Men too often are dying of preventable diseases in America. Cancer, heart disease and suicide are among the causes.
Inattention to both their mental and physical health has led to these outcomes for males.
On this episode of the Tennessee Voices video podcast, Dr. Sal Giorgianni, senior medical adviser for the Men's Health Network, and Mike Leventhal, executive director of Men's Health Network-Tennessee, spoke about their work.
They discussed some of the cultural and societal factors that affect men from taking care of their health such as a "shake it off" mentality to not regularly visiting a medical professional for an annual checkup, which could prevent serious illness.