Women may hold the key to men’s health
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A men’s health researcher, who recently visited Australia, believes that a better understanding of profound gender differences could hold the key to improving men’s health.
Professor Ian Banks says that women play a pivotal role in the health of men in the community.
He believes that most of the responsibility for men’s health falls on women in the family and many men actually avoid going to the doctor because they are fearful of the diagnosis.
This explains why for a range of conditions including melanoma, where men have a lower incidence than women, they actually suffer a higher mortality rate because they delay diagnosis and treatment.
