Newsbytes - 2008


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What is the media saying of concern to men? Menstuff® has taken excerpts from many periodicals and included our comments - good and bad alike. Here is the archive, to date, for 2008. See also 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999. A click on the photo will often provide a larger photo or additional information regarding the topic.

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To Respond to the Media's Portrayal of Men
items added this week.

Abstinence - Virginity Pledges Can't Be Taken on Faith
Abstinence-only programs aren't certain to curb teen sex
Abuse - Psychological Impact on underage boys
ADHD
Adolescnece - Space Monkey takes 2-3 kids lives every day
A Day in the Life of American Adolescents: Substance Use Facts
What Is Your Foreskin IQ?
TV Violence May Spur Aggression in Boys
Agent Orange
AIDS/HIV - Daisy-Chaining
Allergies
Alternative Medicine
Alzheimer's
Arthritis
Asthma
Autism
Birth Control - Myths about birth control
Body Piercing
Breast Implants
Cancer - Liver-gender disruption makes men more vulnerable to liver cancer
Child Abuse - The anti-pedophile coloring book
Children - Space Monkey takes 2-3 kids lives every day
Best, Worst Snacks For Kids Listed
Does Your Child's Bike Helmet Pass the Fit Test?
Child Models
Your Child's Immunization
Cholesterol
Circumcision - U.N. Sees Progress in Ending Female Genital Mutilation
What Is Your Foreskin IQ?
Circumcision & Sensation
Circumcision: Cutting it Off in the Fight Against STD's
Colon Cancer
Condoms
Crohn's
Dating - The Steps of ABCD Friends Hooking Up Why American Dating Sites Don't Work - Men vs. Women
43 Date-Night Ideas
Daughters
Death
Depression - Teen Sex And Depression Study Finds Most Teens' Mental Health Unaffected By Nonmarital Sex
Diabetes - Late-Onset Diabetes Can Lead to Early Heart Disease
Dieting - Power 12 Foods: Never Go Hungry
You Inhale Food
Exposing (And Evading) Grocery Store Fat Traps
Gut Check: A Low-Carb, High-Protein Menu
Disability
Diversity
Divorce
DNA
Domestic Violence
Drinking - CSPI Threatens to Sue Beer Companies Over Alcoholic Energy Drinks
Do I have a Drug or Alcohol Problem?
Oklahoma Bill Would Put Alcohol Control Under Drug Agency
Drinking Motivations Differ Among U.S. 12th Graders
Young Kids and Booze: Tasting Common
Many Kids Sip Alcohol Before Age 10, Study Finds
Are You an Alcoholic?
Alcohol Industry Making the Move to Online Advertising
College Drinking Games Lead to Higher Blood Alcohol Levels
Lessons We Learned from the Drunk Girls of MySpace
Drugs - Ecstasy Increasingly Laced with Meth
Do I have a Drug or Alcohol Problem?
Oklahoma Bill Would Put Alcohol Control Under Drug Agency
Inhalants: They're all over your house
In 'Bong Hits' Dissent, Stevens Compares Drug War to Prohibition
Drug Prevention and Treatment Programs Recommended for Cuts in President’s Budget Request
Sex and Drugs
Eating Disorders
Ecology
Elder Abuse
Elder Care
Energy Drinks - CSPI Threatens to Sue Beer Companies Over Alcoholic Energy Drinks
Environment
Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
Euthanasia
Eyes
Fathers - Legal Aid for Duped Dads
Raising Another Man's Child
Fitness - Power 12 Foods: Never Go Hungry
Better Health after 40
Fraternities
Hazing - NCAA's Position on Hazing
Hazing Hot Topic at NCAA Convention
Health - Promoting Immunizations of Older Adults - Whooping CoughShingles?
Whooping Cough Hits Adults
Space Monkey takes 2-3 kids lives every day
Men's Top 5 Health Concerns
Routine Health Maintenance for Men
Exposing (And Evading) Grocery Store Fat Traps
Better Health after 40
Mom. Do you Want a Healthier Husband?
Chewing on ice could be a sign of anemia
Routine Tests for Men
Gut Check: A Low-Carb, High-Protein Menu
Men May Have Biological Clocks, Too
Healthy lifestyle practices
Unintentional Suicide
Heart - Salt Intake Brings New Levels of Alarm
Late-Onset Diabetes Can Lead to Early Heart Disease
Aerobic Exercise May Help Heart Failure Patients
Vitamin D Deficiency May Hurt Heart
Year's Biggest Game Puts Men at Risk
Help
Hepatitis C
Homophobia
Humor
Hypertension Vitamin D Deficiency May Hurt Heart
Impotency
Looksism
Manliness
Marriage (Un-Single) - How to Have a Happy Marriage When You're Busy Parenting
Maritable Age - Introduction
"I Love You" Sayings Database
Marriage Prep 101
Parental Consent by State
8 Things No One Tells You About Marriage
Old/New Rules for Marriage
Materialism -
Medicare
Memorium
Men at Risk
Mental Health - Memory Trouble? It May Be Stress
Is It Time to Confront Your Demons?
Is It Time to Confront Your Demons?
Miscellaneous - What's to blame for differing test scores between the sexes?
Can You Be Addicted to Pornography?
Body Language Basics
Tears Not Recommended at Work
Searing and Insightful: Bob Compton’s Thoughts on Harvard Grad School
Is lipstick helping women get bigger breasts?
What Presidential Candidates aren’t saying about education
Lipstick - the Ultimate Phallic Symbol
How to talk to your teen: Tips for Better Communication
Multicultural - Report Hate-Crimes
Nutrition
Obesity
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Parenting - How to Have a Happy Marriage When You're Busy Parenting
Would you sterilize your teenage daughter?
Programs for Troubled Teens
Does Your Child's Bike Helmet Pass the Fit Test?
Parkinson's
Poetry
Prison
Prostate Health
Prostitution
PTSD
A Real Man
Relationships - Why American Dating Sites Don't Work - Men vs. Women
"I Love You" Sayings Database
2008 Love Survey: What Is Love Today?
Why Can't He Hear What You're Saying?
Reproduction - Smoking Linked to Stillbirths, Study Says
Seniors
Senior Health - Whooping Cough Hits Adults
Sexism
Sex Roles
Sexual Harassment
Sexuality - Small-Penis Syndrome
The Best: relaxation, sweat, healthiest, well fed and spectacular sex
Sex and Drugs
A Spoonful of Semen
Rumors and myths dispelled about sexual dysfunctions
Sexuality-Gay/Bi/Trans - LGBT Athletes
Saudi Arabia's Gays Lead Good Life Or Do They?
Sleep - The Power of a Power Nap
Smoking - Colorado Seeks to Criminalize Youth Tobacco Possession
Smoking Linked to Stillbirths, Study Says
Spirituality - Confessions of a Monk
Saudi Arabia's Gays Lead Good Life Or Do They?
Sports - Check out WomenInRacing.org
STDs -Daisy-Chaining
Step Fathers - Raising Another Man's Child
Stress - Memory Trouble? It May Be Stress
Suicide - Parents of MySpace hoax victim seek justice
17 Suicides a Day
Unintentional Suicide
Teacher's Pet - Psychological Impact on underage boys
Teen testifies about sex with teacher
Admitting abuse but free to teach - Oregon
Disciplining Oregon teachers - abusers
Teens - Programs for Troubled Teens
Searing and Insightful: Bob Compton’s Thoughts on Harvard Grad School Response to Two Million Minutes
Driving Deaths Peak in Summer, Parents Can Help Deter Poor Decisionmaking
Be safe on the move
How to talk to your teen: Tips for Better Communication
Teens & Drinking - Using a Developmentally Sensitive Approach to Prevent Teen Drinking
Drinking Motivations Differ Among U.S. 12th Graders
Young Kids and Booze: Tasting Common
Teens & Drugs - A Day in the Life of American Adolescents: Substance Use Facts
Teen Health - Daisy-Chaining
Teen Pregnancy
Teen Sexuality - Would you sterilize your teenage daughter?
How kids learn about sex
National Center for Health Statistics on Teen Sexuality
When to have "The Talk"
Teen Sex And Depression Study Finds Most Teens' Mental Health Unaffected By Nonmarital Sex
Is Teen Sex Bad?
Parental Consent by State
Daisy-Chaining
Study Debunks Theory On Teen Sex, Delinquency
Abstinence-only programs aren't certain to curb teen sex
Teen Smoking - Colorado Seeks to Criminalize Youth Tobacco Possession
Teen Suicide
Teen Violence - TV Violence May Spur Aggression in Boys
A Spoonful of Semen
Teens Working
Teeth
Testicular Cancer
Transition - Men May Have Biological Clocks, Too
Twenty-Something
Vets - Wounded Vets Told to Repay Bonuses
Violence - TV Violence May Spur Aggression in Boys
Report Hate-Crimes
Violence Against Women Act
War - Members Warn of "National Crisis" in Military Readiness
17 Suicides a Day
Weight Loss
Women Racers
Women's Issues
Women's Violence - A Spoonful of Semen
Girls Gone Wild
Women and Men
Work - Companies That Hire Home-Based Workers
Office gossip should always be avoided
Women, Education and Earning Power
Gender pay gap myths and 2008
They’re Dirty Jobs, But They Gotta Get Done
Yoga

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