Time to talk to a mate?
Talking to a mate might be the best thing you can do We all get stressed out and we all get down. One out of five of us will at some point be diagnosed with a mood or anxiety disorder, and according to the stats, half of us in New Zealand will know a close […]
Go big or go home is bollocks
Go big or go home – not helpful advice guys Inspirational, motivating and macho as hell, but also just the dumbest advice you will ever hear. What started as an ad line for Harley exhaust pipes has become a by-line for achievement through max effort. In fact most of the go-biggers actually do end up […]
It’s a world record we don’t want
New Zealand tops the world in our rates of melanoma and we have the highest melanoma death rates in the world. The findings, published this year in JAMA Dermatology, showed melanoma rates were highest in New Zealand and Australia (combined) in 2020, followed by Western Europe, North America and Northern Europe. Worse, us Kiwis have the highest […]
RNZ’s Jim Mora talks Men’s Health Week
Murph and Jim Mora chat things Men’s Health Week on RNZ’s Sunday Morning JIm Mora and Greg Murphy discuss a range of aspects of Men’s Health Week on Sunday Morning on June 13, the eve of MHW 2021. Greg is a long-time ambassador for Men’s Health Week and speaks passionately about why guys need to […]
Here’s what the doctor says guys
Long-time Auckland GP Dr John Cameron joined TVNZ’s Haley Holt to talk about how the doctor-patient thing works these days. It’s quick, easy and non-judgemental. You chat, they take a bit of blood, that gets tested and the experts get an idea of what’s happening inside of you. Next time you get checked, these are […]
MHW goes where the public are
Men’s Health Week goes where the shoppers are Don’t be surprised to see comedian and MHW ambassador Tom Sainsbury pop up in front of you if you venture into a shopping mall this June. Tom and Gingerbread feature on a range of ‘street furniture’ being utilised as part of the promotion for MHW. […]
Check out a prostate check
Jeremy and Mark double date for a prostate check Sharp presenter Jeremy Wells accompanied MHW ambassador Mark Sainsbury on a double date as part of Men’s Health Week recently. The pair were off to meet another MHW ambassador, Dr Tom Mulholland, who gave each a quick and accurate test of the health of their prostates. There […]
MHW hero is now Sir Buck
Sir Buck Shelford – Men’s Health Week champion We know him as a colossus of New Zealand rugby, unbeaten in 31 tests as All Black captain, brave and unbowed survivor of the ‘Battle of Nantes’. However Buck Shelford has shown in the days since he hung those boots up that he is still a fighter, […]
What’s stopping you seeing a doctor
Men are already on the wrong side of the health statistics.
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