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Mark Twiname, founder of Mane Systems in Melbourne, a hair replacement system studio in Melbourne, also wears a hair piece.

‘There’s no shame in it’: The young men normalising toupees

Hairpieces are growing in popularity as a nonsurgical solution to hair loss. And young men are lining up for a fresh head of hair.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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Steve Smith, a project manager, survived feelings he could not go on, and now volunteers helping other men support their mental health.

‘I’d lost myself’: As men struggle with mental health, Steven knows how hard it is to ask for help

After the deaths of Adam and Troy Selwood, and as the male suicide rate remains stubbornly high, experts in men’s mental health say far more male-specific psychiatric care is needed. Survivor Steven Smith is part of the solution.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis has prompted many men to get a health check.

Prostate cancer can strike at any age. This is what to look out for during every decade

Prostate cancer is one of the most common diseases to affect men and the risk jumps with each decade of life. These are the red flags you need to be aware of.

  • Nick Harding
Adam Selwood playing for West Coast in 2013.

Eagles pay tribute to Adam Selwood as proposal floated for AFL mental health round

The AFL has been urged to introduce a mental health-themed round, as the football world continues to reel after the death of former West Coast premiership player Adam Selwood.

  • Jon Pierik, Ashleigh McMillan and Roy Ward
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Boys from four schools were asked to submit questions too awkward to ask

Brisbane schoolboys were asked to submit the questions they wanted answered. The result: a new app that gives them advice on relationships, respect, sex and consent.

  • Courtney Kruk
Dan Repacholi

How a weight loss drug inspired ‘big unit’ Dan Repacholi’s ‘ministry for men’ idea

The Labor MP from the Hunter – with a bushranger-style beard, an imposing two-metre physique and a love of hamburgers – says he has seen first-hand how many men don’t speak about their troubles.

  • Matthew Knott
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Paul Rudd stars in Living With Yourself on Netflix.

Why watching male celebrities struggle has become my new online obsession

Upon first glance, I have nothing in common with Paul Rudd, Jake Gyllenhaal or Glen Powell. Yet despite our many differences, in one respect, we’re the same.

  • Wendy Syfret
Once Jessie and her partner were both treated for the bacteria that causes BV, Jessie no longer kept experiencing the infection’s return.

This common infection can cause female infertility. It turns out men are ‘the missing link’ in transmission

One in three women experience bacterial vaginosis, but a breakthrough Australian study has found that treating male sexual partners significantly reduces the chance of a recurrence.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Sarah Hayden and Teddy the pony, one of her equine psychotherapy animals for her work with girls and women diagnosed with autism.

‘My brain has 50 tabs open’: Being diagnosed with ADHD at 48 put Sarah in a fast-growing group

Sarah Hayden was well into adulthood when she learnt she had ADHD. Researchers say Sarah and other cases are a diagnostic “correction” and not a TikTok trend.

  • Wendy Tuohy
There is a point in time when conversations seem to keep coming back to the same things.

When it’s not my back aching, I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust

I can’t resist a test, and one I recently had outside my local Baker’s Delight has taken me down a rabbit hole.

  • Kate Halfpenny

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