HIV Testing for Men: Why Knowing Your Status Changes Everything
A lot of what men believe about HIV was formed in the 1980s and 1990s and has not been updated since. The picture that comes to mind is a fatal illness, a wasting decline, a…
Understanding Syphilis: Stages, Symptoms, and Why Testing Matters
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For most of the last several decades syphilis was something Canadian physicians read about rather than diagnosed. That has changed. Rates have climbed substantially across Alberta and elsewhere in the country in recent years, including…
Understanding Penile Cancer: A Rare Diagnosis Worth Recognizing
Penile cancer is genuinely rare in Canada, and most men will never encounter it. The difficulty is not how often it occurs but how long it typically takes to reach a physician. The average delay…
Understanding Dependent and Avoidant Patterns in Relationships
Two patterns show up repeatedly in men who come in about relationships, and on the surface they look like opposites. One man cannot tolerate being alone. He organises his life around a partner's moods, avoids…
Understanding Inguinal Hernia in Men: Signs, Repair, and Recovery
Most men notice it in the shower or while getting dressed: a soft bulge low in the groin, sometimes extending toward the scrotum, that appears when standing or straining and disappears on lying down. There…
Protecting Your Kidneys: Understanding Kidney Function as You Age
Kidneys are among the few organs that give no warning at all until a great deal of function has already gone. There is no ache, no change in how much a man passes, and no…
Balanitis and Penile Skin Health: Common Problems, Simple Fixes
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…
Skin Cancer Checks for Outdoor Workers
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…
Understanding Acute Urinary Retention: A Urological Emergency Explained
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…
Understanding Blood Pressure: The Silent Risk Men Ignore
High blood pressure is almost always found by accident. A man goes in about a sore shoulder, or for a driver's medical, or to have a cut looked at, and the cuff reading comes back…