There is a particular frustration in being told that nothing is wrong when something clearly is. Chronic scrotal pain — an ache, a dragging heaviness, or a sharper pain in one or both testicles lasting…
The reason most men give for not getting tested is distance or time. The reason underneath that, more often than not, is a picture in their head of how the appointment will go — a…
Circumstances change. A man who was certain at thirty-four that his family was complete may be forty-two, in a new relationship, and facing a partner who wants a child. Or a couple who made the…
Back pain is close to universal in physical trades. Most men who lift, climb, twist under equipment or spend twelve hours in a truck seat will have at least one episode that stops them for…
The antibiotic is usually the easy part. Men leave an STI appointment with a treatment plan and a clear sense of what happens next medically, and then sit in the truck for twenty minutes trying…
Skin problems on the penis have a particular ability to make men uneasy. A rash on an elbow gets shown to a doctor without a second thought; the same rash a few inches lower gets…
A man who has spent twenty years on lease roads, drilling sites, roofs or equipment has accumulated more ultraviolet exposure than almost anyone who deliberately sunbathes. It arrives in small daily instalments rather than in…
A familiar pattern turns up in men's health clinics. A man has burning with urination and perhaps a small amount of discharge. He is tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea, both come back negative, and he…
It is one of the few urological problems that cannot be ignored or put off until a day off work. A man finds he cannot pass urine at all. The bladder keeps filling, the urge…
The supplement aisle at any pharmacy in Grande Prairie carries a row of products aimed squarely at men: testosterone support, male vitality, energy and drive formulas, prostate blends. The packaging is confident, the ingredient lists…
