Publish date: 13 November 2024
November put’s the spotlight on men’s wellbeing with Movember. Men die on average 4.5 years earlier than women, and for largely preventable reasons.
Here’s five ways you can give yourself the best chance at living a healthy and long life.
Stay connected - your friends are important and spending time with them is good for you. Catch up regularly, check in and make time.
You don't need to be an expert and you don't have to be the sole solution, but being there for someone, listening and giving your time can be life saving.
At 50, talk to your doctor about prostrate cancer and whether it's right for you to have a PSA test. If you are of African or Caribbean descent or have a father or brother with prostrate cancer, you should be having this conversation at 45.
Know your numbers, know your risk, talk to your doctor.
Get to know what's normal for your testicles. Give them a check regularly and go to the doctor if something doesn't feel right.
Add more activity to your day. Do more of what makes you feel good.
Take a walking meeting, park further away from the station, get off the bus a stop or two earleir, instead of the lift, take the stairs and cycle to work instead of driving.
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