This book was written to help you avoid heart disease and PBS. If it's already too late to avoid these problems, this book can help you recover. The first few chapters explain how common germs cause heart disease and raise cortisol levels. Beginning with Chapter 6, the emphasis shifts toward cortisol-related illnesses: high blood pressure, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. Chronic subtle hypercortisolism is the technical term for potbelly syndrome, and Dr. Mrin explains how to diagnose this disorder in Chapter 16.

The first comprehensive exploration on the subject of older men, Older Men′s Lives offers a multidisciplinary portrait of men and their concerns in later life. Using both a life-course and gendered perspective, the contributors to this collection of original articles point out that the image and self-image of men are continuously reconstructed over the life cycle. They examine older men′s position in society and the changes wrought in their status and roles over time. Their relationship with their spouses, children, grandchildren, and friends are also explored, as are policy implications of a gendered, life-cycle view of masculinity. This volume also discusses faith development in older men, masculinity identity from work to retirement, older men′s sexuality, and older men′s friendship patterns. Older Men′s Lives will be of interest to professionals and students interested in gender, men′s studies, gerontology, and sociology. "This book begins to remedy the lack of information and provides data and research on aging men. . . .The strength of this book is the specificity of its focus. By focusing solely on male concerns the book is able to identify issues in the male aging process and discuss them on their own terms rather than simply as a contrast to females." --Clinical Gerontologist