HEALTH

Doctor: routine checkups key to men’s health

Men utilize health care four times less than women, according to HonorHealth primary care physician Aaron Barrett.

(Courtesy HonorHealth)

Men’s health month may be winding down, but HonorHealth primary care physician Dr. Aaron Barrett offered some advice for men toward earning a clean bill of health year around.

The No. 1 thing men can do to improve their health?

“First, they need to go to the doctor,” Barrett said. “Men under utilize health care. I think it’s like four times less than women, something like that, so first, they just need to have a good primary doc that they’re seeing every year.”

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