Mud glorious mud ... The joys of being a boy.
I’m as much of a fan of martial arts as I am of major dental work. But this week, as I watched my little boy wrap a white belt around his skinny waist, join a line of his mates and learn to kick, my ...
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The Middle Men
Wednesday 30 May, 10:00pm
The concept of ‘middle age’ is changing as recent generations are living longer and healthier lives. Men in the 21st Century are entering their ‘second adulthoods’ in radically different...
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By SUSAN GREGORY THOMAS
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When K.J. Wiemer got married in the 1990s, he didn't think he was becoming a husband. Rather, he says, he saw himself as "one of two 20-something professionals living together, who were now entering the phase of 'o...
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Approximately 60% of Australian men will suffer significant hair loss by the age of 50, and 80% of men will experience hair loss in their lifetime. For many men, hair loss has a detrimental effect on their self-esteem, leading to issues in aspects of d...
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In this month's issue:
choice and control the key to wellbeing
a shed load of stories
Current Training Programs
Effective Ways of Engaging Men
Role of Pharmacists in men's health
Blacks back on track
Qigong
news briefs
Men can suffer postnatal depress...
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In this month's issue:
Dear Doctor, these mags are killing me
effects of the recession on European men
Current Training Programs
Effective Ways of Engaging Men
Effective Men’s Health Promotion
‘Linking Up’ Conference, May 1 & 2 ...
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The White Ribbon Foundation is an organisation that works to prevent male violence towards women – a goal that is extremely worthy and worth supporting. The White Ribbon website states that “all forms of violence are unacceptable,” ho...
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The Men's Health Peer Education (MHPE) program was funded as part of the supplementary package of support provided by the Australian Government in response to the validated findings of the Vietnam Veterans' Health Study.
The MHPE program trains volunte...
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The Men's Health Peer Education (MHPE) program was funded as part of the supplementary package of support provided by the Australian Government in response to the validated findings of the Vietnam Veterans' Health Study.
The MHPE program trains volunte...
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The Family Action Centre in conjunction with Interrelate Family Centres is developing a Masters Degree in Family Studies. They would like this program to assist you to meet your organisation's changing needs for qualified staff, and to be relevant and ...
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The Odyssey Program is here to help Australian teenage boys become the best men they can be!
The Program visits secondary schools with a fun and engaging day of workshops jam-packed with information ...
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In this month's issue:
men’s health week 2012 launched
marking World Kidney Day
Training Programs
Effective Ways of Engaging Men
Effective Men’s Health Promotion
Important new men’s health survey
mate to mate program launched
2 out ...
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Today the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australia's so-called impartial statistical body released its Gender Indicators report: "a summary of gender specific data in six domains representing Economic security, Education, Health, Work and famil...
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The Public Health Association of Australia in partnership with Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia invite you to participate in the first Australian conference to bring together practitioners, policy makers, scholars, educators and others enthu...
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