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It only goes to reason that people who are overweight are harder on their joints and a new study has pointed out that sex is also a factor.
Findings published in an online article in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, showed that women who were considered to be overweight had hip replacements at roughly the same […]
We don’t often think of men having chronic pelvic pain, but they do. Most often, it’s caused by prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate) or a urinary tract infection (UTI), but sometimes, it’s not either of those and no cause is pinpointed.
According to this article, Antibiotics misprescribed in most men with chronic pelvic pain, the […]
While most people think about older, postmenopausal women when osteoporosis is mentioned - men do get this bone-thinning disease as well.
The American College of Physicians issued new screening guidelines in the hopes of catching osteoporosis in men at early enough stages to provide treatment.
The guidelines include a recommendation that men at higher risk of developing […]
We’ve talked a lot about some conditions that affect only women; here is one that causes chronic pain in men: prostatitis, or chronic inflammation of the prostate.
The prostate is a walnut-sized gland that produces semen. Most men have heard of prostate cancer and enlarge prostates, but many don’t know about prostatitis.
The condition is very common […]
Describing pain can be difficult - areas of pain can be vague, as can descriptions of the pain itself.
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has published this drawing for physicians to use to help them to better understand their patients’ pain. Click on the drawing to go directly to their site’s image to […]
A lot of attention is given to women and their risk of osteoporosis, thinning of the bones. Of course, considering that osteoporosis can affect up to half of women over the age of 50 and a quarter of men, the focus on women is understandable. But, we do have to remember that men get osteoporosis […]
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