Did you know Vancouver Coastal Health is home to a world renowned prostate centre?
Located at Vancouver General Hospital, the Vancouver Prostate Centre focuses on prostate disease at every level – research, prevention, screening and diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and education.
This year, in addition to supporting prostate cancer research and treatment, the Movember campaign is addressing male mental health with its new initiative – the Canadian Male Health Network (CMHN).
Chaired by our own Dr. Larry Goldenberg, urologic surgeon and researcher at the Vancouver Prostate Centre, CMHN brings together some of the top scientific and medical professionals from across the country and will identify priority areas in mental health for Canadian men. Funds raised by Mo Bros and Mo Sistas during Movember will now benefit men afflicted with mental health issues in addition to improving treatment for prostate cancer patients.
“This Movember initiative is an opportunity to connect the dots and focus in on the critical mental health issues affecting men,” says Dr. Goldenberg, also head of UBC Department Urologic Sciences. “The linkage of some of the best minds in male health with the awareness raised through the Movember moustache will allow us to make a significant impact on men and their families.”
You can support this initiative through supporting your friends and family participating in Movember or by supporting our own Vancouver Prostate Centre team: “PPDOCS”.
To support the Vancouver Prostate Centre team, click here or visit www.movember.com for details on the supported research programs and to join the campaign – both men and women are welcome!
Dr. Kenneth Poon and Dr. Daniel Rapoport, from the Richmond Urology Department, are participating in the Richmond Moustache Challenge. Organized by the Lansdowne Centre, the progress of the eight participants will be tracked on the mall’s website and in the local newspaper. Readers will have a chance – for a minimum $5 donation – to vote for their favorite moustache. All proceeds go to Richmond Hospital’s Urology Department.
Men’s mental health facts:
- 1 in 5 of Canadian men are affected by mental health issues each year
- 4 out of 5 suicides among young people in Canada are committed by men, despite men’s lower reported rates of depression
- 1 in 4 cancer patients experience clinical depression
- The risk of suicide in men with prostate cancer is over 4 times that of a similarly aged man without prostate cancer
- Men are between 3 and 4 times more likely to commit suicide than women
For information on VCH Research visit www.vchri.ca.