Miner MM, Heidelbaugh J, Paulos M, Seftel AD, Jameson J, Kaplan SA. The Intersection of Medicine and Urology: An Emerging Paradigm of Sexual Function, Cardiometabolic Risk, Bone Health, and Men’s Health Centers. Medical Clinics of North America 2018;102:399-415. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025712517301888
KEY POINTS
· Men’s mental health and how they think about their health are critical to the future of men’s health. Poor health choice patterns are established during those years under the age of 50 when men are twice as likely to die compared with women.
· As the future of medicine focuses on quality and value, a better understanding of the social determinants of men’s health will identify potential areas of improvement.
· The presentation of a man to a clinician’s office with a sexual health complaint should present an opportunity for a more complete evaluation, notably the complaint of erectile dysfunction.
· The future of men’s health will be well served by integrated men’s health centers that focus on the entire man, with proper education and testing and careful shared decision making between patient and provider.
KEY POINTS
· Men’s mental health and how they think about their health are critical to the future of men’s health. Poor health choice patterns are established during those years under the age of 50 when men are twice as likely to die compared with women.
· As the future of medicine focuses on quality and value, a better understanding of the social determinants of men’s health will identify potential areas of improvement.
· The presentation of a man to a clinician’s office with a sexual health complaint should present an opportunity for a more complete evaluation, notably the complaint of erectile dysfunction.
· The future of men’s health will be well served by integrated men’s health centers that focus on the entire man, with proper education and testing and careful shared decision making between patient and provider.
