Safeway Father's Day Walk/Run For Prostate Cancer

The Father's Day Walk/Run supports prostate cancer research, awareness, advocacy and support. Prostate cancer is the number one cancer threat to Canadian men. It will afflict 1 in 8 men in their lifetimes and approximately 22,300 men this year alone.

On Sunday, June 15 be there for your dad and help put an end to prostate cancer.

The Safeway Father’s Day Walk/Run for Prostate Cancer is a national event honouring Canadian Dads – past and present. On Sunday, June 15th, join families and friends from Halifax to Metro Vancouver and be there for your dad.

Funds raised will support cutting edge research into the causes, detection, prevention and treatment of prostate cancer.

Proceeds from events in Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax and Toronto will support the work of the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada. Proceeds from the events in Metro Vancouver and Kamloops support the BC Foundation for Prostate Disease. Proceeds for Kelowna support the Okanagan Prostate Resource Center Society and the BC Foundation for Prostate Disease.

Visit http://www.fathersdayrun.ca/ to register or donate and view details for your city.

SHAVING CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE?

Men who don't shave every day enjoy less sex and are 70 percent more likely to suffer a stroke that daily shavers, a new study shows.

A team at Bristol University who examined the link between shaving, coronary heart disease and stroke in 2,438 middle-aged Welsh men, said that men who did not shave every day were more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke.

Over the course of the 20-year study, there were 835 deaths, they reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology. In all, 45% of the men who shaved less than daily died, compared with 31% of those who shaved at least daily.

Many of the excess deaths were due to higher rates of smoking and the poorer lifestyles of men who did not shave daily but the scientists said this did not explain their substantially raised risk of strokes.

The findings show that men who don't shave every day are less likely to be married and are more likely to be blue-collar workers. They also have fewer orgasms, tend to be shorter, and to suffer from angina.

"The association between infrequent shaving and death is probably due to underlying smoking and social factors, but a small hormonal effect may also exist," Professor Shah Ebrahim, of the department of social medicine, said in a statement.

He said the low frequency of orgasm in men who did not shave regularly might be because they had low levels of testosterone or might simply reflect the fact that they were unmarried and had less opportunity for sex.

Well, I'm not sure if I really believe this, except that it is an interesting read. However, if you shave more than once a day, stick with it. If it doesn't save your life, atleast you know you'll die looking good!

WHAT ARE THOSE RIDGES IN YOUR NAILS?

This is a common question and a common condition. Nail ridging is almost always normal and is a sign of maturity.

Vertical ridges come with aging and are in some ways analogous to wrinkles on your skin. They occur as straight lines from the cuticle to the tip of the nail. They usually start in one or two nails and eventually develop in all of your nails as you get older. They can appear as early as your 30’s but become more noticeable by the time you cash your first social security check.

What can you do to prevent nail ridging? Not much. But Dr. Benabio, a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology advises you can ensure that you have the healthiest nails possible by doing the following:

• Take biotin 2.5 mg each day. Either through supplements or foods high in biotin: green leafy vegetables, brown rice, wheat, peas, lentils, oats, soybeans, sunflower seeds, walnuts, liver, egg yolks, cheese, and sweet potatoes.

• File your nails with a coarse nail file to smooth the ridges, then continue to file and smooth with a progressively finer grit file; last, use a buffer to get a polished look. NOTE: shinny buffed nails certainly do not work on all men but, smoothing out ridges is probably a good idea, a bit like highlighting your grays.

• Soak your nails in olive oil to keep them protected from drying out

• After washing your hands, apply moisturizer and rub it into your nails.

• Don’t push back your cuticles.

• Should men get manicures? Smoothing out ridges is probably a good idea, a bit like “highlighting your grays.” But shiny buffed nails certainly do not work on some men. Best bet: ask your wife/girlfriend/partner.