Why men often die earlier than women

Death visits men before women. Men, on average, die about five years earlier than women. Men’s behavior plays a huge role in why they tend to die younger, said Ronald Levant, a professor of psychology at the University of Akron in Ohio. Some men who endorse and conform to “traditional masculine norms” have higher mortality…

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Men slow to accept HPV treatment

Some men do not even know they are killers. There are many misconceptions that say the human papillomavirus (HPV) only affects women, but men are certainly not in the clear. About one in four people in the United States are currently infected with some form of HPV, which is the most common sexually transmitted disease…

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