Movember - Changing the face of men's health

Men have thrived on challenges throughout history. The challenge to discover new lands, climb higher mountains and solve seemingly impossible tasks. It is now evident men need to unite and embrace a new challenge - to improve their collective health.

However we look at it, men are far less healthy than women. The average life expectancy for men is five years less than women (for Caucasians) and seven years less for African American men compared to African American women.

Men access health services less than women, thereby denying themselves the chance for prevention and early detection of common diseases.

The obvious question is why?

Part of the answer is a lack of awareness about the very real health issues faced by males. Also contributing to the problem is an attitude of having to be tough "real men" and men's reluctance to see a doctor about an illness or to go for regular medical check ups.

The aim of Movember is to change this attitude, make men's health fun by putting the Mo (moustache) back on the face of fashion and in the process raise some serious funds for key men's health issues.

The key men's health cause for Movember 2008 in the US is:

Prostate Cancer: we proudly support the Prostate Cancer Foundation (www.prostatecancerfoundation.org) because 1 in 6 men will get prostate cancer and  in 2008, more than 28,000 men in the US will die from the disease. [FIND OUT MORE]

For information on other serious men's health issues included on the website specifically look at: 

Testicular Cancer because it's the most common cancer in young men aged 18 to 35. [FIND OUT MORE]

Health issues faced by men differ depending on age.
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Together we can change the face of men's health.