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Prostate cancer
King Charles is having a medical procedure. It’s all too common for men
From trouble with the waterworks to deadly cancer, the prostate seems to attract trouble for men. What is a prostate and why is it prone to problems?
- by Liam Mannix
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Why do men with cardiac arrest get more help than women? It’s the breasts
New research finds gender impacts how bystanders respond to someone having a cardiac arrest – it could be because they are uncomfortable exposing breasts.
- by Henrietta Cook
When your fate hangs in the balance, all you can do is stand up
A visit to a surgeon threatens to wipe the grin off Anson Cameron’s face.
- by Anson Cameron
‘I’m really proud of my old man for saying he needed to get help’
From one campaign to the next, Nathan Appo is continuing to show up for his community.
- by Courtney Kruk
I had no strong desire to go to my school reunion. But then ...
Previous catch-ups had felt fake, too full of swagger, or like speed dating. Then we hit our late 60s, and everything changed.
- by David Leser
‘Spermageddon’: Behind the headlines of the great Western fertility furore
Research suggesting human sperm counts are plummeting across the West generated panicked global headlines. But fear not ...
- by Tim Elliott
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Concussion crisis
‘His brain was just toasted’: It was only after Shane’s death that his family learnt the truth
An Australian medical peak body has become the first to speak out about the long-term impact of repeated head trauma on athletes and their families.
- by Angus Thomson
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Young men feel under siege – and it’s driving them to dark places
When I first turned up at university, I was confronted by two bracing pieces of graffiti: “All Men are Rapists” and “Women Walk. Men Stalk”. Anger was my first impulse.
- by Michael Bachelard
‘He forces himself to eat more’: One mum’s struggle with her son’s ‘bigorexia’
Worries about muscularity and body image are affecting more boys than ever before.
- by Sally Leeds*
‘Absolutely stunned’: Sperm counts are falling faster than ever
Chemicals in tin can linings, cosmetics, teflon pans and on cushions have been linked to the steep decline in male fertility – and a potential “crisis in human reproduction” – but some experts question the findings.
- by Wendy Tuohy
‘No one is talking about this’: What happens when men age
What’s eating men over 50? A host of serious physical and emotional issues that no one wants to talk about.
- by Greg Callaghan