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Today's Fathers are More Likely to be Better Informed About Their Health

Ideastream Public Media | By Rachel Duthie
Published September 7, 2017 at 6:37 PM EDT
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Today’s fathers have grown up with an advantage their dads didn’t have when it comes to diseases like prostate cancer: a father figure more likely to talk to them about health.

A new survey from the Cleveland Clinic finds that 84 percent of millennial fathers had dads who would talk to them about their health history. Less than half of baby boomers had fathers who did.

Cleveland clinic neurologist Dr. Charles Modlin says the internet has played a big role in the change.

In spite of this, millennial fathers still struggle to talk about sex and urological health with their sons. And 32 percent say they are not discussing their health history because they don’t want to worry their families.

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Rachel Duthie
Rachel Duthie is a senior multimedia journalism major at Kent State University with experience in print, visual and digital journalism. Formerly she has worked at publications such as The Columbus Dispatch and the Newark Advocate. During the school year, Rachel works for Kent State Student Media in The Kent Stater, KentWired and The Burr Magazine. She is currently the features editor for The Kent Stater for the fall semester.
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