| A recent survey made public a sad fact; over a third | | | | explain other way, the big difference in the resources |
| of American men have not claimed any kind of | | | | allocated to prostate cancer and breast cancer? It is |
| medical care last year. The same survey concluded | | | | a reality that breast cancer is much better resourced |
| that around nine million American men have not | | | | than men's cancers, despite of fact prostate cancer |
| visited a professional health care in the last five | | | | kills around 10,000 men a year - four times the |
| years. | | | | number of women killed by cervical cancer, which |
| You might think men do not need health care, but | | | | also receives much more resources. |
| you're certainly wrong. They just ignore their | | | | This and social attitudes regarding men's health mean |
| condition as it is well-known that men have less | | | | that men have a lower life expectancy, a higher |
| healthy lifestyle. They generally drink and smoke | | | | death rate from cancer than women and a higher |
| more than women do. They are prone to enjoy | | | | suicide rate the Men's Health Forum said. |
| fearless, dangerous, risky behaviors. As a | | | | Do not think I'm a man and I just want a piece of |
| consequence of their ignorance, they suffer more | | | | women's pie for my fellows. You will be wrong. I just |
| from certain diseases. | | | | want equal opportunities for men and their health |
| As I said before, men just pay no attention to their | | | | care. Besides my opinion, there is one serious |
| situation. But the worst think is that society itself | | | | motivation society must allocate more funds for |
| ignore men's situation. According to a men's health | | | | men's information and provide more health care for |
| group, for every £1 spent on men's health, | | | | them: children need both parents to be happy. |
| £8 is spent on women's health. How would that | | | | |