More Men's Health
About three-quarters of men with low-risk prostate tumors that can safely be ignored for months or years receive aggressive treatment,...
By Jeannine Stein, Los Angeles Times
The news that Delaware Atty. Gen. Beau Biden, age 41, recently suffered a mild stroke probably came as a surprise to many people,...
By Roy M. Wallack
We're 45 minutes up a forbidding Malibu dirt road that climbs 2,200 feet in four miles, and the Wild Man is ahead. Way ahead. Out-of-sight...
By Roy M. Wallack
Nearly six decades ago, a 6-foot-2, rail-thin 17-year-old from Burbank High muffed the kickoff in the last football game of the season. "I...
By Karen Ravn
Studies consistently show that lowering blood pressure significantly lowers the risk of stroke and also, though less dramatically, the...
By Kendall Powell
Say what you will about Mars and Venus, but anatomically, male and female hearts look the same. When healthy, both should be about the...
By Erin Cline Davis
Should statin drugs be put in the water, or what?
By Jill U. Adams
Radio talk show host Don Imus has plenty of company in his recent prostate cancer diagnosis: The disease strikes 1 in 6 American men.
By Karen Ravn, Special to The Times
WE count on them to be strong and supportive, flexible and accommodating, willing to go the extra mile even when we load them down more than...
By Susan Brink
Terry DAVIS didn't know he was having a stroke, much less that, as an African American male, he had a three to four times greater risk of...
By Josh Fischman
MINDING your health is not a young man's game. Muscles work smoothly in the teen years, joints flex easily in the 20s. It seems like men can...
By Bill Becher
Pedaling a bicycle through the morning cold and fog is easy for the first mile. But there are 102 more miles to go on the Solvang Century.
By Bill Becher, Special to The Times
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA roads are full of them -- cyclists shrink-wrapped in colorful Lycra, pedaling custom bicycles that cost more than...
By Bill Becher, Special to The Times
SWEAT glistens on 24-year-old triathlete Lauren Robertson's forehead as she pedals a bicycle hooked up to a computer measuring her power...
By Roy Wallack
"Ouch!" "Oooh!" "Oww!" "Omigod, that hurts!" Those grunts of pain and anguish weren't coming from us -- a group of 10 people running...
By Bill Becher
Race cars often don't have a speedometer. What they do have is a tachometer that shows how fast the engine is revving.
By Bill Becher, Special to The Times
The adage "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" doesn't always apply to distance runners.
By Chris Woolston
Body builders and serious weightlifters aren't exactly known for modest understatement. They often talk about getting "huge" and "ripped,"...
By Chris Woolston,
Americans spend billions on hair-care products each year, a remarkable investment for a part of the body with no real function. We clean it,...
By Chris Woolston
The product: Judging from the slew of energy products taking up space in supermarkets and convenience stores, B vitamins have...
By Chris Woolston
The products: At weight rooms, jogging tracks and football fields across the country, the path to athletic success is often...