Tag: health

  • Int’l Self-Care Day is July 24th. How Low-Cost Can Self-Care Be?

    International Self-Care Day is July 24th. Self-care often connotes self-indulgence and pampering. You see frequent and tempting images of facials, $1,000 spa packages and what some people call “retail therapy,” which are meant to be prime examples of it. The self-care industry is delighted by that. Providers of self-care services make more money! Some of…

  • Fitness Influencers’ Nonsense Vs. Fitness for Men and Realities of Aging

    Fitness Influencers’ Nonsense Vs. Fitness for Men and Realities of Aging

    Many men want to resemble “Men’s Health” magazine over models; young men, especially. Unfortunately, just like famous models won “the genetic lottery,” few men, even if they had paid for trainers and the ideal foods, are hired as models. To look Adonis-like may have perks. But how much depth is there if the effort rivals…

  • Turn Your Head and Cough book event about “Man Overboard”

    Turn Your Head and Cough book event about “Man Overboard”

    “Turn Your Head and Cough,” a conversation about men’s health with Craig Bowron, MD author of ”Man Overboard” with fellow author William Kreuger. This took place on Jan 22 at independent bookstore Magers & Quinn Booksellers. A few dozen interested people, mostly men, were seated on metal folding chairs facing the ends of bookshelves opposite…