Why Men Die First How to Lengthen Your Lifespan [Paperback]

It is a universal fact that men die before women. But the causes of this have long remained unexplored.Why Men Die Firstexamines the reasons that men are more susceptible to illness and explains what they need to do to live longer. Bestselling author and professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University, Dr. Marianne Legato delves into problems that both men and women care about, including:
* How men's reluctance to speak frankly to their physicians can kill them

* The hormonal shift called andropause, the male menopause, and therapies that alleviate its painful symptoms

*Men's biological predisposition to infection and how best to protect against it

*The real causes of male depression and how to treat it

*The risks inherent to the male heart, and ways to correct coronary disease--even late in life

Through her appearances on theToday ShowandNBC Nightly News, Legato has launched the conversation about why men die young, and what we all can do to reverse the grim trend.

Dr. Marianne J. Legatois an internationally recognized physician, author, and lecturer. Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University, she is annually cited inNew York Magazine's top doctors issues. She is also the author of bestsellingEve's Rib,The Female Heart, andWhy Men Never Remember and Women Never Forgot, which was translated into eleven languages.

This clearly written book, with its informative coverage of the male perspective on gender-specific medicine--and ironically written by a female physician--is a good purchase for public libraries and consumer health collections Library Journal

A vital and rewarding book...a fascinating as well as practical look at how men are both made (by biology) and shaped (by culture). Readers will be engaged and amazed by the discoveries and insights that modern medicine now possesses about the mysteries of gender. Dr. Legato has ls3