You know, I can't help but be frustrated about the things I hear brothers talk about on the day-to-day tip, but at the same time, never hear about them talk about the one issue that should be the most important to them: their health.

As I sit on the subway, I constantly hear women talk about the most basic to the most intimate issues concerning their health. Maybe it's part of the maternal instinct to keep one's self healthy in order to help the offspring behind.

But men are different and we pay for it. You know that saying "when the country sneezes, black folk catch pneumonia?" Well, this is one of those cases. Here's a good sampling of why we treat our bodies this way.