COMMON AILMENTS IN MEN ~ Honoring Father's Day 2015

A HEALTHY FATHER...

Is A Happy Father because they can better enjoy their children and family as a whole.

MEN'S TOP 5 HEALTH CONCERNS

According to WebMD the top five health concerns in men are:

• Heart Disease

• Stroke

• Prostate Cancer

• Lung Cancer and

• Suicide

HEART DISEASE ~ RISK FACTORS• Increasing age

• Male sex

• Family history and race.Folks with family history of the disease have greater risk. So do African-Americans, Mexican Americans,

• Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and some Asian Americans.

• Smoking

• High blood cholesterol

• High blood pressure

• Physical inactivity

• Obesity and overweight

• Diabetes

STROKE ~ RISK FACTORS• Race. African-Americans have the greater risk than

whites.

• Gender. Stroke is more common in men than in women until age 75.

• Personal history of stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA, or ministroke)

• Diabetes

• High cholesterol

• Heart disease

• Smoking, including secondhand smoke

• Physical inactivity

• Obesity

• Alcohol and substance abuse

PROSTATE CANCER ~ RISK FACOTRS

• Increasing age

• Nationality. The cancer is most common in North America and Northwestern Europe.

• High-fat diet. Men who eat a lot of red meat and high-fat dairy products and not enough fruits and vegetables may have a higher risk.

LUNG CANCER ~ RISK FACTORS

• Smoking

• Exposure to secondhand smoke

• Exposure to asbestos or radon

• Personal history

• Air pollution

SUICIDE/DEPRESSION ~ RISK FACTORS

Studies show Men are four times likely to commit suicide than women, and this is due to depression being under diagnosed in men. Know the signs of Depression:

• "Anger

• Aggression

• Work "burnout"

• Risk-taking behavior

• Midlife crisis

• Alcohol and substance abuse"

(William Pollack, PhD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School)

CREDITS:

WebMD.com

Google.com

(William Pollack, PhD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School)

Use of any images does not imply the person(s) have been diagnosed with any of the ailments in this presentation. Images are used solely to show the Love of Fathers everywhere for their children, and the Love of children everywhere for their Fathers.