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Showing posts with label Men's Health Month. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Men's Health Month. Show all posts

Monday, June 12, 2017

Celebrate Men’s Health Week & Month Throughout June

Make it all about the fellas during June, when Men’s Health Month takes center stage — an especially June 12-18, when Men’s Health Week takes over the calendar.

The purpose of the week and month are simple, and laudable: heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys.

Men aren't always the best about taking care of themselves. Sure, plenty are good about diet and exercise, but when was the last time your dad, husband, brother, son (you get the idea) went in for an annual physical? If the answer is “I have no clue,” then do a little nudging to get that doc visit on the calendar right away.

A regular doctor’s visit, even if there’s nothing wrong, is a great way for men (and women) to make sure they’re staying on top of screenings. For men, especially those over 50, that’s the time to make sure that testosterone and Prostate Specific Antigen, or PSA, levels are checked through bloodwork (the best way to get early signs of prostate cancer or other trouble), schedule a colonoscopy if one’s needed and even keep tabs of little, but important things, like tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough boosters.

Still on the fence? Use this handy checklist to see where you’re all caught up, and what might need some attention.

Since it began in 1994, Men’s Health Month has been out there trying to get men to take care of their physical and mental health through screenings, health fairs and other education/outreach activities. A big part of Men’s Health Week is Wear Blue Friday, which takes place this year on June 16, the Friday before Father’s Day. Break out those blue scrubs!


Men (and women) often put the health of others before their own, or as we mentioned earlier think they’re doing great because they’re crushing it at the gym and eat clean. But cancer and other killers strike the young and healthy, so it’s important to get that annual physical take care of, and pay attention to little signs that the body may be sending out. Good health is as much about prevention as it is about diet, exercise and work/life balance. Do your part, and it’ll all come together!

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Men's Health Month offers a great reminder to schedule that annual physical


And now, something for the gents. June brings us the 23rd Annual Men’s Health Month, which includes Men’s Health Week from June 9-15.

This is the time for men everywhere to take stock of their well-being. Need a physical? Schedule it now, and don’t forget to ask the doctor if you’re due any preventative screenings. While you’re at it, reappraise the exercise regimen, or lack thereof, and reappraise your diet.

As always, Men’s Health Month carries an emphasis on preventative care and early detection.  To heighten awareness there’s plenty to read online, but there also will be thousands of events to raise awareness for the various issues concerning men’s health.

For one, there is Meatless Monday, a day to raise awareness of better dietary choices for men. Too much cholesterol and sodium is a big cause for the high rates of heart disease for American men. June brings Father’s Day, a fine reminder that the dads in this country can make a real difference in the lives of their families by honoring their own health and switching to a more heart-healthy diet.

Then there are free prostate screenings being organized all over the country. Yes, it’s nobody’s favorite process to undergo. But did you know that prostate cancer is easily treatable if detected early enough? With current testing and treatment methods, there is no reason this disease should take another life. No man middle-age or above should go without an annual test.

There will also be stations for blood-pressure tests, screenings for other cancers, blood sugar tests. Gyms will be promoting discount memberships so that men can get on a quality regimen of regular exercise.

Don’t see an event that emphasizes enough a particular topic in men’s health? Start up your own … and on June 17, be sure to wear blue. Why? Blue is the color of Men’s Health Month, and you can show your support just by donning a blue ribbon or picking out some of the blues from your wardrobe and sporting those on June 17.

And lest we forget, Men’s Health Month and Week isn’t just for grownups, but male children and adolescents as well. Proper rest, proper diet and developing a regimen of regular health checkups is invaluable to get the jump on a long and healthy life. Good lifestyle choices are good life choices, period. To help boys develop the habits that will help them become healthy men, throughout the month there will also be campaigns to prevent tobacco use among children and adolescents, the first and best decision a burgeoning adult can make for their long-term health.

So check out the events online. Get tested, get screened. Schedule that physical. And if those don’t apply to you personally, then bring it up with the men in your life: husband, father, sons, brothers, any man you care about and who you’d like to have around for a long-time to come. Scrubin is excited to help make the 23rd Annual Men’s Health Month the best one yet