Men should take June to get healthy

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Many health conditions can be prevented or detected early with regular checkups from your healthcare provider. Regular screenings may include blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, prostate health and more. Did you know that women are 100 percent more likely than men to visit a doctor for annual exams? Recognizing and preventing men’s health problems isn’t just a man’s issue. Because of its impact on wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters, men’s health is truly a family issue.

As we prepare to celebrate Father’s Day, I encourage all men to recognize the importance of seeking preventative, timely and appropriate medical care. Let all of us — men and women — remain mindful important role preventative medical care, daily exercise, a balanced diet and refraining from smoking can have in our lives and the lives of our loved ones.

Ladies, this June, which is Men’s Health Month, encourage the men in your life to eat healthy, exercise daily and visit the doctor for regular checkups. Are you ready to man-up and schedule a doctor’s appointment this June?

If you don’t have health insurance, the Cancer Services Program of Fulton, Montgomery and Schenectady Counties (CSP) may be able to assist you with some of these annual screenings. CSP provides free mammograms and pap tests to eligible women 40 and older, and colon cancer screenings to eligible men and women 50 and older. For more information, please call 518- 841-3726.

Suzanne Hagadorn

Amsterdam

The writer is health education and promotion coordinator for CSP Fulton, Montgomery andSchenectady.