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Women are urged to do self breast exams once each month in order detect any lumps or abnormalities that may be cancer. Men should do a monthly self exam as well...a testicular exam. In 2006, over 8000 new cases of testicular cancer were reported including almost 400 deaths. In addition, 1500 cases of male genital cancer including just under 300 deaths were reported. While testicular cancer is treatable and can be survived, the key to a good prognosis is early detection. A monthly testicular exam will help you detect any lumps, tenderness and abnormalities that could be cancer. Doing a monthly testicular exam will familiarize you with what's normal for your body allowing you to identify any changes that may occur from month to month. The key to a good prognosis and the successful treatment of testicular or genital cancer is early detection. Learn how to do your testicular self exam with this step-by-step guide...it may just save your life.

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You might want time to stand still but at some point you know you'll have to visit the doctor. So why the reluctance? I've listed 10 of the known reasons, but why not add your views and experiences and help us understand more about why men don't like visiting the doctor.

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When it comes to asking for advice men don't exactly jump to the front of the queue. Men too easily play down their symptoms, or they will until things have gone too far and become hard to treat. Even when men do visit the doctor they can mess things up by avoiding the real issues or playing their concerns down. If this is you, it could help to have a plan of action when you visit your doctor.

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Not all children are born with a clear-cut gender. There are many reasons for this and if you look at the way in which a fetus's sexual organs develop it is no wonder that things sometimes go wrong. When an infant is born whose sex cannot be easily determined by looking at the external genitalia, it poses a dilemma for medical staff and the baby’s parents. It is not difficult to imagine the consternation for parents if something we all take for granted cannot be stated at the moment of birth, a boy or a girl.

When sexual ambiguity occurs the decision to assign gender has largely been determined by the size of the external genitalia. An operation used to be undertaken soon after birth. But over the years the debate has shifted towards individual rights of the child. Research has shown us that it is not simply an issue of having an operation and administrating hormones. Should doctors and parents allow the child as it grows up to decide or should society learn to accept the existence of a third sex?

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