Movember: Raising Awareness and Funds for Male Diseases

2023-11-05 08:34:00

During the month of November, grow a mustache and raise funds. – Credit:FREDERIC CIROU / AltoPress / PhotoAlto via AFP

After Pink October, here is Blue November. This month is also known as the name “Movember” and puts the spotlight on… the mustache. For thirty days, bacchante raises awareness of male diseases. “Generally, men die 4 to 5 years earlier than women and from causes that are largely preventable. Which means that this does not need to be true: we can all mobilize to live healthier, happier and longer lives,” points out the Movember association. Today, it has already funded 1,250 medical research programs since 2003.

READ ALSO Is male masturbation good for your health? In 2018, 59,885 new cases of prostate cancer have been diagnosed in France, which is the most common, both in men and in the general population. “Prostate cancer is a disease that develops from initially normal prostate cells which transform and multiply in an anarchic manner, until forming a mass called a malignant tumor”, summarizes the National Cancer Institute (Inca). The majority of prostate cancers are adenocarcinomas (90%) and they develop from the cells that make up the tissue lining the prostate (called epithelial cells).

Male diseases, what are we talking regarding?

This cancer is generally discovered during a PSA measurement and/or an abnormality in the consistency of the prostate when touched. […] Read more

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