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The Doctor Will See You Now! Men have good reason to hate physical exams. But running from the doctor can be a serious mistake. There are three statements that seem very difficult, if not impossible, for most men to make:
I am lost and I need directions.
I’m afraid I can’t fix this leaky faucet.
I think I need to see a doctor.
As a physician, it is this third one that intrigues me most. I have known men to delay evaluation of a hernia until it grew from the size of a grape to the size of a grapefruit. I have known others whose prostate glands enlarged to resemble bowling balls, both in size and consistency, before admitting there was the possibility of a problem.
The Cancer You're Gonna Get! If you live long enough, you are going to get prostate cancer. Half of all men have it by age 70 and 90 percent by age 95. Before you start reviewing your will, let me slip you the good news. Though prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and the second leading cause of death, only one in six men will have it diagnosed and only one in 32 will die from it.
Many men's prostate cancer is so insignificant that it is never diagnosed. When your doctor does find it, you are still more likely to die from some other cause.
That doesn't mean you can say, "No worries, mate!" In 2003, 189,000 men will be diagnosed with this disease and 32,000 will die. It is much more common and deadly in African Americans and seems to run in some families.
"OK," you say, "How can I prevent it?"
Man of Steel Dennis Rogers: From 79-pound weakling to world-class strongman. Dennis Rogers doesn't need a red cape and a blue spandex suit to perform seemingly superhuman feats. He does it the old-fashioned way: brute strength.
As an internationally recognized strongman, Rogers can lift refrigerators with one finger, roll up frying pans in his hand and even stop planes from moving forward. The 49-year-old does all this (and more) at 5 feet 9-1/2 inches tall, weighing in at a slight 169 pounds.
The feats are a far cry from his youth. When Rogers entered his freshman year of high school, he was 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighed a mere 79 pounds.
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