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Mouth Cancer Awareness Day 2018 targets men over 50

This year’s Mouth Cancer Awareness Day (MCAD) is targeting one of the most at-risk groups for mouth cancer: men over the age of 50. Teaming up with Irish Men Shed’s Association (IMSA), MCAD is encouraging men 50+ to attend their dentist and help curb undetected diagnoses. Around 700 people diagnosed with head and neck cancer … Continued

Gum disease treatment hopeful for prostate sufferers

A study has shown that treating gum disease reduces prostate inflammation, also known as prostatitis. Researchers believe this study proves even further that gum disease is a ‘system-wide condition’ that not only affects the mouth. Researchers studied 27 men, 21 years old and older who had each had a needle biopsy within the past year … Continued

Irish men worry about their ‘yellow teeth’

A male body hang-ups survey revealed that 10% of Irish men fret about their yellow teeth. It may not be a lot, but the results show that body hang-ups, including yellow teeth, knock the confidence of over a third of Irish men. Other insecurities include hair loss (60%), belly or ‘love handles’ (41%) and ‘moobs’ … Continued