Erection may be heart attack warning
Scientists have pinpointed an invaluable indicator of men's health: the penis.
Men’s Health
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Exercise is good for the body
Healthy eating coupled with regular physical exercise can go a long way in prolonging your life. The World Health Organisation's (WHO's) recent recommendation is for people to take, at least, 30 minutes exercising five days a week.
MSM health risks
Dr. Mmatsie Manentsa, a doctor at Zuzimpilo Clinic, in Johannesburg, is passionate about providing quality service to men who have sex with men, otherwise known as MSM. She spoke to Siphosethu Stuurman about HIV and other health risks that pose a great challenge to this group.
Birth control for men
Most men believe that birth control is a woman's responsibility and, to a certain extent, they are supported by women in that view. For instance, the majority of men will never have a vasectomy - the only birth control procedure for men. But why is that?
Expanding medical male circumcision Living with AIDS # 494
Six new additional centres offering medical male circumcision services will open in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Gauteng as from next January until the end of 2012.
The king, the car and the clamp
An expensive gift has cast new shadows over the Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health's controversial decision to purchase and use an unsafe circumcision device called the Tara Klamp.
Community reacts to medical male circumcision Living with AIDS # 485
The community of Soweto, the sprawling township to the south of Johannesburg, has welcomed the rollout of medical male circumcision in the area.
Rolling out medical male circumcision in Gauteng Living with AIDS # 484
As part of the country's effort to roll out medical male circumcision in a bid to reduce HIV infection among men, the Gauteng Health Department has set itself a target to circumcise about 125 000 men by March next year.
Circumcision proves yet again that it can reduce HIV Living with AIDS # 483
Medical male circumcision has helped reduce HIV acquisition among men in the Orange Farm area, south of Johannesburg, by about 76% since the rollout of the intervention three years ago.
Circumcision demand shoots up Living with AIDS # 479
The winter months are normally associated with the traditional circumcision season in South Africa. Thus, it is not entirely surprising that clinics that offer medical male circumcision are also experiencing a surge in the number of boys who want to be circumcised this winter.
The state of medical male circumcision
Over 100 000 South African young men were circumcised in the last financial year in the government's programme to integrate medical male circumcision into the country's HIV prevention strategy.
Medical vs traditional male circumcision debate rages Living with AIDS # 466
The Health Department's drive to circumcise as many men as possible to reduce their risk of contracting HIV has ignited fierce debate among young men.
TAC tackles the Tara Klamp
The Treatment Action Campaign has published a four part series on what they call 'a massive unethical medical intervention' in Kwazulu-Natal.
Secrets and Lies
For years South Africans battled to learn their sexual alphabet- A abstain, B be faithful and C condomise. Sexual behaviour has proved stubbornly resistant to change. The majority of people still do not understand that regular unprotected sex with more than one partner increases the risk of infection dramatically.
Moulding men you can count on Living with AIDS # 442
Research shows that men are the main drivers of the HIV epidemic. Men transmit HIV to women, who, in turn, can infect their babies if they fall pregnant. But this can be prevented if men become a part of the woman's pregnancy.
