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CHECK UP OR CHECK OUT
Did you Know?
- Almost 30% of men are clinically obese (at least 30 pounds overweight.)
- A waist mesurement of 37 inches suggests that you are probably overweight; over 40 inches suggests obesity.
- 3,000 calories a day will keep a 168-pound 19-24 year old at the same weight. For a man over 25, just 2,700 will have the same result.
- American women live nearly 6 years more than men.
- A recent poll indicates men have more trouble than women discussing health concerns with their doctors.
- Women make 150,000,000 more visits to the doctor each year than men.
- Skin cancer in the US. Regular moles are round with even borders, have a uniform brown color and are usually less than a quarter of an inch wide. Cancerous ones are not.
- Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men after skin cancer and the second most common cancer killer of men after lung cancer. If it's more of trickle than a stream when you go, don't waste a second - get it checked out.
- Over the past 20 years, the survival for prostate cancer has increased from 67% to 97%.
- A doctor can examine your prostate gland for abnormal growth in just two minutes. No needles. No special equipment. Immediate results.
- Testicular cancer, the most common cancer in men under 35, can be treated 90% of the time if caught early.
- 29,000 men die from prostate cancer each year.
- The average guy spends 22 years of his life sleeping. A visit to the doctor only takes one hour.
- 33% of 18-29 year-old men have not visited a doctor in the past year.
- 75% of all men regularly service their cars -treat yourself like you treat your ride--CHECK UP or CHECK OUT!
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