by Mens Health | Mar 16, 2026 | Physical Health
Men don’t go to doctors unless they’re in serious pain or really spooked about something. We have our reasons, as squishy as they may be. In one American Academy of Family Physicians survey, 58% of men cited specific factors, such as lack of time, lack of health...
by Mens Health | Feb 15, 2018 | Life
Would you feign the flu, cancer, or even an STD? Some do it for a living. We’re serious—it’s a real job! Kramer even took a crack at it in an episode of Seinfeld. With a medical exam room as their stage, Standardized Patients (SPs) are actors who portray characters...
by Mens Health | Feb 8, 2018 | Health
A stroke could change your life (or end it) in an instant. But the damage that leads to a brain attack is often years in the making. That’s why David Liebeskind, a professor of neurology at UCLA, uses MRIs and CT scans to detect narrowed arteries and other early...
by Mens Health | Nov 8, 2016 | Health
Lisa Colagrossi, a mother of two and a respected network news journalist in New York City, was experiencing the worst headache of her life. “She said it felt like her head was going to explode,” recalls her husband, Todd Crawford. Along with her awful headache,...
by Mens Health | Oct 23, 2016 | Health
When it comes to staving off sickness, men can learn a lot from women. “Men consistently misperceive their level of risk,” says psychologist Dr Will Courtenay, author of Dying to Be Men (R338, kalahari.com). And that misperception can allow serious ailments to go...
