The ISMH is an international scientific network and multidisciplinary society of physicians and other professionals in the field of public health, gender medicine and social sciences. Its goal is to increase health professionals' awareness of sex- and gender-specific medicine and of men's health.

The International Society for the Study of the Aging Male (ISSAM) was formed and incorporated in the United Kingdom in 1997 with the objective of promoting research, study and education on all matters relating to men's health after the age of 30. The Society aims to encourage physicians and other health-care professionals to understand male illness in the context of the aging process as a whole and to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to caring for male patients. More specifically, the Society sets out to promote the concept of healthy aging.

Information on prostate cancer; from the National Cancer Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

The purpose of Men's Health Week is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. This week gives health care providers, public policy makers, the media, and individuals an opportunity to encourage men and boys to seek regular medical advice and early treatment for disease and injury.