Men's Health News & Features
- Why Men's Lives Are Shorter Than Women's
WebMD explains "Why Men Die First," based on the book by Marianne Legato. Learn what factors lead to the typically shorter life expectancy in men than women.
- Driven to Succeed
NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon's 5 winning secrets for better health.
- Men’s Health Tune-Up Schedule: Medical Tests
Do you want to stay healthy? If so and you’re a man, you need to know what medical tests are essential to men’s health, whether you get yearly checkups or not.
- Men and Hair Loss: What Are the Options?
Men will go to great lengths to prevent and treat hair loss. From toupees to hair transplants to laser combs, find out the bald truth about hair loss products.
- Men on Diets
Think men don’t like to diet? Think again. They just don’t like talking about it that way. Find out why more men are dieting and what you can do if you are one of them to succeed.
- 7 Muscle-Building Strategies for Guys
Experts share strength-training tips for men that yield results quickly.
- 7 Ways High-Tech Gadgets Could Be Hurting You
Sure, they make life easier, but could all this technology be harmful to your health? WebMD gets the experts to weigh in.
- Strength Training: Building Arm Muscles
Building arm muscles is important for doing the activities of daily living as well as for preventing loss of muscle mass. Here are some basic exercises for building biceps and triceps strength.
- Strength Training: Building Chest Muscles
Building chest muscles yields more than a chiseled chest. Strength training exercises for the chest protect against diabetes and help you retain muscle mass during aging and weight loss. Here are some exercises for building chest muscles.
- Strength Training: Building Shoulder and Back Muscles
You use your shoulders every time you move your arms, but back muscles get less exercise. Here are some basic exercises for building shoulder and back strength.
- Lookin’ Good: A Man's Guide
What to look for in male grooming products, from skincare, shampoo, and hair styling to shaving creams, aftershaves, and razor burn remedies. WebMD has asked the experts to describe the important products men should know in order to be groomed the way they want to be groomed.
- The Best Diets for Men
Having trouble finding a good diet? The best diet plan for you may be the one you create yourself. Here’s a survey of popular weight loss plans and advice from one man who tried many of them.
- Exercise Addiction in Men
Do you organize exercise around your life or your life around exercise? Find out how to know if you have an exercise addiction.
- Finding a Personal Trainer
Finding a personal fitness trainer takes some work. Here’s how to get the best match to help you meet your fitness goals.
- 10 Health Benefits of Regular Exercise for Men
Regular, moderate exercise that even a couch potato can manage can provide 10 important health benefits to men — including a longer life. Find out how exercise can help you.
- Male Infertility Treatments
Worried you might be the reason you and your partner can’t conceive? Don’t give up. There’s a good chance that even if you are infertile, the condition can be reversed. Find out what you need to know about treatment for male infertility.
- Gray Anatomy
Should men color their gray hair or celebrate it? Here’s your guide to what you need to know about gray hair.
- Anthony Bourdain's Recipe for a Good Life
Globe-trotting chef Anthony Bourdain talks to WebMD about his guilty pleasures, good and bad health habits, and how becoming a father has changed him.
- Top Men's Health Stories of 2007: Readers' Choice
A list of the 10 most viewed men's health stories on WebMD in 2007.
- Tips for a Successful Doctor Visit
Doctors offer tips to patients for having a good experience at the doctor's office.
- Vasectomy Risks and Benefits
Everything a man should know before having a vasectomy: techniques, cost, pain, risks of failure, and success of vasectomy reversals, as well as information of the risks of prostate cancer and dementia.
- Save Your Prostate: Get a PSA Test
What is a PSA test anyway -- and do you really need to get one?
- Sex: Fact and Fiction
Join us as we separate sex facts from sex myths about average penis size, male multiple orgasms, the location of the G-spot, and how long a guy can last before ejaculation.
- On the Death of My Father
The death of a father triggers a profound ― but complicated ― type of grief. Here is how one son coped.
- Biking and Erectile Dysfunction: A Real Risk?
Some experts say erectile dysfunction may be an unwelcome side effect of bicycle riding.
- How to Stop a Snoring Man
Half of adult men snore -- and many of them don't know they're also waking up several times a night with sleep apnea. Here are the causes and cures from the experts to stop snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.
- How to Find a Gym
How to find a gym: 5 ways to determine whether a fitness club is right for you.
- Secrets to a Happy Marriage
Marriage used to be based on need. Now couples need reasons to stay together. Here’s some expert advice and tips on how to have a happy marriage.
- Great Sex Unzipped
Despite the way men talk, most of us don’t think the sex we’re having is as good as it should be. Here is a guide to great sex and six tips for more sexual pleasure.
- Sexual Foreplay: What’s in It for Men?
Sexual foreplay isn’t just for women. Here are some of the reasons why men avoid sexual foreplay—and why they shouldn’t.
- Overcoming Ejaculation Problems
Too fast? Too slow? How to overcome premature ejaculation, delayed ejaculation, and other ejaculation problems.
- Going Bald: It’s All in Your Head
Going bald? Bald men often feel ashamed and inferior, but they don’t have to. Learn where those feelings come from and how to deal with them.
- Anger Control for Men
Anger can be both healthy and unhealthy. Learn what causes it and what you can do to make it work for you, not against you.
- Admit It, Men: You’re Stressed
Stress in men: An overview that includes how men cope (or don’t cope) with stress, what causes stress. how to preventing stress, recognizing the symptoms of stress, and three easy steps to stress relief.
- Aging Is a Real Pain in the Neck. . .
Aches and pains don’t have to come with age. What causes neck, back, and knee pain, and how to prevent or relieve it with exercise and stretches.
- Don’t Be a Home Improvement Disaster
Before you take on a home improvement project, make sure you know how to do it safely.
- Father's Day Advice for Dad
Does Dad's car get better care than his own health? Here's advice every man needs.
- George Lopez Finds a Perfect Match
When comedian George Lopez needed a new kidney, his wife, Ann, donated one of her own.
- Hair Removal: For Men Only
Experts report that more and more men are opting for the same grooming rights as women – including hair removal for smooth body skin.
- Grooming Essentials for Men: Skin Care and Hair Products
Skin care and hair products aren’t just for women. See which products can help create a well-groomed man.
- Hugh Laurie Makes a House Call
Actor Hugh Laurie is right at home playing Dr. Gregory House on TV; he says he respects physicians -- especially his well-mannered doctor dad. Plus, why he's started boxing in his spare time.
- Skin Care: It's Not Just for Women
Experts explain how men's skin can stay healthier with help from a range of products and regimens.
- Men May Have Biological Clocks, Too
A man's age may affect not only his ability to father a child, but the health of his offspring.
- Hollywood Takes Action on Health
Celebrities are increasingly trying to raise awareness of a variety of health issues.
- Why We Laugh
Laughter is more complicated -- and bizarre -- than you might think.
- What's Your Drinking Personality?
Experts explore the differences in alcohol-induced behaviors.
- It's a Mad World
Why do you get so angry, and what is it doing to your health?
- Vitamins: Separating Fact From Fiction
Experts cut through the hype about the health benefits of vitamin supplements.
- Know How to Spot a Stroke? Most Don't
Seconds count when it comes to surviving a stroke. WebMD tells you how to recognize the warning signs.
- 5 Healthy New Year's Resolutions for Men
Tips for men to get healthy and get fit for the new year.