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Archive of Men’s Health

The Government’s denial of prostate cancer

Sat 30th April 2005:

Dr Muriel Newman MP (ACT party) This Week Newman Online looks at the issue of prostrate screening for men and asks why the Government hasn’t implemented a screening programme for prostate cancer when it kills almost as many men as breast cancer. A few weeks ago, John Tamihere confirmed in his infamous “Investigate Magazine” interview […]

Govt’s cancer battle leaves men out in the cold

Wed 9th March 2005:

Press Release: United Future NZ Party Men facing prostate cancer are strangely absent from the Government’s new cancer initiative despite it claiming 500 lives a year, United Future MP and Men’s Advocacy Network facilitator Marc Alexander said today. “Its all very well to fork out $13.2 million for breast screen age extension and $2.2 million […]

Men’s Convoy 2005 Itinerary Released

Thu 17th February 2005:

Child Support Rip Offs Family Court Fiasco Prostate Posturing Educational Bias No Men’s Ministry… Men Don’t Like This ! ! ! Join the second Men’s Convoy, and take the message about redressing the balance of family dysfunction to the streets and Parliament. Convoy starts Auckland Saturday 5th March 2005 at 1:00 pm and concludes at […]

Men turn to net for sex solutions

Fri 17th December 2004:

Men afflicted with erectile dysfunction and too scared to discuss it with their doctor are turning to the internet for answers to hard questions. Pieter Watson, Men’s Clinic general manager, said their website is getting huge amounts of traffic. Men are not prepared to sit back and suffer any longer, he said, and are finally […]

Hot laptops could cook men’s fertility

Sun 12th December 2004:

LONDON: Teenagers and young men should keep their laptops off their laps because they could damage fertility, an expert says. Laptops, which reach high internal operating temperatures, can heat up the scrotum which could affect the quality and quantity of men’s sperm. “The increase in scrotal temperature is significant enough to cause changes in sperm […]

Mental health ‘disaster’ looms

Wed 17th November 2004:

The Dominion Post November 13, 2004, NEWS Pg. 2 The treatment of schizophrenics at the Te Whetu Tawera unit is a “disaster in the making”, says psychiatrist Ian Goodwin, who runs the acute section of the Mason Clinic in Auckland. Dr Goodwin said Te Whetu Tawera had adopted the theories of Auckland University psychology senior […]

National spokeswoman to tackle men’s health

Tue 17th August 2004:

Men’s health issues will get special attention from National, says the party’s new health spokeswoman, Judith Collins. She has asked associate health spokesman Paul Hutchison to take responsibility for promoting men’s and children’s health, and pharmaceuticals. There had been no specific men’s health initiatives in the past five years, Judith Collins claimed. Sitting on Parliament’s […]

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