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International network of men’s health organisations and others working for gender-sensitive health care worldwide. Visit our website at gamh.org.

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 28/09/2026
In Canada, researchers in Ontario found a dramatic increase in emergency department visits in the past few years, following the rapid growth of online gambling and the legalisation of betting on single sports events - it is, of course, mostly men and boys ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
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More people are seeking emergency care for gambling, a new study says — and it’s mostly men and boys | RCI
Research in Ontario measured steep rise in hospital visits since province's online gambling rules were relaxed
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 28/09/2026
The State of American Men 2026 report from Equimundo, YouGov, and Young Men Research Project finds economic uncertainty among men aged 18-29 in 2026. Most believe they’ve got it worse than previous generations. But yearning for the past isn’t limited to the economy www.equimundo.org/resources/st...
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State of American Men 2026 | Equimundo
Promoting nurturing, equitable, non-violent masculinity since 2011
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 28/09/2026
'The word Gender is being deliberately deleted. Erasing it costs lives.' Philanthropy blog Alliance argues that this erasure undermines what can be 'measured, funded, litigated, and resisted' and calls on the UN's next secretary general to defend 'gender' www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/the-war...
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The war on a word, and why the UN’s next Secretary-General must defend it - Alliance magazine
‘Gender’ is being deliberately deleted. Erasing it costs lives. Defending it is what we ask of the next UN Secretary-General. On his first day back in office in January 2025, President Donald Trump si...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 28/09/2026
Men experience more cancer than women worldwide. But the impact of modifiable lifestyle choices and other health conditions on this gap varies from country to country. 11 measured factors accounted for 84% of the male-female gap in China but only 26% in the UK. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Disparities in Cancer Incidence by Sex and Associated Lifestyle Factors and Health Conditions
This cohort study evaluates the contribution of lifestyle factors and health conditions to sex disparities in cancer incidence across populations.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 25/09/2026
The BMJ's study of the prevalence, detection, treatment and control of hypertension or high blood pressure in England underlines the gender gap: the age-standardised prevalence in men is 41.9% compared to 28.6% in women. bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/3/...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 21/09/2026
Germany’s federal government is hosting an International Conference on Boys and Men in Berlin on 20 November including sessions on positive masculinities, education, radicalisation, the manosphere, work, fatherhood and care, gaming, racism and sports bmbfsfj-veranstaltungen.bafza.de/en/internati...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 21/09/2026
Health follows football? A review of the Football Cooperative initiative, an Irish social enterprise using recreational football as a gender-responsive mechanism for men’s health, to sustain engagement and create conditions in which health benefits follow academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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Health follows football: a reflexive thematic analysis of culture, masculinity, and men’s wellbeing in recreational football
Abstract. Men carrying the greatest burden of preventable ill health are among the least likely to be reached by conventional health promotion. Football-ba
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 18/09/2026
More on the international fertility crisis. This time from UK Conservative peer Camilla Cavendish and her book Generation Maybe. Some interesting ideas here… www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 17/09/2026
A reminder of the European Cancer Organisation roundtable on: Men and Cancer – Distinct Challenges, Distinct Opportunities on Wed 23rd Septs which will be co-chaired by our CEO Peter Baker. There is a very impressive panel of speakers! us.list-manage.com/NUms3EpR5oU?...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 15/09/2026
The Real Face of Men’s Health: Scotland Report 2026 from Movember shows that men in Scotland are 50% more likely than women to die prematurely, a gap found in every single Scottish Parliamentary constituency. movember.com/news/time-fo...
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Time for action. The real face of men’s health in Scotland | Movember
More than 35 Scottish men die before 75 every day. Movember's new report lays out the scale of the crisis, and calls for action.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 15/09/2026
On 23 Sept, our CEO Peter Baker will, along with Prof. Peter Albers, be co-chairing the European Cancer Organisation online Community365 roundtable on ‘Men and Cancer: Distinct Challenges, Distinct Opportunities’ www.europeancancer.org/events/450:m...
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Community 365 Roundtable | 'Men and Cancer: Distinct Challenges, Dis...
Men still hit obstacles at every stage of cancer care – from prevention and early detection through treatment and life afterwards. Many are raised to tough things out and avoid asking for help. Add i....
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 07/09/2026
This afternoon we're convening a roundtable meeting in Cape Town of men’s health stakeholders to discuss the key issues for men’s health in South Africa, including reflecting on the impact and future of the national men’s health policy that lapsed in 2025. gamh.org/national-pol...
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National Men’s Health Policies - GLOBAL ACTION ON MEN’S HEALTH
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 02/09/2026
Today, we're joining organisations across the sector calling on for fairer parental leave in the UK. The Parental Leave Review concludes this year. Let's reshape leave and pay in ways that advance gender equality, improve health of parents and carers, and better reflect the realities of family life
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 01/09/2026
A new study has identified why many men struggle with weight loss, finding that traditional diet programs are often perceived as too restrictive and primarily aimed at women www.news-medical.net/news/2026082...
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Men see traditional dieting as restrictive and female-focused, study finds
A new study has identified why many men struggle with weight loss, finding that traditional diet programmes are often perceived as too restrictive and primarily aimed at women.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 01/09/2026
In the UK, the Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys annual report "Missing Men" 2026 shows that on 25 indicators across 4 essential areas - employment, education, health and crime – many men and boys are living worse lives than before the Covid pandemic www.menandboys.org.uk/policy-and-r...
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Missing Men Annual Report 2026: Lives of many men and boys still worse than before the pandemic | CPRMB
CPRMB's unique annual report "Missing Men" 2026 shows many men and boys are living worse lives than they were before the pandemic.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 01/09/2026
A new report from Canada shows why improving mental health support for young men must go beyond access alone. Services must be designed in ways 16-29 year-olds can recognise, trust, use and continue using www.mhrc.ca/mens-mental-...
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From Silence to Support: Building Better Mental Health Supports for Young Men — Mental Health Research Canada
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 26/08/2026
A new report from global alliance the Lung Policy Network shares 4 lessons from #Europe on building effective, sustainable lung cancer screening. Vital for men who remain more likely to get and die from the disease although the gap is narrowing. www.lungcancerpolicynetwork.com/work/screeni...
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Advancing lung cancer screening: learning from implementation in Europe
This report develops on the Network’s inaugural report on screening implementation, updated to reflect the rapidly evolving European policy and implementation landscape. It is designed as both a pract...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 21/08/2026
Link between heart disease and cancer higher in men. In a new long-term study, the lifetime risk of cancer in those with cardiovascular disease (CVD) was higher in men (17.3%) than women (12.8%). (Cancer risk was 10.2% for men without CVD and 8.2% for women.) www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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UK men with heart disease at higher risk of developing and dying from cancer
Decade-long study finds stark gender difference in outcomes of people with heart disease
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 20/08/2026
It calls itself a movement, a brotherhood, a path to success. It presents as the antidote to a society that has failed you. That is a lie. It is a multi-billion-$ industry that feeds on the loneliness, economic anxiety, and identity of young men. New report. www.equimundo.org/resources/th...
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The Grift Economy | Equimundo
An Equimundo and Reset Tech report covering the grift economy's actors, tactics, and effects on young men's well-being.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 19/08/2026
'Many of my male clients expected to find fulfilment from their career, marriage and home. Instead, they feel grief.' Insight into what's really bugging men from one particular US-based psychotherapist www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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The men I see in therapy did everything right. So why do they feel so empty?
Many of my clients expected to find fulfillment from their career, marriage and home. Instead, they feel grief
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 19/08/2026
Analysis of road traffic accidents internationally since 1990 places road injuries as the leading global cause of death among males aged 10–39. In the past decade, many countries reduced road injuries significantly but some, including the USA, saw increases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 19/08/2026
Silicosis: Latino men who cut artificial stone countertops in California, USA are falling ill from an incurable and deadly lung disease at an alarming rate, a new study finds. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Hundreds of California stonecutters fall ill with deadly disease ‘for a product we do not need’
Latino men who cut artificial stone countertops in California are falling ill from an incurable and deadly lung disease at an alarming rate, a new study finds.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 19/08/2026
Men’s higher tuberculosis incidence may be down to greater risk of infection, rather than a greater likelihood of the infection progressing to disease suggesting a need for prevention and screening strategies that address sex-specific patterns of TB exposure. www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
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Sex differences in tuberculosis incidence: a pooled analysis of 11 prospective cohort studies
In these cohorts, males had a higher prevalence of baseline TB infection, but no clear excess risk of subsequent TB disease after accounting for baseline infection status. These findings suggest that ...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 17/08/2026
“These guys come to us in the fertility clinics, [...] They’ve been on testosterone for a long time, and nobody has told them that it's going to make them infertile.” www.iflscience.com/t-maxxing-an...
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T-Maxxing And A "High-T" US Military – Everywhere You Look, Men Are Being Sold Testosterone And "It's Very Frightening"
“These guys come to us in the fertility clinics, [...] They’ve been on testosterone for a long time, and nobody has told them that it's going to make them infertile.”
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 13/08/2026
1 in 3 US adults don't think they've heard of HPV or the HPV vaccine yet it prevents not only cervical cancer in women, but also multiple cancers in men. Important article in @washingtonpost.com – a newspaper that has the slogan: Democracy Dies in Darkness. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | This important cancer prevention tool is tragically underused
The HPV vaccine prevents not only cervical cancer in women, but also multiple cancers in men.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 12/08/2026
Panel Discussion @ the Global Health Hub Germany: Beyond Biology - How Gender Norms Shape HealthSystems and Outcomes www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mOD...
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Panel Discussion Beyond Biology: How Gender Norms Shape HealthSystems and Outcomes. GHT 2026
YouTube video by Global Health Hub Germany
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 06/08/2026
How much difference could greater uptake of preventive health checks make? Say participation in England's NHS Health Check rose to the original target of 75%? Preprint by Joshua Card-Gowers & colleagues from the Movember Institute of Men's Health on our LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/posts/nhs-he...
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NHS Health Checks: Health & Economic Impact | Global Action on Men's Health
✅How much difference could greater uptake of preventive health checks make? A new preprint, led by Joshua Card-Gowers and colleagues from the Movember Institute of Men's Health, examines what could h...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 06/08/2026
Registration is open for the European Cancer Organisation's Community 365 Roundtable 'Men and Cancer: Distinct Challenges, Distinct Opportunities' www.europeancancer.org/events/450:m...
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Community 365 Roundtable | 'Men and Cancer: Distinct Challenges, Dis...
Men still hit obstacles at every stage of cancer care – from prevention and early detection through treatment and life afterwards. Many are raised to tough things out and avoid asking for help. Add i....
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 06/08/2026
The Nation says that the US defense secretary Pete Hegseth's policy is peddling damaging stereotypes and a very narrow view of masculinity. Spot on. But perhaps this is the step that highlights the absurdity of the current testosterone obsession? www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Hegseth’s Testosterone Program Is a Disservice to Men
By measuring manliness by muscle and testosterone levels, the defense secretary is peddling damaging stereotypes and legitimizing a narrow view of masculinity.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 31/07/2026
A new study of men in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus highlights that dominant norms around masculinity – which value independence, control, and strength – discourage men from asking for help, often until problems have become severe mfj.se/en/articles/...
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New Study: Men seek support – but are limited by masculinity norms
A new report highlights that dominant norms around masculinity – which value independence, emotional control, and strength – discourage men from showing vulnerability or asking for help. As a result, ...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 30/07/2026
Improved self-care could be one way to reduce the immense pressure on health systems across the world. Article cites our recent report Men & Self-Care - A Critical Gap in Health Policy & Practice www.biopharmatrend.com/business-int...
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Self-Care Is Not a Product, It’s Critical Infrastructure: Why We Must Work Together to Make Health Systems Resilient.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 28/07/2026
What's the best thing to do for erection problems? A qualitative evidence synthesis investigating men’s clinical experiences, psychosocial challenges, and decision-making related to help-seeking and treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Men’s Experiences and Decision-Making in Erectile Dysfunction Treatment: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis
This paper presents a qualitative evidence synthesis investigating men’s clinical experiences, psychosocial challenges, and decision-making related to help-seeking and treatment for erectile dysfuncti...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 28/07/2026
Fed up with men? Young women show more fluidity among who they’re attracted to; men are more likely to be exclusively gay or straight. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/new-...
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New research shows women are moving away from heterosexuality - LGBTQ Nation
Young women show more fluidity among who they're attracted to; men are more likely to be exclusively gay or straight.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 27/07/2026
In England, the Local Government Association have published a guide to the key questions elected members need to ask of officers and partners to ensure local action aligns with the national men's health strategy www.local.gov.uk/publications...
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Must know: Supporting men’s health
This must know guide gives elected members the key questions to ask of officers and partners, so that local action lines up with the national strategy and improves outcomes for men in their communitie...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 27/07/2026
Developments in male birth control: '5 or 10 years from now, we see a lot of options other than just saying you can have a vasectomy, use a condom, or that’s about it' www.endocrinologyadvisor.com/features/mal...
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Male Birth Control: Moving Beyond the Dual-Option Contraceptive Toolkit
Explore the evolving landscape of male contraception, including novel nonhormonal pills and injectable hydrogels in clinical trials.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 24/07/2026
The speech of Dan Repacholi, Australia's first-ever Special Envoy for Men's Health, at the Labor National Conference regarding the men's health amendment www.health.gov.au/ministers/th...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 24/07/2026
In the USA, Senators Ruben Galego (D-AZ) and Roger Marshall (R-KY) have introduced a bill to improve men's health and set up an Office of Men's Health. A companion bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in February mailchi.mp/gallego/sena...
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Senators Gallego, Marshall Introduce Bill to Establish Office of Men’s Health
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 21/07/2026
And now The Conversation joins the, er conversation on testosterone and the military theconversation.com/testosterone...
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Testosterone and combat readiness: what does the evidence really show?
Testosterone testing for soldiers sounds simple, but a low result rarely tells you why – or what to do about it.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 21/07/2026
Traffic kills. In 2023, road injuries were the leading global cause of death among males aged 10–39. Road injury incidence rates were higher in males than females in all age groups, except among under 5s. In males, incidence peaked aged 20–29. New Lancet paper. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Global, regional, and national burden of road injuries 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Although global incidence, mortality, and DALY rates from road injuries have declined, progress remains uneven, with pronounced disparities across income groups reflecting systemic inadequacies in inf...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 21/07/2026
The latest issue of our newsletter Global Men's Health News is now available. Follow the link and you can also sign up for future issues to be delivered free direct to your in-box. mailchi.mp/gamh.org/you...
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Your international men's health newsletter from GAMH
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 21/07/2026
The most recent webinar in our popular Men, Cancer and HPV series is now available on our YouTube channel.‘Reframing HPV Prevention: The Role of Male Vaccination in Advancing Female Vaccine Uptake’ shows how vaccinating males actually IMPROVES the vaccination of females. youtu.be/zI1c0yzQLJY?...
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Reframing HPV Prevention: The Role of Male Vaccination in Advancing Female Vaccine Uptake
YouTube video by Global Action on Men's Health
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 21/07/2026
Men are more likely to die from cancer than women. Is this because they tend to be diagnosed at a later stage, perhaps after the cancer has spread? A new paper looking at gender-differences across 30 cancer sites suggests it might be. The key question now is why. aacrjournals.org/cebp/article...
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Sex Differences in Cancer Stage at Diagnosis of Nonreproductive Solid Organ Tumors in the United States, 2015 to 2022
AbstractBackground:. Men are more likely to die from cancer than women, which may partly be explained by differences in diagnosis stage. This pan-cancer analysis examined sex differences in cancer sta...
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Men's Health Forum @menshealthforum.org.uk · 20/07/2026
The economic cost of poor health: a report from the Health Foundation says that restoring the UK's health to 2014 levels would unlock £57 billion in additional annual economic output (or 2% of GDP) www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 20/07/2026
Unsurprisingly, doctors are questioning the Pentagon's plan for testosterone screening for the US military. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Doctors question evidence behind Pentagon plan for testosterone screening
Pete Hegseth announced that soldiers aged 30 and older in the US military will be screened for low testosterone
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 10/07/2026
The workshop runs from 10amBST to 12 on both days!
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 17/07/2026
An overview of masculinity studies from the Movember Institute of Men’s Health calls for broader approaches. Adopting a ‘strengths-based’ approach could help offer a clearer picture of what it looks like when men are thriving. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 17/07/2026
Focal therapy - a less invasive treatment for prostate cancer – is just as effective as surgery or radiotherapy but with a lower risk of side effects, a major study suggests. It uses high-intensity ultrasound or freezing cryotherapy to destroy cancerous tissue. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Prostate cancer trial using focal therapy has fewer side effects
An NHS trial over 10 years followed nearly 3,500 men who received focal therapy, a less invasive treatment.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 14/07/2026
More on testosterone! This time a more nuanced take from @aibm.bsky.social on testosterone and fatherhood. A slight dip in T when you become a dad seems to work best aibm.org/commentary/t...
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Testosterone, fatherhood, and what it means for masculinity
Darby Saxbe examines the role of testosterone in fathering and explains why maxed-out T may not be helpful in the family context.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 14/07/2026
Testosterone Therapy: Does New Evidence Warrant Broader Prescribing? There's anecdotal evidence and then there's proper research. It's not as simple as some would have you believe jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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A Push to Expand Testosterone Therapy Access
This Medical News article discusses a request from the US Department of Health and Human Services to update testosterone therapy product labels following evolving scientific evidence of their safety.
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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 11/07/2026
Contrary to what you might hear from influencers, scientists don't agree on what is affecting male fertility. Perhaps we don't all need testosterone treatment, perhaps we just need to lose weight? Interesting overview in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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‘Spermageddon’: is the world facing a male reproductive crisis?
Reports of falling sperm counts and testosterone levels have fuelled fears over chemicals, pollution and modern lifestyles. But how much do scientists agree on what is affecting male fertility?
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