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Top 10 threats to men's health, together with a few suggestions as to how to lessen the risks.
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Booklet from Cancer Research UK, giving advice on men's health to help avoid cancer.
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Some facts on mental health issues faced by men, with links to further reading on a variety of topics.
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Information Leaflets on a wide range of men's health issues from patient.co.uk
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List of 10 of the most common bad health habits amongst men,. with suggestion of how to change them.
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With the wide variety of health information to be found these days, it can be hard to separate fact from fiction. This list of the top 10 male health myths will help separate fact from fiction.
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List of 10 of the most common male health worries, together with tips on how to deal with them.
links for 2011-09-22
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links for 2011-09-21
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This factsheet is for people who would like a general overview of health issues that are particularly important for men. There are also links to other factsheets dealing with a variety of male-specific conditions.
Many health problems that are shared by men and women, such as cardiovascular disease and some cancers, tend to affect men earlier in life. There are also certain conditions including prostate disorders, testicular problems and impotence that are specific to men. Men are also at higher risk of injuries, death on the roads and suicide. Overall there are more premature deaths in men than in women.
Despite these challenges to their health, men tend to ignore their symptoms, are less likely to visit their GP for advice, and may be especially reluctant to ask for help for emotional problems.
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Patient UK has information leaflets on a wide range of health and illness topics and an extensive directory of patient support and self help groups. In addition, our extensive web directory lists many other sites which provide information and support on specific illnesses and health issues.There are also links to large or general sites that cover many men's health topics.
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Section of the NHS Choices website dedicated to men's health.
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Online forum for men's health, run by Discovery Channel's home & health.
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Netdoctor site dedicated to men's health issues.
"We all want to be in good health, yet men are least likely to visit their doctor if they're worried about their health. A little time spent reading through this section will go a long way towards knowing what danger signals you should be on the look out for".
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A charity that provides an independent and authoritative voice for male health in England and Wales and tackles the issues and inequalities affecting the health and well-being of men and boys.
MHF’s vision is a future in which all boys and men in England and Wales have an equal opportunity to attain the highest possible level of health and well-being.
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Although this doesn't have many UK companies, it's a good place to learn about different working cultures
Can’t get online: a challenge for the Potteries
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I’ve just been ranting on Twitter about how many local companies still can’t be found online. I’m trying to find quotes for a service and I’ve heard rumours that it can be found in Hot Lane, which is a very busy industrial area somewhere inbetween Burslem, Sneyd Green and Cobridge (don’t make assumptions, not *that* kind of service).
But in doing my research, I’ve found that the same problem that led to me setting up Social Stoke in the first place is still apparent. Websites, if they exist, are incredibly difficult to find. Once you find them, you have to save and cherish them, lest they be lost forever in a sea of SEO-enhanced listings sites. Many Stoke companies are simply not telling anyone online what they do. We have to actually walk in or phone them up, which is bothersome when all you want to do is poke around their pricelist and see when they’re open.
There are companies raising the game. Barewall and Boomerang PR are the first two that spring to mind, but there are many more. These local companies are selling globally and supporting other traders to do the same. They have fantastic, slick websites. They have particular technical skills to support them, but this isn’t the only thing that makes what they do work. The point is they are being social, reaching out and finding people as well as making sure that they can be found when someone is looking for them.
On what will seem at first like a completely unrelated notes, I’ve been mulling over John Popham’s Can’t Get Online challenge. He’ll be roaming the rural areas of the UK later this year, highlighting heroic efforts to get online and helping communities that want to follow in their footsteps. Whenever I hear about the issues of rural broadband, I consider how cities like ours have broadband – even with the sad closure of libraries free broadband is never more than a few miles away at most – but we have not made the same intensive efforts to make the most of it. Those people that use it benefit, but it all spreads organically and not fast enough when we have pressing economic problems. We’re making progress certainly, but this October I want to issue an urban challenge for the Potteries to time with John’s:
Let’s all of us who are enjoying the benefits of being online, find a company that isn’t and offer them help this October. Let’s see how many small traders can be persuaded to try practical, meaningful ways to grow their businesses using the internet, starting from all the free tools but also showcasing other businesses that can help.
Let’s have some real-life conversations and talk in the old media about what’s useful about being online and the fact that you can sell more, not just to people far away but to people close by who want to check you out before heading out, who really would rather support you than the neighbouring multinational but don’t have time to waste.
Finally, those of us with a voice online should use it to sing the praises of the amazing businesses on our doorsteps. Let’s link to them if they’re online already, or whatever websites we can pursuade them to maintain, capture a bit of what they do for Youtube and talk about why we like to buy from Stoke. Is it the great value? The unique Stoke sales patter that at times sounds more like they would rather you didn’t buy anything at all? Or the fact that you can get weather predictions, football scores and all the local gossip while you are served? Or the surprising things that are still being made on our doorstep when so many people say that British manufacturing is dead?
The city has pledged to give red carpet treatment to companies wishing to come to Stoke, but I think we should all create a red carpet to the internet for all offline traders in the city. It’ll take a lot of us to make it work, but once we’re all on, we’ll be able to reach each other in an instant and my Sunday DIY research frustrations will be solved.
Who wants to join in?
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