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10 Medical Tests Men Need « CBS Houston.

The CBS affiliate in Houston had some cheery news for its male viewers today highlighting those diseases that will, in due time, claim their lives. Dreads cited included:

Cholesterol
High blood cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for heart disease.

Blood Pressure
If you have high blood pressure, you may need medication to control it.

Cardiovascular Disease
Beginning at age 45 and through age 79, ask your doctor if you should take aspirin every day to help lower your risk of a heart attack.

Colorectal Cancer
Beginning at age 50 and through age 75, get tested for colorectal cancer.

Other Cancers
Ask your doctor if you should be tested for prostate, lung, oral, skin, or other cancers.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Talk to your doctor to see whether you should be tested for gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, or other sexually transmitted diseases.

HIV
Your doctor may recommend screening for HIV if you:

• Have sex with men.
• Had unprotected sex with multiple partners.
• Have used injected drugs.
• Pay for sex or have sex partners who do.
• Have past or current sex partners who are infected with HIV.
• Are being treated for sexually transmitted diseases.
• Had a blood transfusion between 1978 and 1985.

Depression
If you have felt “down” or hopeless during the past 2 weeks or you have had little interest in doing things you usually enjoy, talk to your doctor about depression. .

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
If you are between the ages of 65 and 75 and have smoked 100 or more cigarettes in your lifetime, ask your doctor to screen you for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. This is an abnormally large or swollen blood vessel in your stomach that can burst without warning.

Diabetes
Diabetes, or high blood sugar, can cause problems with your heart, eyes, feet, kidneys, nerves, and other body parts.

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