain age. It tells them how to deal with and understand this phenomenon.
Mid-life Crisis – This web site by the Men's Health Forum in the United Kingdom explores the concept of a man's mid-life crisis. It talks about what causes changes in thinking and feeling at middle-age and how to deal with these changes.
Men: Stay Healthy at 50+ - Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, this site tells men what screening tests are needed after age 50, what they can do every day to improve their health, and talks about preventive medicines.
Male Pattern Baldness – This site of the National Institutes of Health describes causes, symptoms, tests, and treatments for male pattern baldness.
Osteoporosis In Men – This site sponsored by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases discusses the incidence and causes of osteoporosis in men over 50.