The question of whether men suffer illness worse than women has long been a source of hot debate.
Only last week, Canadian researchers published a study suggesting that so-called ‘man-flu’ does exist and men have a higher risk of hospital admissions and death after catching the virus.
However, the findings were dismissed by Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of GPs, who countered that evidence shows flu is not ‘sexist’.
But there’s no doubt that certain ailments such as baldness and hernias are more common in men. And there is an array of products to deal with them.
But do they work? Here, leading experts assessed a selection — we then rated them. Unless otherwise stated, products are available in High Street pharmacies or online.