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his mid-50s he began booking annual hasn't shaved off and regrown the mous- tache he's had since the mid-1980s for men to take better care of their health with a family history of cancer and visits sooner rather than later when he who are reluctant to be examined closely by their doctor comes from something he toronto-based psychologist and costco member sara dimerman has these suggestions on how to get • tell him you would prefer not to have to manage tell me you're fine and don't need annual exams you because you find out something is wrong when it's too late to do anything about it.” visit with his family doctor while recover- put a stethoscope on king's bare back to of skin on his patient's left shoulder that biopsy revealed it was squamous cell it hadn't spread that experience made king more and friends to cancer and other illnesses fear factor embarrassment may be one barrier to men taking better care of themselves but minerson believes fear is an even find out something is seriously wrong? what about all the people who need and rely on me?" it's no secret that many partners have talk about men's responsibility to them- selves and to each other," says minerson "to make good examples for the other men in their lives." minerson is setting his own good booked his first appointment to talk about prostate cancer and talked to his teenage son about the importance of reg- up to talk to each other and seek support everyone benefits." • if he's afraid of what he his feelings and ask if he'd be willing to see a doctor for you and the kids course of his own life "even if that means that he manages his health differently than you do," dimerman adds.-jd jane doucet is a halifax-based journalist mental health mental health and suicide prevention to its mission "three out of four suicides are by men," says todd min- leading cause of men's pre- mature death or unwellness we decided that if we really have to commit to this." hopes to reduce the rate of male suicides by 25% how? by uniting experts funding new approaches and having conversations that matter.-jd