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Suicide risk with anti-depressants depends on age

Tuesday, 18 August, 2009

Can anti-depressants increase your suicide risk? New research published in the British Medical Journ...

Ozone: don't push it in the sun 

Monday, 17 August, 2009

The damaging effects of ground-level ozone on the body are another reason to take care when exercise...

Private health checks don't bring peace of mind

Friday, 24 July, 2009

Private health checks or 'MOTs' are often poor value for money and at worst, dangerous, according to...

Get swine flu sorted online

Thursday, 23 July, 2009

The National Pandemic Flu Service is now live. If you think you have swine flu, it will help you to ...

'Dept of Health have forgotten men's health'

Monday, 20 July, 2009

The Men's Health Forum, who run the malehealth site, have today hit out at the Marmot Revi...

Swine flu is now 'unstoppable'

Tuesday, 14 July, 2009

The World Health Organisation say swine flu is now 'unstoppable' and yesterday gave drug makers a fu...

Men over 35 at double the diabetes risk of women

Monday, 13 July, 2009

Men aged 35-54 are almost twice as likely to have diabetes as women of the same age. A new repo...

Beat dementia with coffee and companionship

Monday, 06 July, 2009

Keep your caffeine intake up and don't stay single. That appears to be the best advice for those hop...

Latest swine flu information

Monday, 29 June, 2009

A new basic information leaflet on the growing problem of swine flu has been published by the U...

Health scientists are faking the evidence

Monday, 29 June, 2009

Do scientists make it all up? A meta-analysis — that is a survey of other surveys (in this case 18) ...

Yes, men are at bigger cancer risk than women

Tuesday, 23 June, 2009

There has been much reporting in the media of a report published for Men's Health Week by the Nation...

Genes which increase testicular cancer risk

Monday, 01 June, 2009

Gene variations associated with testicular cancer have been identified in two different studies publ...

Don't go nuts for tomato pill says heart charity

Monday, 01 June, 2009

The British Heart Foundation is urging caution over claims made for a new natural supplement made fr...

The book all boys should be born with?

Friday, 29 May, 2009

A men's health book you can read from cover to cover without losing the will to live. That's how mal...

Male contraceptive trial moves to Manchester

Friday, 22 May, 2009

Want to test a male contraceptive? Researchers at The University of Manchester, working in collabora...

Official: why man flu is worse than girl flu!

Monday, 18 May, 2009

We all know that blokes are supposed to make more fuss than women about colds and flu — but new rese...

Depressed? Get it off your chest

Monday, 11 May, 2009

One in three blokes are feeling down right now and the recession is top of our list of worries. Acco...

Young men are drinking less

Friday, 08 May, 2009

Here's a headline you don't often see: young men drinking less!Yes, binge drinking among young men i...

Swine flu leaflets available now

Tuesday, 05 May, 2009

The government is sending out a leaflet about swine flu. It is available in 15 formats. You can down...

Call for legal high to be 'reclassified'

Friday, 01 May, 2009

Psychiatrists have called for the drug 4-MMC, a so-called 'legal high' to be made illegal. The stimu...

Men attracted to easy online chlamydia test

Thursday, 23 April, 2009

Over 10,000 people a month are using a new discreet online service to get themselves checked out for...

Online dangers advert cleared after complaints

Wednesday, 22 April, 2009

A drug company advert highlighting the dangers of buying drugs from unauthorised internet pharmacies...

Promotion can damage your mental health

Monday, 20 April, 2009

In the current economic climate most of us are more concerned with keeping the jobs we've got than w...

Free NHS health checks available now

Thursday, 09 April, 2009

If you're aged between 40-74 and live in England, look out for an invitation from your doctor. ...

'That'll be 650 calories, sir'

Monday, 06 April, 2009

Calories will be displayed alongside price in many fast-food and other restaurants as part of an exp...

Is your brother bad news?

Thursday, 02 April, 2009

Are brothers really bad for us? Yes, according to research being presented to British Psychological ...

High street laser surgery 'unsatisfactory'

Wednesday, 25 March, 2009

Unsatisfactory. That's the Which? verdict on high street clinics selling laser eye surgery. Which? u...

The 'prolonged misery' of male job insecurity 

Wednesday, 11 March, 2009

Recessions hurt men most according to new research from Cambridge University. A study by Dr Brendan ...

Poison in America's favourite sweetener

Monday, 09 March, 2009

High levels of poison have been found in one of the most common food sweeteners. Researchers from th...

Brain trainers no better than crosswords

Monday, 02 March, 2009

Which? have questioned the science behind the current vogue for 'brain trainers'. While devices such...

UK firms have failed to tackle RSI

Monday, 23 February, 2009

Repetitive strain injuries (RSI) are as big a problem now as they were at the turn of the century. L...

Yes, people under 50 have strokes too

Thursday, 19 February, 2009

US research suggests that doctors are often as surprised as the rest of us to discover that young pe...

Would Churchill or Lincoln get elected today?

Wednesday, 11 February, 2009

Just imagine how different this country might have been if Winston Churchill had never been prime mi...

The link between erections and heart disease

Monday, 09 February, 2009

The article that ought to put the nail in the coffin of recreational Viagra-use was published this m...

Many men would consider breast reduction

Monday, 02 February, 2009

Many men would consider surgery to reduce the size of their breasts according to the latest maleheal...

NHS promises equal access for men

Monday, 26 January, 2009

The NHS's new constitution promises equal access to health services for men and women alike. Used pr...

Vitamin D keeps the mind sharp

Friday, 23 January, 2009

Vitamin D can help prevent the mental decline that sometimes happens in old age. A study of 2,000 pe...

Self-medicating online can be dangerous

Thursday, 15 January, 2009

Self-diagnosis and buying prescription drugs online could lead to serious conditions such as heart p...

Sleep your way to a cold-free winter

Tuesday, 13 January, 2009

Feel a cold coming on? Get some sleep. That extra hour could make all the difference. People who get...

Become a blood and organ donor

Friday, 09 January, 2009

Many men — and older men in particular — may be a little ashamed by new data released by NHS Organ D...

Obese men have far lower sperm counts

Monday, 05 January, 2009

Obese men are more than three times as likely to have low sperm counts as normal-weight men. Perhaps...

Resolutions can do more harm than good

Thursday, 01 January, 2009

Mental health charity Mind is urging people not to feel obliged to make New Year's resolutions as th...

Even high-risk men need a partner in health

Monday, 29 December, 2008

We men are still reliant on women to get us to the doctor if new research on prostate cancer screeni...

Mental illness hits half of young Americans

Monday, 15 December, 2008

Almost half of young Americans have had some type of mental health problem in the past year, but few...

Happy friends will make you happy

Monday, 08 December, 2008

Living close to a happy friend could make you happy too. Yes, according to a US study published in t...

Interactive website for men with prostate cancer

Monday, 08 December, 2008

Have you had or do you have prostate cancer? The Prostate Cancer Charity wants to know what you thin...

Brand name drugs no better than generic versions

Wednesday, 03 December, 2008

There is no evidence that brand-name drugs work any better than their cheaper generic counterparts a...

Do you have 'man boobs'?

Tuesday, 02 December, 2008

Do you have man boobs — 'moobs'? Or, to use the technical term for men having 'excess tissue' in the...

Jamie Oliver defends supermarkets over food labelling 'disgrace'

Tuesday, 02 December, 2008

Jamie Oliver has defended the super-markets but admits that food labelling is a disgrace. The Naked ...

Dicky ticker? Blame the boss.

Wednesday, 26 November, 2008

An incompetant boss offering poor leadership could seriously damage your health according to ne...

Are you the biggest threat to your own health?

Monday, 17 November, 2008

Our so-called 'macho' attitudes could be killing 40,000 men a year. That, at least, is the conclusio...

Spammers find the one mug in 12,500,000

Friday, 14 November, 2008

Ever received a spam email and thought: who could possibly fall for this? The answer, it seems, is a...

Online gambling: drugs are odds-on fakes

Tuesday, 11 November, 2008

One in ten men have bought prescription-only drugs without a prescription according to research publ...

NICE to review its guidelines on statins

Monday, 10 November, 2008

Should everybody take statins? There has been much media coverage of a new study which seems to sugg...

Obama promises health care for every American

Wednesday, 05 November, 2008

Barack Obama has pledged a root and branch reform of the one of the worst health care systems in the...

Supplements fail to reduce prostate cancer

Tuesday, 04 November, 2008

The search for the prostate-friendly diet goes on as the US government closes down a supplement tria...

Warm drink equals warm feelings

Monday, 27 October, 2008

Ever wondered why estate agents and other salesmen just can't wait to get a nice warm cup of coffee ...

Unhealthy workplaces: bad for you, bad for business

Thursday, 23 October, 2008

Two years of work by over 450 experts has concluded what many men have known for some time: work can...

Variety of fruit and veg beats superfoods

Monday, 13 October, 2008

There's no need for superfoods. The fibre found in most fruit and veg appears to protect against can...

Colourful packs colour judgment on smoking

Tuesday, 07 October, 2008

Young people smoking for the first time are three or four times less likely to pick a plain pack tha...

Coming soon to a packet near you

Thursday, 02 October, 2008

Have you seen the latest horror movie? This isn't another slasher flick or a late night home-alone n...

Anti-depressants could damage the sperm's DNA

Monday, 29 September, 2008

Anti-Depressants like Prozac could damage sperm according to a report in the New Scientist magazine....

Can you help with research into puberty?

Friday, 19 September, 2008

How was your puberty? Over the past 150 years, the age of puberty has fallen in boys as well as girl...

'Lack of interest' in male eating disorders

Monday, 15 September, 2008

Provision for men with eating disorders has been slammed by an expert. Dr John Morgan, who runs the ...

Male drugs deaths highest for half a decade

Tuesday, 09 September, 2008

Nearly 2000 men died from drugs last year — more than at any time in the last five years. According ...

Common plastic causes brain damage in monkeys

Monday, 08 September, 2008

Scientists have suggested lowering the 'safe' daily consumption limit of one of the most widely-used...

Men are hypocrites about prostitution

Friday, 05 September, 2008

Acceptable to buy: unacceptable to sell. Our hypocritical attitudes to the sale of sex have been exp...

Oral sex linked to increased mouth cancers in men

Monday, 01 September, 2008

Increased levels of cancer in the tongue, mouth and throat amongst young men has been blamed on an e...

Help design a 'user-friendly' bowel cancer test

Friday, 29 August, 2008

What sort of home bowel cancer screening test would work best? Bowel cancer is the second most commo...

Over the counter treatment for chlamydia

Monday, 11 August, 2008

Treatment for chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted infection will soon be available over ...

Call for fast food facts  on fat and nutrition

Monday, 11 August, 2008

We know nothing about the fast food we're eating. And it's not our fault — even experts would strugg...

A quiet drink is a slower drink

Friday, 08 August, 2008

Looking to cut down on your drinking? Simple — choose a quieter bar. That's the inevitable conclusio...

Marriage: the midlife link to Alzheimer's

Monday, 04 August, 2008

Being single around the age of 50 could be a significant risk factor for Alzheimer's. A 21-year stud...

Man 'guilty' but upbringing is the main cause

Friday, 01 August, 2008

You have found man guilty of crimes against his own health. Endorsing the vote of the Men's Health W...

New prostate cancer drug at very early stage 

Monday, 28 July, 2008

There is much excitement - perhaps too much - about early trials of a new drug to treat advanced pro...

20 minutes a day in the sun is good for you

Monday, 21 July, 2008

Health campaigners are always telling us that nobody takes any notice of them but now a leading char...

Hat-trick hero Hurst booked by Banks

Friday, 18 July, 2008

Two of England's greatest heroes met outside parliament recently - the man who scored a hat-trick in...

Long working hours for men are back

Monday, 07 July, 2008

Men are over working dangerously again as a result of what has been dubbed 'the return of the long h...

Skunk linked with psychosis

Monday, 07 July, 2008

Smokers of skunk are 18 times more likely to develop psychosis that those who take the milder forms ...

Work causes erection problems in 1 in 10

Monday, 07 July, 2008

New research suggests that 1 in 10 men experience erectile dysfunction (ED) and as many as 1 in 5 me...

'Men are 100% to blame for their ill health'

Tuesday, 10 June, 2008

In a shock verdict yesterday Man was found guilty of crimes against his own health. The mock trial w...

Jim Royle charged with self-inflicted GBH

Monday, 09 June, 2008

Jim Royle was your choice for the dock in the MHF's 'man on trial' event which kicks off Men's Healt...

Golf adds years to your life

Monday, 02 June, 2008

Golf is good for you according to a study of 300,000 Swedish golfers. The study, by the Swedish medi...

1.5 million more eligible for NHS statins

Thursday, 29 May, 2008

If your GP wants to prescribe you statins and has not been able to, it might be worth making a new a...

Smart drugs: coming soon or here already?

Thursday, 22 May, 2008

Could academia and the professions be going the same way as some sports? So corrupted by performance...

So is breast best?

Monday, 19 May, 2008

Breasts have a lot going for them but will they make your kids more intelligent? Periodically the me...

Have you had a bowel cancer test yet?

Friday, 16 May, 2008

Are you one of the half a million people who have now been screened for bowel cancer? So far over a ...

Pollution causes blood clots

Tuesday, 13 May, 2008

More bad news for those living in polluted areas. Particles of carbon, nitrates and metals from cars...

Do some men who pay for sex commit rape?

Thursday, 08 May, 2008

Going to a prostitute isn't rape is it? Well, it could be, according to new campaign being launched ...

Men don't want their bodies

Thursday, 01 May, 2008

Men are unhappy with their bodies. That at least is the verdict of the latest malehealth snap survey...

A day to remember all who have died at work

Monday, 28 April, 2008

It's Workers' Memorial Day today. Never heard of it? Well, if you work for a living you probably sho...

Big tobacco under investigation for price-fixing

Friday, 25 April, 2008

Tobacco companies and retailers have been ripping off their customers by conspiring to keep prices h...

Which plastic bottles are safe to re-use?

Monday, 21 April, 2008

Canada's ban on plastic baby bottles containing the chemical bisphenol A - the first clampdown of it...

Channel 4 challenges schizophrenia taboo

Friday, 18 April, 2008

Mental health organisation Mind have congratulated Channel 4 for screening a documentary on the work...

The unhealthy priorities of search engines

Monday, 14 April, 2008

Search engines are being challenged to come up with more effective ways of searching. Since most sur...

Beer is better for boozers' brains 

Monday, 07 April, 2008

First of all, a point of clarification: too much alcohol is bad for the brain. Indeed, research publ...

Bowel cancer, dementia - it's belly bad news

Friday, 28 March, 2008

More bad news for big boys. Research by from Manchester suggests that tubby men are at far greater r...

We're getting angrier - but it's not me, mate

Tuesday, 25 March, 2008

We men appear to still be in denial about anger according to a survey for mental health action week ...

Lads mags are damaging our body image

Monday, 17 March, 2008

Can men's magazines damage your self-esteem and how you feel about your body? That is the conclusion...

Abstinence makes the heart grow feebler

Monday, 10 March, 2008

Should non-drinkers start? Scientists behind a new US study are suggesting that the benefits of mode...

Want to have kids? Forget Viagra.

Monday, 03 March, 2008

The press have been reporting on a study from the journal Fertility and Sterility from last May whic...

Most men would consider buying drugs online

Thursday, 28 February, 2008

Three out of every five men in the recent malehealth online drugs survey would consider buying drugs...

The fruitiest flavour? Amazingly, it's fruit!

Monday, 25 February, 2008

You want fruity flavours, eat fruit. That's the unsurprising but easily forgotten conclusion of the ...

Trans fats increase prostate cancer risk

Wednesday, 20 February, 2008

Trans-fats can effectively double the risk of non-aggressive prostate cancer tumours according to ne...

Labelling cuts trans fats in US

Monday, 18 February, 2008

Compulsory labelling in the USA appears to have reduced the levels of harmful trans fats in many pro...

'No U-turn on surgery hours' say GPs

Monday, 11 February, 2008

The media is reporting that the BMA has 'backed down' or 'done a U-turn' on longer surgery hours. Th...

Men's nose jobs get a news job!

Monday, 04 February, 2008

Thye headlines say more men are choosing plastic surgery. But the stats show it's still a very tiny ...

Men drink twice as much and die twice as much

Monday, 28 January, 2008

Men are drinking twice as much as women according to new figures from the Office for National Statis...

Your no.1 priority: flexible GP surgery hours

Monday, 28 January, 2008

Yet another survey shows that most patients - like most malehealth readers - want thier GPs to offer...

Research showing drugs don't work not published

Monday, 21 January, 2008

Unfavourable drug studies don't make it to print. That is the verdict of a team of US researchers wh...

New logo to help online buyers

Monday, 14 January, 2008

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has launched a new logo which should help users of...

Long-term studies link prostate cancer with reduced fat milk

Monday, 07 January, 2008

Two studies of over 350,000 men have shown a link between prostate cancer and low-fat or non-fat mil...

Alcohol units haven't got bigger, drinks have

Monday, 17 December, 2007

Your alcohol consumption has just gone up without you touching a drop. In fact, the average male has...

Mobile phonecalls boost exercise levels

Tuesday, 11 December, 2007

Would an automated mobile phone call get you off the couch and down the gym? According to a study pu...

Is this why your boss won't give you a payrise?

Monday, 03 December, 2007

More bad news for the low paid - apparently the rich like it like that. A small study of 38 men...

STI stigma encourages dangerous online buying

Tuesday, 27 November, 2007

The most expensive is £145, the average is £50 and there's no guarantee that they'll work. These are...

Lack of toilets is a killer

Monday, 26 November, 2007

This is not a typical malehealth story but the statistic at the heart of it is so shocking it needs ...

Snap, crackle and you'll go pop!

Monday, 26 November, 2007

Are you the victim of calorie-creep? According to The Guardian, things really ain't what they used t...

Plastic not so fantastic

Tuesday, 20 November, 2007

It is a truth universally acknowledged in our modern consumer society that if it looks too good to b...

Breast-feeding: sexier than you think?

Monday, 12 November, 2007

If you're having trouble arousing the lady in your life, science has come up with yet another simple...

You say boys SHOULD get the anti-HPV jab

Thursday, 01 November, 2007

Should boys be vaccinated to prevent the spread of the infection that causes cervical cancer? Most m...

The everyday infection that destroys sperm

Monday, 29 October, 2007

The evidence that the UK's most-common sexually-transmitted infection can reduce male fertility...

Risk of cancer at work is 4X official estimate

Tuesday, 09 October, 2007

Work may be more dangerous for us than we realise, according to new research from Stirling Universit...

World Congress told 'social factors' critical

Monday, 08 October, 2007

MHF chair Alan White stressed the importance of social factors in premature male cancer deaths as he...

72 year-old could father his own grandchild

Monday, 08 October, 2007

What do you think of the news that a 72-year-old man could become the sperm donor for his own grandc...

Will new law reduce teenage smoking?

Monday, 01 October, 2007

In Britain, it is now illegal for anyone to sell fags or any other tobacco product to anybody under ...

Online prostate petition asks Brown to act

Monday, 17 September, 2007

The Prostate Cancer Charity is calling on all men to sign its online petition. The petition is on th...

Depression more serious than we think

Monday, 10 September, 2007

A global study suggests that depression is more dangerous to your health than many other chronic hea...

'Large portion of carrots to go, please'

Monday, 20 August, 2007

At last a way to get kids to eat their greens. Put them in a McDonald's box. Research carried out at...

Males like the mail?

Monday, 13 August, 2007

Have the Scots discovered the best way to get men to check out their own health? A scheme running in...

Sex: easier to do it than discuss it

Monday, 06 August, 2007

The country with the highest-rate of unwanted pregnancy in Europe is having a condom crisis. On...

Medicine Men: your questions about drugs answered...

Wednesday, 01 August, 2007

During the autumn we'll be adding a new section to the site: everything you wanted to know about dru...

Concerns over diabetes drugs heart risk

Monday, 30 July, 2007

Diabetes UK have backed existing guidance in the face of new concerns over the safety of diabetes dr...

'Negative' male doctors put men off seeking prostate help

Monday, 23 July, 2007

When it comes to our own health, men are very complicated and confused creatures. And here's the res...

Mike pats NHS on back but we won't see it

Monday, 16 July, 2007

What would life be like without the NHS? The new film from Academy Award winning American documentar...

As bad as racism and getting worse

Monday, 09 July, 2007

Would you mind living next door to someone with a mental health problem? More and more people are an...

How heart disease kills thin people

Monday, 02 July, 2007

Being fat increases your risk of suffering from heart disease but being thin increases your risk of ...

Athletes doped up even at age 11?

Tuesday, 26 June, 2007

According to research from France, a substantial number of pre-teen boys are doping themselves to bo...

Men get pregnant too - and often fancy a curry

Monday, 18 June, 2007

Men do experience 'phantom pregnancies' when their partners are expecting a baby, according to a stu...

Euro health petition: sign up with Michel Platini

Tuesday, 12 June, 2007

The leading European organisation working to improve men's health is calling on men throughout Europ...

Are men a bunch of wimps?

Monday, 11 June, 2007

Thousands of men are too scared to go to the doctor in case they have to discuss something...

Women don't give a XXXX about penis size

Tuesday, 05 June, 2007

Further evidence that for most men penis size is nothing to worry about: in a survey of over 50,000 ...

Genetic trigger for aggressive prostate cancer

Monday, 04 June, 2007

Will we soon be able to screen for severe prostate cancer? An effective blood test for the cancer wh...

It's not fair! Injustice can kill

Monday, 28 May, 2007

When we're treated unfairly or feel cheated or see it happen to other people we often say, 'it made ...

Should men cut out vitamin pills to protect prostate?

Monday, 21 May, 2007

Research linking multivitamins with advanced prostate cancer has illustrated once again the need for...

Long-life: searching for the sweet spot

Monday, 07 May, 2007

Eat too much and you get fat and die. Eat too little and you starve. But there's a great grey area i...

The cigarettes of the 21st century?

Monday, 30 April, 2007

Could the mobile phone be the cigarette of the 21st century? 'Absolutely.' The view of some new-age ...

What's more fattening than two Big Macs?

Monday, 23 April, 2007

 Which of the following items served at MacDonald's has the most calories?Two Big Macs Two Egg ...

Skimmed milk linked to prostate cancer

Monday, 16 April, 2007

Low-fat milk is better for you than the full fat version. Everyone knows that. But everyone, it seem...

Is chlamydia testing of unders 25s working?

Tuesday, 10 April, 2007

Have you been checked for chlamydia? National testing has begun for the UK's most common STI but is ...

Soy and the boy

Monday, 02 April, 2007

Research from Japan may have gone some way towards clearing up the mystery of whether or not soy is ...

See 'censored' video as internet loses its balls

Monday, 19 March, 2007

Boobs are OK but balls are not. That appears to be the philosophy of YouTube following the decision ...

Fat chance of a job with Britain's bigoted bosses

Monday, 12 March, 2007

In the late 70s, the TV sketch show Not The Nine O'Clock News featured a satire on politically corre...

Hot, wet and hostile to your sperm?

Monday, 05 March, 2007

Let's hear it for the cold shower. New research suggests that sperm don't like it hot and that inclu...

Bowel problems cramping perfectionists?

Monday, 26 February, 2007

A good day for taking it easy after research shows that a disease affecting about 5% of the UK popul...

Feel like a new man

Monday, 19 February, 2007

A new edition of the best selling practical step by step guide to men's health has hit the bookshelv...

Modern art really can make you sick

Monday, 19 February, 2007

Do you have DSACDAD? A spoof disease made up by an artist to mock US drug companies' adverts is so c...

Viagra available without prescription

Monday, 12 February, 2007

Viagra, the erectile dysfunction (ED) drug, is available over the counter without prescription in Bo...

A calorie is a calorie: weight theory made easy

Monday, 29 January, 2007

Some of the money-making myths and legends of the diets and exercise industries have been punctured ...

Want to be vaccinated to protect your partner?

Wednesday, 24 January, 2007

Vaccinating boys could help protect women from cervical cancer. Cervical cancer kills three women ev...

Caffiene may help post-exercise soreness

Monday, 22 January, 2007

A small study of a group of women may be good news for men who experience muscle soreness after exer...

Learn a language, delay dementia?

Monday, 15 January, 2007

Speaking more than one language may delay dementia according to new research. People who are fully b...

Are anti-obesity drugs worth the risk?

Monday, 08 January, 2007

The medical journal The Lancet has raised questions about the safety and effectiveness of anti-obesi...

Can fat adults blame their kids?

Tuesday, 02 January, 2007

With Christmas only just over, most parents will know all about pester power. And if a child can per...

Circumcision is no substitute for safe sex

Tuesday, 19 December, 2006

Men have been warned today not to misinterpret the recent research apparently showing that being cir...

Young smokers who quit enjoy heart health

Monday, 18 December, 2006

Giving up smoking when you're young and the damage to your heart may be reversed. Smoking disrupts t...

Aspirin not ideal for prostate health

Monday, 11 December, 2006

Aspirin and other similar painkillers may halve the risk of developing an enlarged prostate, US rese...

12,000 cases a year: the cancer cost of obesity

Monday, 11 December, 2006

A leading cancer charity has calculated the link between increased obesity and increased cancer risk...

First vampires, now cancer: garlic protects

Monday, 04 December, 2006

Good news for French cliches. Onions and garlic have been confirmed as probable protectors against c...

Just 1 Ecstasy tab appears to rot the brain

Wednesday, 29 November, 2006

Ecstasy could damage your brain the very first time you use it. Usually people take risks with ...

Ambulance drivers urge reluctant men to dial 999

Monday, 20 November, 2006

Apparently 40% of us would not call 999 first if we thought we were having a heart attack. One in fi...

Twice as many men drinking themselves to death

Monday, 13 November, 2006

The number of men aged 35-54 drinking themselves to death has more than doubled in 15 years, accordi...

Testosterone levels falling 1% every year

Monday, 06 November, 2006

First it was sperm levels, now it's testosterone. A new study has found a 'substantial' drop in the ...

Can obesity be bad for the brain?

Wednesday, 01 November, 2006

Obesity is the new smoking. Once upon a time smokers thought the worst their habit would give them w...

Should primary school kids be taught about sex?

Monday, 23 October, 2006

The highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe has led to the recommendation that children as young as...

Calorie burning drink shot down in flames

Monday, 16 October, 2006

The new drink that is supposed to burn calories has been given the thumbs-down by health experts. Co...

New male contraceptive tested

Monday, 09 October, 2006

A new form of contraceptive which in effect provides a temporary 'vasectomy' is being trialed in The...

Fizzy drinks go straight to your head

Monday, 02 October, 2006

Norwegian researchers have called for drinks machines to be removed from schools and similar places ...

Pesticides threaten '5 a day' fruit and veg campaign

Wednesday, 27 September, 2006

The case for organic food has strengthened with the publication of data showing that about a third o...

Are you being conned by the 'low tar' label?

Monday, 18 September, 2006

If you - like the editor of malehealth - used to smoke 'light' cigarettes in the mistaken belief tha...

'New' PE drug nothing to get excited about

Monday, 11 September, 2006

The media and some medics have — well, how should we put this — surged too soon in their enthusiasm ...

A third of men are unhappy with their penises

Monday, 04 September, 2006

More than one bloke in three is not happy with his penis. (And with one in ten 'not sure' that leav...

Fruit juices are good for the brain

Friday, 01 September, 2006

A surprisingly close link has emerged between drinking fruit and vegetable juices and avoiding Alzhe...

Most popular drink may also be healthiest

Monday, 28 August, 2006

Drinking tea is better for you that drinking water. Contrary to popular belief it does not dehydrate...

The friendliest bacteria of all?

Tuesday, 22 August, 2006

Lactobacillus is not a word that trips off the tongue easily unless you've had a few. However, the t...

Call for NHS to provide bigger condoms

Tuesday, 08 August, 2006

Some condoms are too small. It's official. For years we've heard blokes saying: 'I can't use condoms...

Can fish oils really help weight-loss? 

Monday, 31 July, 2006

Exercise plus fish oils can help you to lose weight without changing your diet too much. That, at le...

Computer program can reduce drinking

Monday, 24 July, 2006

Researchers in Wales have developed a way to reduce temptation in heavy drinkers. The drug-free tech...

1 in 100 with extreme male brain?

Monday, 17 July, 2006

So how many of us are wandering around with an 'extreme male brain'? A study of over 57,000 carried ...

Good for your heart: good for your erections

Monday, 10 July, 2006

Here's an easy to remember little health tip which will benefit you in more ways than one: what's go...

Millions of men too stressed for sex

Monday, 12 June, 2006

Now stress is even putting us off sex. According to research published for Men's Health Week 2006, m...

Binge drinking down in teenage boys! 

Monday, 05 June, 2006

First of all girls overtook boys in exam results then there was the Ofcom report last month suggesti...

Charlie Chaplin was exception not rule

Monday, 29 May, 2006

Julio Iglesias senior was reportedly 89, Charlie Chaplin, 73 and Rod Stewart a relative youngster at...

Most prostate cancers don't need operation 

Monday, 29 May, 2006

Surgery to remove the prostate may not be necessary in many cases of prostate cancer. New research f...

It's true, men think with their testosterone

Monday, 22 May, 2006

In the week after Alan Sugar chose the blonde for his apprentice rather than her chunkier but more e...

Could painkillers cause erection problems?

Monday, 15 May, 2006

Erectile dysfunction has been linked to the use of the class of painkille