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So why are men across the globe sprouting shadows above their lip?
It's Movember. Men's health awareness month. Men Grow a mustache to raise awareness, woman consider being a mo sister, all please donate to Movember
http://us.movember.com/mens-health
MEN'S HEALTH
On average, men die at a significantly younger age than women. The average life expectancy for American men is almost five years less than women (presently 76 compared to 81), however there is no biological reason for this. The reasons for the poor state of men’s health in America and around the world are numerous and complex.
From Movember’s perspective the reasons for the poor state of men’s health include:
Lack of awareness and understanding about the health issues men face
Men not openly discussing their health and how they’re feeling
Reluctance to take action when men don’t feel physically or mentally well
Men engaging in risky activities that threaten their health
Stigmas surrounding both physical and mental health
Movember aims to change the face of men’s health and reverse this way of thinking by putting a fun twist on this serious issue. Using the moustache as a catalyst, we want to bring about change and give men the opportunity and confidence to learn and talk about their health more openly and take action.
Using scary stats to motivate people is not how we roll at Movember, but the facts below are too startling to ignore. In the US:
1 in 2 men, and 1 in 3 women, will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime.
Over 238,000 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed and almost 30,000 men will die of prostate cancer in 2013.
Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in males between the ages of 15 and 35.
7,920 men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer and 370 will die in 2013.
6 million people die every year from tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke. One person dies every six seconds.
1 in every 13 men will be diagnosed with lung cancer in his lifetime.
While not as common, men can get breast cancer. About 2,240 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed among men and about 410 men will die from the disease in 2013.
More than 3.5 million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year.
An estimated 13 million men, or 11.8% of all men over the age of 20, have diabetes.
Approximately 76.4 million men and women have high blood pressure.
Men who sit more than six hours a day have an 18 percent increased risk of dying from heart disease and a 7.8 percent increased chance of dying from diabetes compared with someone who sits for three hours or less a day.
Globally, 5.3 million deaths will be attributed to physical inactivity.
Over 6 million men are diagnosed with depression each year.
Almost four times as many males as females die by suicide.
24% of men are less likely to go to the doctor compared to women.
Our vision is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health by supporting prostate and testicular cancer and mental health. We focus our efforts on:
Awareness and education
Staying mentally healthy
Living with and beyond cancer
Living with and beyond mental illness
Research
It's Movember. Men's health awareness month. Men Grow a mustache to raise awareness, woman consider being a mo sister, all please donate to Movember
http://us.movember.com/mens-health
MEN'S HEALTH
On average, men die at a significantly younger age than women. The average life expectancy for American men is almost five years less than women (presently 76 compared to 81), however there is no biological reason for this. The reasons for the poor state of men’s health in America and around the world are numerous and complex.
From Movember’s perspective the reasons for the poor state of men’s health include:
Lack of awareness and understanding about the health issues men face
Men not openly discussing their health and how they’re feeling
Reluctance to take action when men don’t feel physically or mentally well
Men engaging in risky activities that threaten their health
Stigmas surrounding both physical and mental health
Movember aims to change the face of men’s health and reverse this way of thinking by putting a fun twist on this serious issue. Using the moustache as a catalyst, we want to bring about change and give men the opportunity and confidence to learn and talk about their health more openly and take action.
Using scary stats to motivate people is not how we roll at Movember, but the facts below are too startling to ignore. In the US:
1 in 2 men, and 1 in 3 women, will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime.
Over 238,000 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed and almost 30,000 men will die of prostate cancer in 2013.
Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in males between the ages of 15 and 35.
7,920 men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer and 370 will die in 2013.
6 million people die every year from tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke. One person dies every six seconds.
1 in every 13 men will be diagnosed with lung cancer in his lifetime.
While not as common, men can get breast cancer. About 2,240 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed among men and about 410 men will die from the disease in 2013.
More than 3.5 million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year.
An estimated 13 million men, or 11.8% of all men over the age of 20, have diabetes.
Approximately 76.4 million men and women have high blood pressure.
Men who sit more than six hours a day have an 18 percent increased risk of dying from heart disease and a 7.8 percent increased chance of dying from diabetes compared with someone who sits for three hours or less a day.
Globally, 5.3 million deaths will be attributed to physical inactivity.
Over 6 million men are diagnosed with depression each year.
Almost four times as many males as females die by suicide.
24% of men are less likely to go to the doctor compared to women.
Our vision is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health by supporting prostate and testicular cancer and mental health. We focus our efforts on:
Awareness and education
Staying mentally healthy
Living with and beyond cancer
Living with and beyond mental illness
Research
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