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In the November/December issue of the Trends in Urology & Men’s Health journal, editor Roger Kirby laments the fact that “almost no progress has been made in reducing annual per capita alcohol consumption, which, according to a World Health Organisation report, is forecast to increase further over the next 10 years.” The consequences of this quiescence are dire, Professor Kirby continues: “Some three million deaths worldwide (5.3% of all deaths) resulted from alcohol use in 2016…Significantly, over three quarters of these deaths were among men.” That’s where the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation is working to make a difference. Providing easy tips for moderating alcohol consumption has been one of the core objectives of the CMHF’s Don’t Change Much campaign, which fosters awareness of men’s health issues, changes attitudes, and then alters behaviours by inspiring men to make small, healthy lifestyle changes that have a significant impact on their overall health. By combining humour, reliable information and straightforward, easily achievable health tips, DontChangeMuch.ca has managed to record 2,283,094 pageviews since going live in June of 2014, and has seen site traffic jump by 340.60 per cent year-over-year. Moderating alcohol is a hot topic among the hundreds of searchable blog posts, some […]