Happy Bless Father's Day To Everyone!

How To Keep Dad Healthy

  It is quite common for men to ignore physical symptoms and health problems — taking a huge gamble with their lives. Research finds that men are 24 percent less likely than women to have visited their doctor.

In addition, men are about 30 percent more likely than women to be hospitalized for preventable conditions such as congestive heart failure and complications from diabetes.

Men are so good at taking care of their cars—tell them to think of their bodies in the same way.

A Man’s Guide To Staying Young

(BlackDoctor.org) — Most of the anti-aging articles printed lately are geared toward women, but what about men? Men want to remain virile and handsome as they age, too. While aging is inevitable, feeling older doesn’t have to be. A number of anti-aging strategies can hold back the hands of time and improve a man’s health and longevity.

There is no scientific evidence that anti-aging supplements, such as growth hormone, DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) and testosterone, can improve longevity. On the other hand, lifestyle changes have proven longevity benefits.

Here are six tried-and-true strategies for living longer:

By Charlene Muhammad -National Correspondent-

Black fathers: Still valuable, still needed

(FinalCall.com) - Being a father is difficult. And for a Black man in America, it's twice as hard due to multiple challenges including disproportionately high incarceration rates and massive joblessness.

But Black fatherhood isn't based solely on how much money men give women or child support checks they pay through the courts, family advocates say. It's knowing Black men still matter and are vital in the lives of their children, families and communities despite the challenges they face.

The Need for, and the Search for, 'Father'

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To all the men who may be reading this: You can’t be a ‘father’ without God. You don’t know how to be a father or a husband without God. And as men, it has been our failure to submit to God that has weakened us in our ability to be a father or a husband. When you rebel against God, you weaken your own power to provide a place for your wife, to provide a wholesome environment for your children.

Read the entire article HERE.

The New York Week That Was (Subway Series Edition)

  In the previous 15 years of Subway Series history, the New York Mets have won the season series twice. In those other 13 years, the New York Yankees won seven times and there have been six ties. But every year, the Mets and their fans hope for a different outcome, hope that things will finally break their way, as they uncharacteristically did in 2004 and 2008. Unfortunately, it's like wishing that nightfall will never come or hoping that the earth will stop revolving around the sun or that the laws of nature will somehow change. But, of course, the sun always sets and the laws of nature remain intact, and like those inevitable facts, the Yankees usually prevail over the Mets.