Man Overboard!, Dr. Craig Bowron
Man Overboard!, Dr. Craig Bowron
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Man Overboard!
A Medical Lifeline For The Aging Male

Author: Dr. Craig Bowron

Narrator: Dr. Craig Bowron

Unabridged: 8 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/27/2022


Synopsis

Understand your health and live your best life with this authoritative, humorous head-to-toe manual.

Let’s face it, guys: we barely know what we’re doing with our health. We’re not stupid, we’re just disinterested. Clouded by the hallucinogenic effects of testosterone, we tell ourselves “I’m fine, and so I will continue to be fine, which is fine.” Meanwhile, men’s health magazines hypnotize us with constantly changing recommendations designed to hold our eyeballs until the next wellness fad comes along. And when we finally do drag ourselves in for a clinic visit, we find that even good doctors forget that most of us don’t understand medical jargon, nor do they realize we are on a time-sensitive special-ops mission: get in, get what you need, and get out!

Learning about your health doesn’t have to read like a colonoscopy (informative, yes, but difficult to sit through without sedation). Staying healthy is serious business, but it doesn’t have to be boring. Informative but entertaining, this must-read, head-to-toe guide provides actionable advice, so you can stop worrying about your health, do something about it, and get on with your life. With chapters like “Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs,” “Andropause,” “Sexercise,” and “Move It or Lose It,” you’ll learn how to eat right, address your risks for heart disease, exercise effectively, manage your weight, reduce stress, deal with back pain, avoid the three cancers that men commonly develop, know if your T levels are right, navigate challenges in the bedroom, deal with thinning hair, and handle getting older­–not unscathed, but with a sense of control and dignity. It’s for men of every ethnicity, BMI, hair pattern, shoe size, IPA preference and sports predilection (including none). Think of it as the ultimate checklist for your next checkup. Grab yourself a beverage and a flimsy paper gown, and let’s do this!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter

Absolutely compelling and well composed sailors' yarn. Mr Torkeldson (the narrator) tells you the story of a trip on the Helen B. Jackson (a sailing ship) when one of the Benton Boys (identical twins) went overboard. It seemed to be Jim who had bad luck. After this incident strange things happen abo......more

Goodreads review by Pramod

Little by little during the next few days life on board that vessel came to be about as unbearable as you can imagine. It wasn't that there was much talk, for I think the men were shy even of speaking to each other freely about what they thought. The whole ship's company grew silent, until one hard......more

4.5 stars! "There wasn't anything to be done, with the ship hove-to and the wheel lashed. If there was a man overboard, he must be in the water right alongside. I couldn't imagine how it could have happened, but I ran forward instinctively. I came upon the cook first, half-dressed in his shirt and tr......more

Goodreads review by Timothy

On first read, I thought the ending ... predictable. The reason for that, though, is that this is precisely the sort of story told in many a Ripley’s Believe It or Not horror-comic book. But this is an early example of the form. And upon second reading, I saw its art. It is very well done. The form i......more

Goodreads review by Tom

A nautical story narrated by Mr. Torkeldsen the first mate that sailed on a four-masted schooner the Helen B. Jackson, under Captain Hackstaff. Amongst the crew there was a set of identical twin sailors named Jim and Jack Benton which no one could tell apart, except that Jim was more silent and the......more