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The habits you keep today can influence your health tomorrow. With that in mind, here are five easy ways men can take cancer prevention into their own hands.
• Move It: Exercise is one of the best ways to lessen your cancer risk — and you don’t have to slog on a treadmill. Take advantage of the sunshine and walk when you can. You don’t have to run marathons. Any activity — including walking at a brisk pace — can help prevent cancer, even if you don’t lose weight.


• Protect Yourself from the Sun: Men are twice as likely as women to die from melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. While the disease may not show up until later in life, sunburns in your younger years may be important to its development. Older men are also at greatest risk for this serious cancer because they may not know how to recognize a cancerous mole. Start protecting yourself now by staying safe in the sun and avoiding it in the middle of the day, when rays are the harshest.


• Load Up on Produce: In-season fruits and vegetables can give your next meal a cancer-fighting kick. Tomatoes and watermelon, for example, are great sources of lycopene, and studies suggest that eating more fruits and vegetables high in lycopene may reduce your prostate cancer risk.
• Go Easy at the Grill: There’s no easier way to cook than grilling a piece of meat, but too much barbecuing may not be good for your gut. Evidence suggests that the compounds formed when meat is cooked at a high temperature may be associated with an increased risk of cancer, particularly colorectal cancer,.


• Don’t Go Up in Smoke: According to the World Health Organization, far more men than women smoke. And it’s not only cigarettes that are worrisome: cigars, hookah, marijuana, electronic cigarettes — all of them contain harmful carcinogens that have been linked to cancer.


• Go Easy at the Grill: There’s no easier way to cook than grilling a piece of meat, but too much barbecuing may not be good for your gut. Evidence suggests that the compounds formed when meat is cooked at a high temperature may be associated with an increased risk of cancer, particularly colorectal cancer,.
• Don’t Go Up in Smoke: According to the World Health Organization, far more men than women smoke. And it’s not only cigarettes that are worrisome: cigars, hookah, marijuana, electronic cigarettes — all of them contain harmful carcinogens that have been linked to cancer.

Men's Health Awareness Campaign Insights & News
 

March is colorectal cancer awareness month

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Testicular Cancer Awareness Month

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Sun Safety Tips for Men

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Your day may be today

More than 34 million Americans still smoke cigarettes, and smoking remains the single largest preventable cause of death and illness in the world. Smoking causes an estimated 480,000 dea...

 

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Prostate cancer affects more than 3 million men every year, worldwide. 1 in 9 men in the US will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018. Early detection and a regular screening plan a...

 

Zerocancer.org offers free Prostate Cancer Resource

A prostate cancer diagnosis can be scary and overwhelming, but finding helpful resources to aid in your fight shouldn’t be. Zerocancer.org developed a guide for newly- diagnosed men and...

 

Be Sun Smart in the Sun City

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9 Tips to Prevent Prostate Cancer

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Do I Have Testicular Cancer?

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Testicular Cancer: Symptoms and Signs

Usually, an enlarged testicle or a small lump or area of hardness are the first signs of testicular cancer. Any lump, enlargement, hardness, pain, or tenderness should be evaluated b...

 

Treating Testicular Cancer

Making treatment decisions. In recent years, a lot of progress has been made in treating testicular cancer. Surgical methods have been refined, and doctors know more about the best wa...

 

How Can I Detect Testicular Cancer?

You can detect testicular cancer by doing a monthly testicular self-exam. Such an exam is a way that men can look for signs of cancer of the testicles. To do a self-exam, follow thes...

 

Movember Foundation launches new campaign

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