News stories on men’s health
Endowed: Regulating the Male Sexed Body. By Michael Thomson. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2008. 194 pp. www.taylorandfrancis.com. No price stated but website gives price as 18.99 British pounds. Keele University Law Professor Michael Thomson has published his first book, and it’s a flawed yet truly thought-provoking examination of various aspects of the...
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Tags: endowed, men's health, ncfm, penis, steven svoboda, viagra
Posted in Action, Activities, Circumcision, Contraception, Health Men, Steven Svoboda, Esq. | No Comments »
Stop Exploiting Africans — Circumcision Does Not Stop AIDS by JerryTheOther The ushers at the Brooklyn Academy of Music were as stunned as Bill and Chelsea Clinton – patrons usually don’t stand mid-performance and shout slogans at the stage – so no one should blame them for not restoring order. That night, March 4th,...
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Tags: bill clinton, bloodstained man, Chelsea Clinton, circucision, clinton foundation, hillary clinton, intactivist, president clinton
Posted in Circumcision, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Genital Mutilation, Health Girls, Health Men, Legislation Bad | 6 Comments »
This brand new Belgian study confirms what the study in Denmark found:Â “This study confirms the importance of the foreskin for penile sensitivity, overall sexual satisfaction, and penile functioning. Furthermore, this study shows that a higher percentage of circumcised men experience discomfort or pain and unusual sensations as compared with the uncircumcised population. Before circumcision...
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Tags: circumcision, foreskin, genital mutilation
Posted in Action, Activities, Circumcision, Health Children, Health Men, Marc Angelucci, Esq. | 2 Comments »
Women’s Duty To Men by JOE ZAMBONI on DECEMBER 28, 2012 The duties that American men have to American women are many, and consistently enforced by a variety of heavy-handed mechanisms such as mandatory jail-time, court-imposed fines, the yanking of your driver’s license, and separation from your children. As if that wasn’t enough to force you to...
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Tags: joe zamboni, mens rights, national coalition for men, ncfm
Posted in Fathers, Health Men, Marriage, Masculinity, Other | 4 Comments »
NCFM NOTE:Â Mr. Svoboda is one of the world’s leading anti-circumcision experts and advocates. He is a Human Rights Attorney and President of Attorneys for the Rights of Children. You can follow his work more closely at the ARC website. Neonatal Circumcision Violates Children’s Rights, Needlessly Amputating Functional Tissue The long awaited circumcision policy...
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Tags: arc, attorneys for the rights of children, children's rights, circumcision, discrimination against boys, discrimination against men, mens rights, national coalition for men, ncfm, svoboda
Posted in Activities, Circumcision, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Health Men, Steven Svoboda, Esq. | 3 Comments »
Knights of 21st Century in Lebanon aims for better days By ANDREA GILLHOOLLEYLebanon Daily News Updated:  09/04/2012 09:07:53 AM EDT The Lebanon Knights of the 21st Century lead team prepares for the third year of the program, which starts Sept. 11 above Legends Café, 9 S. Ninth St., Lebanon. Shown are, from...
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Tags: Good Thing, Knights of the 21st Century, mens rights, national coalition for men, ncfm, support group, support group for men
Posted in Activities, Fathers, Health Men, NCFM in the news, Programs Good | 1 Comment »
latimes.com Letters: Circumcision and STDs August 24, 2012 Re “Circumcision‘s decline could be costly,” Aug. 21 How does it make sense to remove a healthy erotogenic organ from a baby boy to avoid the possibility of contracting sexually transmitted diseases in the future? By that reasoning, why not remove one testicle from every boy...
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Tags: children rights, circumcision, marc angelucci, mens rights, national coalition for men, ncfm
Posted in Activities, Circumcision, Health Boys, Health Men, Marc Angelucci, Esq., NCFM in the news | No Comments »
Now that men and women pay equally for healthcare, shouldn’t men receive equal coverage when it comes to fully covered services? Shouldn’t there finally be a government health office dealing with men’s health? Men and women should sign this petition no matter if they agree with the Affordable Care Act or not. The Act...
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Tags: healthcare, howard goldman, men's health, mens health, mens rights, national coalition for men, ncfm, obama care, obamacare, women's health, womens health
Posted in Activities, Discrimination Against Males, Health Men, Health Women, Howard Goldman, War Against Men | 5 Comments »
From the Equal Justice Foundation Editor’s note: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects untold numbers of American service members and veterans and the problems with OEF/OIF veterans are only beginning. What is easy to overlook is the toll taken on their family members. Battling Bare, a group of women married to PTSD sufferers is...
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Tags: charles corry, domestic violence, equal justice foundation, mental health, military, national coalition for men, ncfm, post traumatic stress syndrome, PTSD
Posted in Charles Corry, Guest, Health Men, Military, PTSD | 2 Comments »
NCFM NOTE: Here’s another study showing the importance of fathers in their children’s lives. Boys without their biological fathers, if they are lucky grow into men, will be men with the highest probability of being imprisoned and costing our society the greatest. Interestingly, perhaps by design, those systems that educate, discipline, identify, intervene, re...
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Tags: behavioral problems, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, dads, Department of Medicine, discrimination against males, Dr Paul Ramchandani, fatherlessness, fathers, Imperial College London, importance of dads, importance of fathers, national coalition for men, ncfm, parenting, raising a child
Posted in Discrimination Against Males, Guest, Health Boys, Health Children, Health Girls, Health Men, Health Women, International, Myths, Study/Research | No Comments »