02. Cancer in South Africa
One in six South African men and one in seven South African women will get cancer during their lives. Cancer can strike anyone at any time.
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03. A vas deferens to your love life
Your partner dislikes using the pill. Neither of you are wild about using condoms. You don’t want any more kids, but are looking for safe, healthy contraception methods.
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04. A snip, that's all
Although the word vasectomy causes many men to grimace in sympathetic pain, it has been a safe, simple and effective means of birth control for an entire generation.
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05. Men with boobs
It’s a rare condition and yes, it happens outside of men’s nightmares. Talking about this is arguably one of the last taboos among men.
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06. Am I having a heart attack?
Thousands of South African men die of heart attacks each year. Here's how to tell if you're having one, and what you should do about it.
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07. The timebomb in your body
Genetically South Africans have inherited high cholesterol levels, making them susceptible to all the problems that go hand-in hand with cholesterol levels that are too high.
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08. Medical costs bleeding you dry?
If your medical costs are bleeding you dry, you are by no means alone. Healthcare is expensive - here's how to cut those costs.
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09. Want a healthy heart?
Heart disease is usually avoidable. Here are a few simple - if not easy - ways to reduce your risk. And need we say it again? It's time to stop smoking.
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10. Don't get stuck-up
Goal-oriented, motivated, driven. You work harder than anyone you know and the results show in your work – and your alimentary canal.
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11. Stay in the spot light
The ancient Egyptians treated it with a mixture of bullocks’ bile, olive oil, ostrich egg, salt and plant resin, mixed to a paste with flour and milk.
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12. No, you're heart is fine
You spend your whole life listening to your heart. It's got a great beat, and you can dance to it. But when it skips, it's amazing how fast you can assume the worst.
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13. One muscle to focus on
A lot of guys are pushing for better defined abs, lats that’ll give their torso the perfect V-shape, or shoulders that’ll make Jean-Claude van Damme reach for a kaftan.
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14. Osteoporosis - Yes, in men
For years scientists branded osteoporosis and resulting hip fractures as a disease suffered exclusively by post-menopausal women. For once men didn’t object to this exclusion.
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15. Worrying about insomnia
Tired of tossing and turning at night, watching the hours tick by and panicking that you will have a rotten day because you haven’t slept at all? Don’t despair, help is at hand.
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16. Insomnia
Insomnia is the inability to sleep, or to sleep satisfactorily, and is the most common sleep disorder. It is an important health problem that deserves serious attention.
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17. Sleepless in Sandton
There’s nothing more frustrating than knowing that you need a good night’s sleep and cursing while the hours tick by. Never fear. Here’s some good advice.
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18. Back killing you?
Is your back killing you? Are you aware of it all the time? So what can you do to prevent or minimise this agony?
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19. Exercises for back pain
If you feel twinges of back pain at the end of the day, try these exercises to alleviate them.
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20. Facts about sleep
For seven or eight hours per day, we go into a profoundly different state – a system – shutdown, if you will. But how much do you really know about sleep?
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21. Stress levels sky-high?
Stress was ideal for man, the hunter-gatherer, and could get him out of trouble when he encountered large, aggressive animals while foraging for food.
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22. Emergency treatment of eye injuries
Ever wondered how to treat chemical burns in your eyes at home, or how to remove a small or large foreign object from your eye? Read these practical guidelines.
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23. No mean feet
Like accountants, they’re indispensable, yet nobody takes much notice of them until something goes wrong. Your feet are important, so pay them some respect.
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24. Overreact to these symptoms
Men tend of overreact to colds and underreact to accidentally lopping of a finger while chopping firewood. Some symptoms should be taken seriously.
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25. Screening tests for men
Most men would rather set their shorts on fire or go to five children's parties in a row than go for a colon cancer screening or a prostate check-up. They could save your life.
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26. Allergies – it’s war
Like all armed forces, your immune system makes mistakes. In real life it's called friendly fire. In your body it’s called an allergic reaction. Learn more about this mechanism.
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27. Shortcut to the future
A vasectomy is the most grown-up thing a man can do. Here’s the honest account on the pros and cons of the “snip”, as experienced and written by a medical journalist.
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28. Hepatitis B and your liver
Imagine a disease far more contagious than HIV, that doesn't go away, that can cause liver cancer and that your child can easily pick up from an infected playmate.
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29. Fix that back pain
It’s been said that three things in life are certain: death, taxes and lower back pain. New findings help us understand more about back pain for how to fix it.
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30. Osteoporosis - a growing problem
Many people accept that becoming smaller and hunched over is a normal part of the ageing process, as are hip replacements. These perceptions are wrong.
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31. When straight lines appear wavy
Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in the developed world and is on the increase.
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32. Emergencies and shock
Shock is an emergency medical condition in which the blood pressure drops so much that not enough blood reaches the body's tissues. Organ damage and death can result.
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33. Colonoscopy – Should you go?
Not quite the test everybody would volunteer for, but a colonoscopy could be a lifesaver. Are you the one whose life may be saved?
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34. Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease belongs to a group of conditions called motor system disorders. It is the result of the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells
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35. The lowdown on circumcision
An expert looks at circumcision, phimosis, paraphimosis and balanitis.
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36. Living a complete life
Being in a wheelchair shouldn’t stop you from having a complete life, says Ian Kern-Martin, who has been living with cerebral palsy since he was diagnosed at the age of 18 months.
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37. When your liver packs up
When Donald Henderson was told he would need a liver transplant due to a bout of hepatitis he had suffered in 1980, his life was changed forever.
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