Men's Health

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Health & Medicine

Male infertility may be the world’s ‘canary down a coal mine’

A global team of experts has made ten crucial recommendations to urgently tackle the worldwide decline in male fertility

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Health & Medicine

Untangling men’s depression and suicide

Strengthening men’s social connections and understanding more about what male depression ‘looks like’ could be key steps to engage men with services to reduce male suicide

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Health & Medicine

Growing nerves to restore erectile function

Research is showing that a new microsurgery procedure to regrow nerves to the penis severed during a prostatectomy can successfully restore a man’s ability to have an erection

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Health & Medicine

How challenging masculine stereotypes is good for men

The American Psychological Association’s new guidelines recognise traditional masculinity as being harmful to men themselves. Here are the key messages we all need to know.

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Health & Medicine

Prostate cancer: Starving out the enemy

By blocking a cancer cell’s access to the ‘fuel’ it needs to grow, researchers hope to develop a new therapy for prostate cancer

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Sciences & Technology

‘Safe’ herbicide in Australian water affects male fertility

Scientists are calling for a herbicide banned in the European Union for the last 15 years to be withdrawn in Australia for its effect on male fertility

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Health & Medicine

Disability, thoughts of suicide and Australian men

It’s a difficult subject, but men in Australia are much more at risk of having suicidal thoughts than women; now, new research looks at what this means for Australian men with a disability

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Health & Medicine

Men’s self-reliance linked to risk of self-harm

Data from nearly 14,000 men shows those who strongly identify as self-reliant are more likely to have suicidal thoughts

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