MEN'S HEALTH SITE CATEGORIES

GENERAL MEN'S HEALTH

American Assembly for Men in Nursing
The purpose of this organization is to provide a framework for nurses, as a group, to meet, to discuss and influence factors, which affect men as nurses.
Phone: 518-782-9400
Email: aamn@aamn.org

Ask NOAH About: Men's Health 
Specific issues are discussed such as hair loss, impotence, plastic surgery, safe sex, stress and testicle self exams. Resource and many other topics of interest to men.

The Center for Men at McLean Hospital
Dr. Pollack is a well-respected author of a number of books, including the recently published REAL BOYS: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood. Besides his writings and talks on the psychology of men and boys, he is the director of The Center for Men at McLean Hospital, which provides comprehensive services for men and the important people in their lives.
Phone: 617-969-1247   E-mail: info@williampollack.com

drkoop.com: Men's Health
Discussion about general health, diet and nutrition, exercise and fitness, stress and anxiety and sexual health.

HealthCentral: Men's Health
HealthCentral seeks to provide original, trustworthy, up-to-date and personalized online healthcare information. Their goal is to become the consumer's most trusted and complete online source of healthcare information and products.
Phone: 510.250.2500
E-mail: communications@healthcentral.com

INTEGRIS Health: Men's health
INTEGRIS Health Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation. It was organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma for charitable, scientific and educational purposes and specifically to engage in the delivery of health-care services and related activities.

Male Health Center: Internet Education Site
The Male Health Center was the first center in the United States specializing in male health. The Male Health Center is located in Dallas, Texas, and attracts hundreds of patients from across the United States.

Mayo Clinic Men's Health Center
Offers advice and information about men's health issues. Testicular and prostate cancer, impotence and fitness. Health topics unique to men. News and research, treatment and prevention.

mediconsult.com Men's Health Page
Our mission is to provide timely, comprehensive, and accessible medical information on chronic medical conditions, utilizing the latest available technology to deliver information efficiently. We are completely independent of any hospital , drug company, HMO, hospital, or other health care organization in order to ensure unbiased, objective, credible information. All information that appears on our site must pass a rigorous clinical review process before we deem it worthy of you.

Men's Care
Informative animations and covers health issues including primarily the prostate, bph, cancer, and cardivascular disease.

Men's Health Center -Catholic Healthcare West
The Men's Health Center at the new Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) site features valuable information on men's health subjects like hair loss, testicular cancer, prostate cancer, and more.  Visitors can also take short online Health Risk Assessment tests to determine their health status and identify ways to improve their life expectancy.

Men's Health Consulting
MHC promotes better health in men by offering a variety of services designed to help men - as well as their families, employers, parents, educators, policy makers, and health professionals - understand and address how masculinity can damage men's health and well-being.

Men's Health Forum
Improve men's health by bringing together and working with interested organizations and individuals in the UK.

Men's Health Issues 
From University of Texas, Houston Medical School.

Men's Health Network & The Men's/Fathers Hotline
The Men/Fathers HOTLINE is a crisis line for men and fathers needing help with domestic and/or health problems. Callers are referred to local, state, or national assistance programs that can help them solve their problems. The HOTLINE is a service of the Men's Health Network of Washington, D.C. The MEN'S HEALTH NETWORK (MHN) was created to squarely face the growing number of health problems among men.

National Institute of Mental Health Real Men Real, Depression campaign
By sharing their personal stories of depression, treatment, and recovery, these men are helping NIMH reach out to increase public awareness of depression in men, and are making a powerful contribution to help other men recognize depression.

NurseLookup.com
The mission of this web site is to help prospective and current male nurses understand men are an important part of nursing and to help anyone else to understand concerns and interests men in nursing have.

PROSTATE CANCER

MaleCare.com Men Fighting cancer together - A men's cancer care site:  Info on all aspects of uniquely male cancer-related concerns, including dozens of pages in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Hebrew.

Prostate Health
A place where men and their families can interact with others to make certain that they feel comfortable about their prostate treatment... today and for the future. 

Prostate Cancer Foundation
The Prostate Cancer Foundation is a non-profit public charity dedicated to finding a cure for prostate cancer by rapidly funding promising basic and clinical research.

Prostate Cancer Research Institute
The Prostate Cancer Research Institute's goal is to help educate people about prostate cancer to improve their communication with their physicians in order to arrive at the best possible outcomes.

MALECARE: Prostate cancer support and treatment
Malecare works worldwide to improve the lives of men, thier families and communities by making health services safe, available, and sustainable. We provide technical assistance, training, and information, with a focus on practical solutions that improve services where resources are scarce.
Malecare, Inc., Suite 12A-13, 125 Second Avenue, New York NY 10003

University of Michigan Prostate Cancer Home Page
A professional prostate cancer resource page.

Urogenital.com
Men's urogenital development, anatomy, and physiology. Infertility, impotence, gynecomstia, common disorders and treatments, sexually transmitted diseases. Part of the ALtruis Biomedical Network.

WebMD
A consumer health information site regarding men's conditions.

World Congress on Men's Health
WCMH provides global and timely information and exchange of experiences regarding all mens health issues within the international scientific network and multidisciplinary societies of physicians.It aims to increase public and health professionals awareness of sex- and genderspecific medicine, targeted to reduce the existing morbidity, mortality, and longevity-gap between genders.

TESTICULAR CANCER

The Lance Armstrong Foundation
The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) believes that in your battle with cancer, knowledge is power and attitude is everything. Founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and cycling champion Lance Armstrong, the LAF provides the practical information and tools people living with cancer need to live strong.

MaleCare.com Men Fighting cancer together - A men's cancer care site:  Info on all aspects of uniquely male cancer-related concerns, including dozens of pages in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Hebrew.

The Sean Kimerling Testicular Cancer Foundation
The Sean Kimerling Testicular Cancer Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of testicular cancer and the need for regular self-examination.

CIRCUMCISION

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Artificial foreskin - SenSlip
Exclusively for circumcised men, the SenSlip will help to restore the sensitivity of the penis, and protect the glans from the dryness and chafing caused by constant exposure to, and rubbing against, clothing. It looks, feels and works similar to a real foreskin.
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Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
An international network of attorneys now addresses the multi-faceted issue of male genital mutilation, euphemistically termed circumcision. Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC) is a non-profit organization founded to secure equal protection for, and broaden judicial and public recognition of, children's inherent legal and human rights to physical integrity and self-determination, regardless of gender. The medical profession, in particular, has perpetuated the tragic disfigurement of baby boys' genitals and will be challenged by an organization of legal professionals whom they cannot afford to ignore.
Contact: ARC, 2961 Ashby Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705
Phone:   510-595-5550
E-mail:  J. Steven Svoboda  

Circumcision Web
A new Internet resource, providing information about all aspects of the genital surgery known as circumcision.  The Circumcision Reference Library contains technical material, medical and historical articles, and statistics.  The Circumcision Information Pages contain a more readable collection of information, suitable for parents and educators.  This site has links to information on the rights of the child, religious issues, and related issues.

Circumcision Information Resource Centre  Canada
The Circumcision Information Resource Centre is an organization that provides information regarding non-religious infant circumcision and related topics.

Circumcision: The Virtual Journal
The first peer-reviewed medical journal appearing exclusively in virtual format.
Editor Robert S. Van Howe, M.D. F.A.A.P.
E-mail: vanhower@dgabby.mfldclin.edu

Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)
A rapidly growing organization of physicians who are opposed to routine neonatal circumcision.  These doctors recognize that no one has the right to forcibly remove sexual body parts from another individual.  They also believe that doctors should have no role in this painful, unnecessary procedure inflicted on the newborn.   Maintained by George C. Denniston, M.D.
Email: gcd@u.washington.edu

Circumcision Resource Center
A nonprofit educational organization with the purpose of informing the public and professionals about the practice of circumcision.  The Center is a valuable source of information for parents and children's advocates; childbirth educators and allied professionals; medical, mental health, and academic people; Jews; and others.

INTACT
Intact's purpose is to end non-therapeutic male infant circumcision. Intact works to this end through increased public awareness, legislation, and litigation. Intact also seeks to have male infant circumcision internationally recognized as a human rights violation. Intact offers a video of a circumcision that any parent considering circumcision for their child should see.
E-Mail: Lawrence Barichello lawrence@intact.ca

The International Coalition for Genital Integrity
The International Coalition for Genital Integrity is an alliance of organizations dedicated to protecting the normal anatomy of males, females and the intersexed, and supporter of the Genital Integrity Resolution. ICGI was formed to coalesce the many activist organizations, each with a specific focus, into one, common voice. Added to them are organizations and companies who also agree that every human has a right to a whole and intact body. Organizational members include healthcare professionals, psychologists, researchers, attorneys, journalists, ethicists, academicians, and citizen activists dedicated to ending unnecessary genital cutting.
Dan Bollinger, Executive Director, 765-497-0150
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The Intact Network
Learn about the wonderful foreskin, the physical and neural anatomy, function, dynamics, sensuousness and the protection it affords the natural penis. The only item the traveler need take along on this journey is an open mind and a willingness to learn.
E-mail: intactnetwork@geocities.com

Mothers Against Circumcision
An organization dedicated to informing and educating parent about the harm of circumcision.

NOCIRC
National Organization of Circumcision Resource Centers.  Dedicated to making a safer world, NOCIRC is a non-profit educational organization committed to securing the birthright of male and female children and babies to keep their sexual organs intact.

NOHARM Home Page
A national, non-violent, direct action network of men organized against routine infant circumcision.  We educate men about the purposes and benefits of normal male genitalia and the deception behind circumcision to help Americans recognize its impact on human rights.  We support and empower men to voice their concerns by involvement in local and national efforts to end circumcision.  With a firm policy against racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia and anti-Semitism, we impugn no race or religion, but assert that an intact body is a universal human right.

NORM
The National Organization of Restoring Men is dedicated to providing an arena in which circumcised men can share their concerns without fear of being ridiculed for a desire to be intact and whole again. A safe place is provided to discuss goals and learn about methods and techniques of restoration and to discover those methods that will work best for each individual. Further, the aim is to help men regain a sense of self-directedness -- physically as well as emotionally.

NORM UK
NORM UK seeks to advance the education of the public in all matters relating to circumcision and other forms of surgical alteration of the genitals, including alternative treatments and offering information and advice on such matters

Not Just Skin
We all care deeply about the well-being of the children in our lives. Yet in the United States alone, more than one million boys, thousands of intersex children, and an unknown number of girls are subjected to surgical alteration of their genitals every year. These surgeries violate the individual's right to an intact body, endanger safety, and interfere with healthy sexuality.
Ryan McAllister, Ph.D.  ryan@notjustskin.org

Nurses for the Rights of the Child
Nurses for the Rights of the Child is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the rights of infants and children to bodily integrity. It was founded in June, 1995 by a group of nurses who had become R.N. Conscientious Objectors to infant circumcision at St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They seek to protect unconsenting infants and children from surgical alterations of their healthy genitals.

Foreskin Restoration Chat
An information based and real-time chat and forum site for men undergoing non-surgical foreskin restoration.
daemus@canada.com

The Ridged Band
These Web pages are based on established anatomy and unpublished functional studies. The authors aim to generate some interest in the foreskin, what it is and what it does. “RIDGED BAND” is the name given recently by Canadian medical researchers to a unique part of the human male foreskin (prepuce).    John R. Taylor, MB, MRCPEd, FRCPC and Harry Meislahn are responsible for the site content. Dr. Taylor is the co-author of two anatomical studies of the prepuce; he and his colleagues first described the ridged band in the British Journal of Urology in 1996.

Stop Infant Circumcision Society
We protest all involuntary genital cutting, lobby Congress, and plan to petition the Supreme Court to put an end to the unnecessary and inhumane anti-medical mutilation called circumcision.
PO Box 320233
Cocoa Beach, FL 32932-0233
321-243-0178 (C), 321-783-6383 (H)
 

SEXUALITY

The Sexual Recovery Institute
The Sexual Recovery Institute is a specialty therapy agency directed toward the elimination of sexual behaviors which cause people to have unwanted consequences or losses in their lives.

e-Penis.net
Penile anatomy and functions. Erection, impotence, treatments, common disorders, sexually transmitted disease. Part of the ALtruis Biomedical Network.

e-Testicles.com
Testicular anatomy and functions. Spermatogenesis, hormonal regulation, testicular cancer, common disorders. Part of the ALtruis Biomedical Network.

BOOKS & MAGAZINES

Men's Health Magazine
On-line version of the popular National magazine.

Men's Health Week
Featuring information about activities surrounding National Men's Health Week.

MEN ALIVE
Jed Diamond, a "men's movement" figure for over a decade and author of Male Menopause has created a site with information about the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of male menopause and the Third Age of Life, the challenges we face as we move past childhood and adulthood into elderhood. E-mail: jed@menalive.com