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<L: Lisa Jackson, R:Ben Smith<\/p>\nJamestown\u00a0 (JRMC) \u2014 Prostate, testicular cancer, as well as mental health, are key issues facing men.<\/p>\n
<L: Lisa Jackson, R:Ben Smith<\/p>\n
Jamestown High School Head Swim Coach, Ben Smith and men’s health advocate says, \u201cWe all know someone who has dealt with one or more of these issues, or maybe you have personally. Let\u2019s get people talking about men\u2019s health so we can break any stigma.”<\/p>\n
Dr. Christopher Cost, urologist at Jamestown Regional Medical Center, agrees.<\/p>\n
He says, \u201cSilence can be our worst enemy. Talking about these issues and seeing a specialist are the necessary steps to below-the-belt health.”<\/p>\n
Misinformation about men\u2019s health issues is abundant, Dr. Cost said, in part because it\u2019s so private. Some of the most common ailments are incontinence, low energy and erectile dysfunction.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s health is in crisis, according to the Movember Foundation. Men are dying on average six years earlier than women and for largely preventable reasons. Prostate cancer rates will double over the next 15 years. Testicular cancer rates have already doubled in the last 50. And across the world, one man dies by suicide every minute of every day, with males accounting for 60% of all suicides, according to the Movember Foundation website.<\/p>\n
This drove Smith to advocate and raise funds for the national awareness campaign \u201cMovember.\u201d He has already raised $3,000 and half will go JRMC awareness efforts through \u201cGrowvember\u201d and the JRMC Cancer Center. T-shirts are available from Orriginals at their website www.orriginals.com\/movember-apparel\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dr. Cost says there are essential questions to ask: How often do you go to the bathroom? When you go, is it urgent? Do you have blood in your urine? How are things in the bedroom? Are you feeling out of energy?<\/p>\n Know that various treatment options are available locally. Patients can self-refer, meaning they don\u2019t have to visit their primary physician first. They can make an appointment directly at JRMC.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s move from embarrassed to empowered.<\/p>\n To schedule an appointment, call JRMC Urology at (701) 952-4878.<\/p>\n About Jamestown Regional Medical Center<\/strong><\/p>\n Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20th<\/sup> St. SW, Jamestown, N.D. and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. In 2020, it was named a \u201cTop 100 Critical Access Hospital\u201d as well as a \u201cBest Places to Work in Healthcare.\u201d \u00a0For more information, visit www.jrmcnd.com<\/a> or call (701) 952-1050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jamestown\u00a0 (JRMC) \u2014 Prostate, testicular cancer, as well as mental health, are key issues facing men. <L: Lisa Jackson, R:Ben Smith Jamestown High School Head Swim Coach, Ben Smith and men’s health advocate says, \u201cWe all know someone who has dealt with one or more of these issues, or maybe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213604"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213613,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213604\/revisions\/213613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=213604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=213604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}