ALL ABOUT MEN’S HEALTH


Date to


remember 25 SEPTEMBER NATIONAL FITNESS DAY Celebrate the fun of fitness and physical activity (nationalfitnessday.com).


Men’s


health news


Football fans, take note


When your football team loses, it could be bad for your heart. Polish experts have found lost football games may trigger heart attacks in male fans1


.


“The mental and emotional stress of defeat


can provoke cardiac events,” says researcher Dr Lukasz Kuzma.


“Fans, particularly men with unhealthy lifestyles, should take up regular exercise and avoid smoking and excessive


CORONAVIRUS AND THE GENDER GAP


Men may not be as worried about developing Covid-19 as women, yet they’re more likely to get severe symptoms if they’re infected with the virus.


A UK survey found 52% of women said they were concerned about the spread of the coronavirus, compared with 44% of men3


. A separate


study suggests men with coronavirus are twice as likely as women to need intensive care4


.


alcohol consumption,” he adds. “These steps are the key to supporting your favourite team as long as you wish without damaging your own health.”


DID YOU KNOW?


The number of men dying from prostate cancer is expected to fall in this year by almost 10%5


. The reason? Better


diagnosis and treatment, say European researchers.


Symptom awareness also helps. If you need to urinate more often than usual, if you have to strain while urinating or you get the feeling your bladder hasn’t emptied fully, see your GP. It doesn’t mean you have prostate cancer, but it’s important to get yourself checked out.


S M A R T S T A T


Men, on average, may take


50%


longer than women to clear the coronavirus infection2


.


1. European Society of Cardiology 2. MedRxiv 3. Covid-19 Social Study


4. The Lancet 5. Annals of Internal Medicine


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