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Why Men in Their 40s and 50s Avoid the Doctor and Why That Has to Change
GENERAL HEALTH Jennifer Kostacos, MD, MSCP GENERAL HEALTH Jennifer Kostacos, MD, MSCP

Why Men in Their 40s and 50s Avoid the Doctor and Why That Has to Change

He finally schedules the appointment. Gets 12 minutes with a physician he's never met, walks out with a lab order and a referral, and never mentions the thing he actually came in for. He files the experience away as confirmation that going to the doctor isn't worth the effort — and doesn't go back. That story is common enough to be a pattern, and the pattern has real clinical consequences.

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