Men’s health awareness: your health check and useful resources

11 June 2024

Men's Health Week invites men to take notice: what’s going on in your body and your mind?

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Men’s Health Week is an annual initiative that aims to raise awareness of the biggest health issues facing men. That includes mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. One man in five dies before the age of 65, but Men's Health Week says we can all change this.

The NHS can give you a health check if you’re aged 40 to 74 and have not had a stroke or do not have a pre-existing health condition. This could give you peace of mind that everything is ticking along ok under your bonnet. Or it may make you aware of issues you might need to keep an eye on.

If you can’t access a health check on the NHS, you might want to try your own health check: Men’s Health Forum has come up with a DIY guide with simple tests and quizzes you can do to check how you are. You can also use tools such as its Man MOT guide (view in full on this page) to ask yourself further key questions about your health and set yourself challenges to be healthier.

Below, we’ve linked to a range of resources on our website that can help you understand more about different health issues and where to get further help – alongside a list of links to more information on men's health issues.

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