 [ Symptoms ] what genes are linked to parkinson is disease [ Disease ] the problem is when men are young they are going to live forever nothing is going to get in their way that is why young guys do stupid things because it is not going to hurt them why are teenagers promiscuous in the face of hiv hepatitis c and all those other diseases because it will happen to somebody else but it will not happen to them and then as men get older they get into this pattern of reactive care they do not understand about proactive health care they do not understand that that is their body for life that they have to be in tune with their body and take care of it and if they do the quality of their life experience will be dramatically improved but when they do these abusive things when they drink too much drugs overweight then that impacts on them they do not realize that that “never happening to me ” it will happen and then it is just around the corner and then it is often too late why is it too late because they have had years of abusive behaviors they have eaten the wrong foods they have had too much to drink they smoke hypertension diabetes liver disorders cholesterol problems and those are the guys you know you read about people in their 40s and 50s who suddenly get a heart attack and die or have a massive stroke it does not make sense sometimes it is random bad luck but sometimes it is things they have been doing all these years unlike women who mentally society programs them to be into preventative health they go to the ob gyn young in life they go to the doctor for checkups women are the leaders in health care in this country almost all of the health care decisions are driven by women i am sure on webmd a lot of the women in fact on the men is health message board a lot of times it is women asking the questions you want to wonder if it is about blood in the semen or erection disorders or pain or lumps or bumps how come the guy is not there asking the question himself and it is because that is not what guys do guys will comment on it but i do not know whether it is fear or denial or maybe they do not value themselves enough but the wives are the ones that go online and ask the questions even on your message board even on the men is health message board women are the ones asking the questions