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105 original articles, interviews and expert advice about men's health in Estonia. Linked articles are in Estonian.
Doctors increasingly see young men coming in with fatigue, low libido or simply feeling unwell. According to a Confido GP, the link to weight is direct and strong.
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Comedian Aleksandr Popov talks about his struggle with excess weight, how it has affected his health and life, and where to find help.
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Men's excess weight is not just about looks. The changes it brings can affect sexual function, fertility and urinary health.
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Reporter was at Viru Keskus, where the Friends For Life Day opening began with the Estonian National Male Choir.
A spectacular event at Viru Keskus where, alongside uplifting music and familiar faces, the focus was on Estonian men's health.
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ERR's evening news covered the Friends For Life Day opening and the photo exhibition dedicated to men's bellies at Viru Keskus.
Read the original (in Estonian)On 21 October at 13:00, Viru Keskus hosts the Friends For Life Day opening event, encouraging men to pay more attention to their health.
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The drinks market is offering ever more added value — a nutritionist explains what consumers should really check on the label.
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Over 230,000 doses will be delivered; the first ones arrive at the end of October because the WHO changed all three flu strains.
This year Friends For Life Day focuses on men's excess weight. A Medicum endocrinologist explains the risks and how to motivate men to lose weight.
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Occupational health doctors will begin assessing heart disease risk in employees aged 40–65 and referring them to their GP.
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Residents aged 15–74 are invited; the 2022 survey showed that 15% of adults drink within the high-risk range.
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The stand-up show 'We don't talk about mental health' arrives in Haapsalu — men learn to open up, because silence makes the consequences heavier.
GP Triinu-Mari Ots explains how best to discuss your concerns with your doctor.
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Data from 1972–2019 show a 54% drop in testosterone — lifestyle diseases and a deteriorating environment are to blame.
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TAI reminds everyone that screening is free, including for people without health insurance.
Data from over 26,000 men show a link between low testosterone and overall health.
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Dr Kristjan Pomm, head of Kliinikumi Meestekliinik: the problem can appear years before a heart attack or stroke.
Study: GLP-1 medicines may raise testosterone levels in overweight men.
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SYNLAB laboratory doctor Dr Jüri Laasik explains which indicators every man should have checked regularly.
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On 12 November at Radisson Blu Olümpia — Men's Health Month event featuring Dr Kristjan Pomm, Prof Margus Viigimaa and other leading doctors.
What exercise actually does to the male sex hormone — and what it does not.
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Risk-based screening starts with a simple blood test and helps avoid unnecessary biopsies.
TAI: risk-based screening starts with a simple PSA blood test; 12,000 men aged 50–69 were invited to the study.
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The Terminal Energia board member on keeping focus on his mental and physical health alongside intense work.
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The head of Tele2 Estonia on balancing work, recovery and personal wellbeing.
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Tervisekassa: men are also invited for bowel cancer screening — cancer detected early is treatable.
Karl-Joonatan Kvell (30), who works in renewable energy, on balancing demanding work and personal wellbeing.
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A discussion with Dr Kristjan Pomm, Margus Nõlvak, Robin Juhkental and Aleksandr Popov. Live on Delfi.
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Rain Vääna explains how a day for seven friends grew into a nationwide initiative.
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Kuldmuna 2025 nominee: the campaign prompted over 2,000 men to see a doctor.
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The professor of andrology tells ERR that men's health awareness has risen dramatically.
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Dr Kristel Amjärv and Dr Jüri Laasik: men seek medical help too late.
Abnormal results are most common for cholesterol, vitamin D and testosterone.
Confido's Dr Markus Kiili: excess weight, heart problems and prostate problems emerge in men's 40s.
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Men's health month goals and Dr Laasik's advice to start with small steps.
The true story of a man whose high blood pressure was discovered by chance.
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A men's health month guide: what to check and at what age.
Professor Margus Punab: genetic risk assessment will complement PSA testing.
Practical advice on tick bites and vaccination.
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Nutrition, vitamin D and maintaining good sleep during the darker months.
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TAI: the bowel cancer screening target group has been expanded — men and women aged 58 are being invited for the first time.
A TAI opinion piece for men's health month: men live an average of 56.8 years in good health, but prevention adds years.
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TAI's population health yearbook: the life expectancy gap between men and women is 8.4 years — still above the EU average.
In Estonia, a first encounter with alcohol often happens in the early teens. The reality is far darker than it first seems.
A discussion at Viru Keskus on men's mental health and the effects of alcohol.
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At the discussion 'Can alcohol, health and friendship share one table?', experts named silence, excess alcohol and difficulty talking about feelings as the problems.
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The opening event brought together people from different walks of life. The message: Estonian men must start taking better care of themselves.
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As part of men's health month, which began this week, Kaitsevägi and Kaitseministeerium are calling on all men to join various training sessions and sporting challenges in November through the ‘Mehed, vormi!’ initiative to improve their fitness. Activities include backpack hikes in Tallinn, Sillamäe, Võru and Paldiski, alongside discounts on health checks and gym access.
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Activities include backpack hikes in Tallinn, Sillamäe, Võru and Paldiski, alongside discounts on health checks and gym access.
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Men's health month, which began on Friday, got off to a testosterone-fuelled start as a group of sporty men performed press-ups to music in the Viru Keskus atrium. Neither a tie nor a smart suit held defence minister Hanno Pevkur back. Smiling, the minister took off his jacket and joined conscripts, gym-goers and other sports enthusiasts for a major press-up challenge.
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‘The better the health of Estonian men, the better protected our country is,’ said defence minister Hanno Pevkur at ‘Every man matters!’, the launch event for the Pikema Sõpruse Päev campaign, which marked the start of November as men's health month. The month aims to draw greater attention to men's health.
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November, men's health month, began with moustache-growing and mass press-ups. How did defence minister Hanno Pevkur fare in the press-up challenge?
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One in two Estonians is overweight, with men particularly affected. As November is men's health month, a major public contest today reminded men that there is no need to fear the doctor and that a physically active lifestyle adds years to life.
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Men's awareness of disease has improved and they are confident about consulting a urologist. ‘Today they come to us with problems they would never have sought help for 20 years ago,’ said urologist Dr Leonhard Kukk during the ‘A healthy man is a strong man!’ discussion held as part of the Pikema Sõpruse Päev men's health campaign at the Goldtime shop in Viru Keskus on Friday, 1 November.
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From the age of 50 — or, more precisely, even 40 — men face significant health challenges that will determine their quality of life over the coming decades.
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Today, 1 November, the Pikema Sõpruse Päev campaign holds its ‘Every man matters!’ launch event, where men can take part in a major press-up challenge and listen to a discussion about Estonian men's health. Tervis Pluss and Delfi are also streaming the event live.
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Men's health month will be launched tomorrow at 13:00 with a major press-up challenge in the Viru Keskus atrium in Tallinn.
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The members of Bedwetters had health checks before tonight's concert at Paavli Kultuurivabrik because they always give their all on stage and plan to keep performing for a long time. To mark men's health month, and as supporters of Pikema Sõpruse Päev, the band members encourage men to make time for themselves, their friends and their health.
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‘Listen to doctors!’ television producer Toomas Luhats advised during a discussion on men's health. He had known for some time that his blood pressure was on the high side but had ignored it. ‘I was younger and thought perhaps it was something I was born with. I couldn't be bothered to make a fuss about it.’ But his doctor was clever and resourceful, finding a way to change his mind.
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More than 15,000 men have had health checks through Pikema Sõpruse Päev, now in its sixth year. According to the project's leader, entrepreneur Rain Vääna, the aim is to get men thinking about their health and taking action. ‘It's not just about the health check, but spending the whole day together so that health and a healthy lifestyle become a natural part of the friendship group. Going for a health check on your own doesn't work — I know that from experience.’
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Margus Kiiver, a contestant in this year's MasterChef cookery show, made a major change in his life. Coming face to face with death gave him the strength to do so: he suffered a heart attack in March 2018. Kiiver, marketing director at Eesti Olümpiakomitee and long known as a presenter and motorsport promoter, wonders whether the heart attack might have been avoided if his GP or loved ones had been firmer about his unhealthy lifestyle.
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One in two Estonians is overweight, with men particularly affected. As November is men's health month, a major public contest today reminded men that there is no need to fear the doctor and that a physically active lifestyle adds years to life. Wrestler Heiki Nabi openly acknowledged that overweight parents often have overweight children.
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Synlab laboratory doctor Jüri Laasik advises on which health indicators every man should have checked regularly.
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Excess weight and obesity are responsible for worse-than-expected health indicators among Estonian men aged 40–49, said men's health specialist Margus Punab, professor of andrology at Tartu Ülikool, at the men's health conference ‘Why do men die suddenly?’
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‘Well…’ the doctor drawled, looking at me almost sympathetically. I had had a comprehensive blood test a few days earlier and was now sitting in the doctor's surgery to hear the results.
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Tervisekassa: one in four men under 40 has already experienced cardiovascular symptoms.
A TAI men's health month article: a large proportion of male deaths could be prevented through lifestyle changes.
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Sven Suurraid has had health checks with a men's health doctor for years, which is how his prostate cancer was found in time.
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Radio host Kristjan Hirmo had blood tests as part of Friends For Life Day.
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Men's health month culminates in International Men's Day on 19 November, and so does the coverage on ‘Vikerhommik’. Events organiser Tõnis Milling joins us at 8:20. We'll discuss masculinity and prostate cancer, the diagnosis he now has to live with. The presenter is Piret K…
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Rain Vääna and his friends appeared on ‘Hommik Anuga’. Together, they are organising Pikema Sõpruse Päev for the fourth year to raise men's health awareness and extend the years they live in good health. He acknowledged that all men suddenly turn into scared rabbits when talk turns to seeing a doctor, and that this image needs to be challenged…
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‘I either go all out or don't do it at all. Wiser people tell me you can wear yourself out that way,’ says Estoni Kohver, a member of 5miinust and a panellist on ‘Ma näen su häält’.
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While women generally take regular health checks for granted and have greater health awareness, GP Sergey Saadi says men seek medical help too late even for serious health problems, often only at their partner's insistence.
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Rain Vääna told ‘Vikerhommik’ that being healthy is manly and men need not feel embarrassed about visiting a doctor occasionally to stay that way.
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November marked the start of men's health month. As part of it, the Pikema Sõpruse Päev initiative encourages men to make time for themselves and their friends, go for health checks together and take steps to…
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November marked the start of men's health month. As part of it, the Pikema Sõpruse Päev initiative encourages men to make time for themselves and their friends, go for health checks together and take part in activities that reduce health risks.
5MIINUST, who are taking part in this year's Pikema Sõpruse Päev men's health month campaign, reckon you can keep partying for longer if you stay healthy. Men, watch the video and get a health check once a year.
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November marked the start of men's health month. As part of it, the Pikema Sõpruse Päev initiative encourages men to make time for themselves and their friends, go for health checks together and take part in activities that reduce health risks — all so they can enjoy more healthy years together.
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Businessman Rain Vääna, organiser of the Pikema Sõpruse Päev initiative, revealed in an interview with ‘Vikerhommik’ that they had persuaded 13,000 men to get health checks over four years. Quite a few have contacted Vääna afterwards to thank him, including cultural events organiser Tõnis Milling.
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At 8:10 we'll speak to Rain Vääna, who gave himself and his friends an unusual gift four years ago, called Pikema Sõpruse Päev. How has men's health month, or the Movember movement, which originated in the West, been embraced in Estonia? And how is his own health these days? The pro…
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‘Blood supply is the foundation of it all. Another important factor is temperature: the testicles hang slightly below the rest of the body so that their temperature is a couple of degrees lower. Resting a laptop on the testicles is a clear concern here. Eight hours a day with a computer on your lap — and fertility can be very significantly…’
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A Sotsiaalministeerium study: men need more accessible services and supportive attitudes.
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Sotsiaalministeerium: cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of premature death.
Tervisekassa's heart month: 57% of those who needed treatment for coronary heart disease were men.
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Martinson has regular tests and keeps charts of his health indicators in front of him every day.
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A public discussion on men's health held as part of the Pikema Sõpruse Päev initiative explored Estonian men's health behaviour and how to encourage more men to get health checks to prevent serious problems. Men's health specialist Dr Kristjan Pomm noted, referring to a recent men's health…
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TAI: a study of 3,000 men that grew out of Pikema Sõpruse Päev found that only 28% were a healthy weight.
Tervisekassa: at least half of men with high blood pressure are unaware of it.
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TAI: men spend an average of 19 years with health-related limitations on their activities.
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TAI: 53.7% of invited men and women took part in bowel cancer screening.
A public discussion at Ülemiste Keskus looked at Estonian men's health behaviour and how to bring more men to health checks.
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A free health study involving 3,300 men, conducted by Haigekassa and Kliinikum, was inspired by Pikema Sõpruse Päev.
Dr Jüri Laasik of SYNLAB: don't smoke, limit alcohol, eat well, keep moving, stay at a healthy weight and don't buckle under stress.
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A Tervis Pluss and Friends For Life Day special hosted by Rasmus Kagge, with Dr Andreas Abel.
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Rain Vääna and his friends appeared on ‘Hommik Anuga’. Together, they are organising Pikema Sõpruse Päev for the fourth year to raise men's health awareness and extend the years they live in good health. He acknowledged that all men suddenly turn into scared rabbits when talk turns to seeing a doctor, and that this image needs to be challenged…
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Estonian men's life expectancy is 73.9 years, but they spend only 52.8 years in good health. Just a year ago, Statistics Estonia's calculations put healthy life expectancy for men almost two years higher. Ragn-Sells chairman Rain Vääna and Haigekassa chief Rain Laane are senior executives who also lend their support through personal ex…
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Health checks at various clinics revealed low testosterone, high cholesterol and a risk of prostate cancer among Estonian men.
Screening reduces the risk of dying from bowel cancer by at least 30%.
The prevention budget will grow by 26%, with screening extended to more age groups.
According to Haigekassa, only 50–55% of those invited attend screening.
