Don’t leave the doctor’s office empty. photo: Bart Everson |
According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, American “men are less healthy than women, engage in more high-risk and adverse behaviors than do women, and often have incorrect health beliefs.” They have a shorter lifespan than women, and they have a higher mortality rate for life-threatening diseases.
Yet, according to the CDC, women are 100% more likely to seek preventative healthcare than men. The AAFP maintains that 55% of men haven’t seen a doctor in the past year.
Today, dear reader, you have an opportunity to change that. June is Men’s Health Month, a congressional sponsored month-long event designed to create awareness about men’s health issues.
Since data tells us that your man isn’t likely to embrace this initiative, you need to supply the nudge. Here’s how:
We believe you can:
1) Take control of your own health
2) Become pain-free without invasive procedures or pills
3) Deserve to look and feel great in your body every day.