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Contents

Foreword by Eli H. Newberger, M.D.

Introduction

Overview: Being a Man May Be Dangerous to Your Health

PART ONE: SONS

1: It's a Boy! (But First It's a Girl)

2: Snips and Snails

3: Boys and Accidents and Injuries

4: Boys and Body Control

5: The Care and Feeding of Boys

6: When Things Go Wrong

7: Sturm und Drang? The Teen Years

8: Boys and Sex

9: Boys and Sports

PART TWO: HUSBANDS, PARTNERS, LOVERS

10: Husbands, Partners, Lovers

11: An Ounce -- or Two -- of Prevention

12: Bad Habits

13: Dealing with Emergencies

14: "Houston, We've Had a Problem"

15: The Usual Suspects

16: Alcoholism: The Hidden Epidemic

17: Cancer

18: Male Trouble: A Gland That Doesn't Always Behave

19: The Emotional Male

20: Tossin', Turnin', Cuttin' Zs

21: Boomeritis

22: Men and Sex

23: Narcissus -- What a Guy!

Afterword

Resources for Part One: Sons

Resources for Part Two: Husbands, Partners, Lovers

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Subject Index

Symptoms Index