In October a special event occurred in Seattle titled Real Talk on Men's Health, an evening of presentations on prevention and lifestyle tips from men's health experts. The event also reviewed a groundbreaking effort to create a state commission on boys and men.

Presentations covered the following topics:

Longevity, Sexual Health, ED & Testosterone, Heart Health, Benign Prostatic Enlargement, Prostate and Testicular Cancer, Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Obesity (updates in management & medications), and a update regarding House Bill 1270, a Washington State bill to create a state commission for boys and men.

This episode of the Original Guide to Men's Health will include 3 of the presentations from that evening. We begin with a brief update on why a commission for boys and men is so important. Following that, is a presentation on longevity and completing this episode is a presentation on sexual health. ED and Tesosterone.

Guest:

Update on House Bill 1270:

Blair Daly founder and director of the Washington Initiative for Boys and Men

Joe Cook Volunteer Youth Leader

Longevity: Living Better and Longer:

Matt Kaeberlein, PhD CEO Optispan, Professor of Pathology, an Affiliate Professor of Oral Health Sciences UW School of Medicine. He is the former Director Health Aging and Longevity Research Institute and the Biological Mechanisms of Health Aging Training Program. He is also the former co - director of UW Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging

Sexual Health, ED and Testosterone:

Marah Hehemann, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, UW School of Medicine, and the Director of Male Sexual and Reproductive Health, Puget Sound VA