Help Me Prevaricate With My Physician @5:10 PM
A recent study showing that men—particularly those who are "devoted to traditional beliefs about masculinity"—are far less likely to visit the doctor than women or pussy-ass metrosexuals was not exactly a surprise to anyone, but it hit home personally and caused me to reconsider my own longstanding aversion to having a medical professional look me over and tell me to stop doing everything I enjoy and start doing everything that I don't do already because it's boring or might cause me to sweat. I mean, let's be honest: I am not getting any younger, and the damage I've been doing to my body lo these many years is beginning to take its toll. So I bit the bullet and made an appointment. READ MORE 85
My Snoring Is Going To Kill Me? @3:45 PM
I don't know if it's my advancing years or my expanding waistline, but stories like this one are starting to scare the crap out of me.
Severe nightly episodes of interrupted breathing during sleep – commonly known as sleep apnea – double the risk of death for middle-age men, according to a new study being called the largest ever conducted on the disorder.Even men with moderate sleep apnea – anywhere from 15 to 30 instances of oxygen deprivation per hour – appear to be 45 percent more likely to die from any cause than those who have no nighttime breathing problems.
