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Healthy living
Eat a well-balanced diet, get plenty of exercise and sleep, drink in moderation and learn new ways to manage stress. Head off health problems by keeping track of changes in your body and protecting yourself from accidents and injury.
- Men's health
- Health checks for women
- Alcohol
- Body image - men
- Drink driving
- Early death - how to reduce your risk
- Exercise - injury prevention
- Healthy eating tips
- Physical activity - it's important
- Physical activity - men
Relationships
Healthy relationships mean connecting to others, sharing thoughts and feelings, and learning to listen. Make time for the important people in your life. Support is available to help you learn new ways to foster good relationships.
- Dementia - men and caring
- Domestic violence - why men abuse women
- Family break up - how to cope
- Family conflict - how to cope
- Relationship support services
- Relationships - when partners become parents
- Sexual assault
- Single parenting
- Stepfamilies
Sex and sexuality
Sexuality can be expressed in many ways. Feeling good about yourself and respecting your sexual partner are the key. Communicate openly about issues such as sexual desire, contraception and safe sex. Common problems for men include impotence, premature ejaculation or libido issues.
Health conditions
Common health conditions that affect men include stress, depression, hair loss, snoring, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and prostate or testicular problems. Regular check-ups and screening tests can help you stay healthy and pick up early warning signs.
- Androgen deficiency in men
- Depression in men
- Diabetes and erectile dysfunction
- Epididymitis
- Hair loss
- Hair loss treatments
- Klinefelter syndrome
Reproductive system
Find out more about fertility and infertility, reproduction, genital care and common problems of the male reproductive system.
- Reproduction in men
- Androgen deficiency in men
- Circumcision
- Circumcision - surgical procedures
- Erectile dysfunction
- Erectile dysfunction treatments
- Foreskin care
- Infertility - female
- Infertility - male
- Male menopause
- Undescended testicles
Sexually transmissible infections (STIs)
Taking care of your sexual health means protecting yourself and your sexual partner(s). Find out more about sexually transmissible infections and their effects. Safe sex, including condom use, is the best way to protect against STIs.
- Chlamydia
- Epididymitis
- Genital herpes
- Genital warts
- Gonorrhoea
- HIV and AIDS
- Non-specific urethritis
- Pubic lice (crabs)
- Sexually transmissible infections - signs and symptoms
- Syphilis
- Trichomoniasis
Quiz
Test your knowledge about men’s health with quizzes on body image and the male reproductive system.
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