Conditions & Diseases

Read about these com­mon men’s health con­di­tions and treat­ment that are avail­able so you can enjoy a healthy, active lifestyle as you age.

The endocrine sys­tem secretes 50 dif­fer­ent hor­mones through­out your body and each plays a vital role in main­tain­ing home­osta­sis, or sta­ble body func­tions. The fol­low­ing are five hor­mones and the most com­mon imbal­ances in both men and women.

Screen­ings are used to detect can­cer in peo­ple who have lit­tle to no symp­toms. Reg­u­lar screen­ings give you the best chance of find­ing can­cer ear­ly — when it’s small and before it has spread. Duly Health and Care offers var­i­ous can­cer screen­ings to help you live your health­i­est, hap­pi­est life. 

There is no short­age of infor­ma­tion on the inter­net about erec­tile dys­func­tion; the prob­lem is the infor­ma­tion is not always accu­rate. Erec­tile dys­func­tion affects an esti­mat­ed 18 mil­lion men in the US alone. One of the main­stays in treat­ing erec­tile dys­func­tion is through oral med­ica­tion, with Via­gra® being one of the most preva­lent and well-known brands on the mar­ket to treat sex­u­al function.

Hav­ing trou­ble with your feet? You may be one of the many peo­ple who are expe­ri­enc­ing a com­mon skin issue called Tinea Pedis, or Ath­lete’s Foot. This prob­lem refers to a fun­gal infec­tion of the skin that can occur in between the toes, or on the bot­tom of the foot. The symp­toms of infec­tion can include scal­ing, fis­sures, itch­ing, red­ness, and most notably, mac­er­a­tion (a white mushy like appear­ance of the skin) in between the toes. Some­times an odor may be present. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, this infec­tion is extreme­ly com­mon, seen main­ly in young to mid­dle-aged men; how­ev­er, women can also be affected.

When check­ing your skin for melanoma, per­haps you think of the dark mole on your back or the asym­met­ri­cal freck­le on your chest. By assess­ing sus­pi­cious spots on your skin, you’re tak­ing the first step to melanoma pre­ven­tion and ear­ly detec­tion. Whether you’re using the Ugly Duck­ling method or the ABC’s tech­nique, it is impor­tant that you and your der­ma­tol­o­gist per­form a thor­ough skin exam­i­na­tion, includ­ing places that might not nor­mal­ly come to mind.

Melanoma is the most dan­ger­ous form of skin can­cer and devel­ops when unre­paired DNA dam­age to skin cells (usu­al­ly from sun­shine or tan­ning beds) trig­gers muta­tions that lead to skin cells mul­ti­ply­ing rapid­ly to form tumors. While melanoma is not the most com­mon skin can­cer, it is the most dead­ly since it can spread to oth­er parts of the body where it is hard­er to treat.

May is Nation­al Osteo­poro­sis Month, a great time to set the record straight about this debil­i­tat­ing and poten­tial­ly dead­ly dis­ease. While it’s the most com­mon type of bone dis­ease, mis­un­der­stand­ing exists about who can suf­fer from it and what can be done to pre­vent it.

When feel­ing under the weath­er, how can you tell if you’re expe­ri­enc­ing envi­ron­men­tal aller­gies or a com­mon cold? Our Cold vs. Aller­gies Guide can help you sort through the symp­toms to clar­i­fy your con­di­tion and find treat­ment options that offer relief.

Sores in and around the mouth can be a source of embar­rass­ment for many peo­ple. How­ev­er not all sores are the same. Pri­mar­i­ly there are three dif­fer­ent types of sores that can occur in the mouth; canker sores, cold sores and oral can­cer lesions. Under­stand­ing the dif­fer­ence between these three types can help you make wise deci­sions and stay healthy.