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What men can learn from women

Tough-guy attitude leads to gender health disparity

By Stephen Smith
December 29, 2008

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They are icons of American masculinity. The athlete, banged and bruised, who plays through pain. The soldier, wounded and bedraggled, who battles on, spurning entreaties to seek help. The male driver, lost and confused, who refuses to ask for directions. (Full article: 1028 words)

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