This course explores the structure and functioning of bodies that have been assigned male at birth, as well as the social influences on those bodies. We will pay particular attention to adjustments the body makes during normal physiological events and during disease processes. We will consider all mental and physical health issues in relation to the social and cultural roles that males play primarily here in the US but also in other cultural settings.

COURSE LEARNING GOALS

Ideally, students who complete this course will be able to:

• Recognize and describe physiological processes and phenomena relating to health and illness.
• Identify and analyze the dramatic interplay between physiological processes and social
• Explain the role of inflammation in its relation to heart health and disease.
• Define the functioning of a man’s anatomy, especially the prostate and ramifications of prostatic hyperplasia
• Explain the role of nutrition in causing or reducing inflammation.

Nutrition will be discussed at length in relationship to the individual as well as his family.

• PACE Provider: Institute for Continuing Education
• Course ID: 7636

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