Since 1960, women have had access to birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives, like the Patch, and the contraceptive vaginal ring ("NuvaRing"). Men? Still waiting.
To date, no one has come up a male birth control pill that would safely block or dramatically reduce sperm production.
A new government-sponsored research on middle-aged and elderly American veterans conducted by the exercise testing and research lab in the cardiology department of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C. found that a regimen of brisk walking 30 minutes a day at least four to six days a week was enough to halve the risk of premature death from all causes.
The life expectancy between men and women in the United States has now narrowed to five years, the sh
ortest in 50 years according to the National Center for Health Statistics. While the life-expectancy gap between men and women has decreased over the last few decades it's still very important that men pay more attention to their bodies to live a longer and happier/healthier life.
There are of course genetic factors and gender predisposition to certain diseases that contribute to the the life-expectancy gap between men and women, however there are also several lifestyle issues that also contribute to the life-expectancy gap between men and women that can be controlled.