INTERNATIONAL MEN'S MONTH

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Menstuff® celebrates International Men's Month June 1-30 by discussing a different men's issue each day at "Today" on our home page. Also note that International Men's Health Week is June 11-17, 2007. You can receive these via e-mail. Get all new information every evening at midnight. Subscriptions are free at menstuff-html-subscribe@topica.com. It's a great way to start the day!

Did you know:

A bill was introduced in Congress several years ago to create an Office of Men's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services. The office would collect data and disseminate information on a variety of diseases that affect men - diseases that may kill a lot of us. It would essentially do what the existing Office on Women's Health does: work to spread the information that helps people manage their health. It still hasn't gotten out of committee. It is estimated that 700,000 men will die unnecessarily each year waiting for Congress to act.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death among men in the United States.

Men are 30 percent more likely to suffer a stroke than women.

Nearly 85% of lung cancers in men worldwide are related to smoking.

Men who watch television for three or more hours per day are twice as likely to be obese as men who watch for less than an hour.

Overall, 7 out of 11 adults visiting doctors are women - despite the fact that men die five years earlier than women.

Thirty-three percent of cancer deaths might have been prevented through dietary changes.

Men who consume between two and six drinks per week have nearly half the risk of death as men who consume two or more drinks per day.

The most sexually active men had a 50 percent lower mortality rate than the least sexually active men.

Health Problems Women/Men: Mentally retarded - 2/3; Autistic 3/4; Hyperactive child 1/6-9; Bed-wetters at age 5 - 3%/7%; Stutterers 1/3; Depression 2/1; Suicide attempts 4/1; Suicide 1/4.

Breast cancer is not specific to females; in 1994, 364 men died from breast cancer.

Since 1974, men have experienced a 48 percent increase in cases of melanoma.

Men and teen boys represent 75-80% of successful suicides.