(9) Appropriate use of tests such as prostate- 
specific antigen (PSA) exams and blood pressure, 
blood sugar, lipid panel, and colorectal screenings in 
conjunction with clinical exams or self-testing, can 
result in the early detection of many problems and 
in increased survival rates. 
(10) Men’s health is a concern for employers 
who pay the costs of medical care and lose produc-
tive employees. 
(11) Prostate cancer is the most frequently di-
agnosed cancer in the United States among men, ac-
counting for 25 percent of all cancer cases— 
(A) over 185,000 men will be newly diag-
nosed with prostate cancer this year alone, and 
almost 29,000 will die; 
(B) costs associated with prostate cancer 
detection and treatments exceed $8 billion an-
nually and represent 8 percent of cancer and 
0.4 percent of all health-related expenditures in 
the United States; 
(C) prostate cancer rates increase sharply 
with age, and more than 2⁄3 of such cases are 
diagnosed in men age 65 and older; 
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(D) 2⁄3 of annual prostate cancer expendi-
tures in the United States are paid for by Medi-
care; and 
(E) the incidence of prostate cancer and 
the resulting mortality rate in African-American 
men is twice that of all other men. 
(12) It is estimated that in 2008, approximately 
115,000 men were diagnosed with lung cancer, and 
almost 91,000 of the Nation’s men died from lung 
cancer. 
(13) It is estimated that in 2008, approximately 
54,000 men were diagnosed with colorectal cancer, 
and over 24,000 of the Nation’s men died from 
colorectal cancer. 
(14) Men make up over half of the diabetes pa-
tients aged 20 and over in the United States (10.9 
million men total) and nearly 1⁄3 of them do not 
know it— 
(A) whereas approximately 21,000,000 
Americans are living with diabetes, men are 30 
percent more likely to die from the disease; 
(B) 54 million American people have pre- 
diabetes and 1.5 million new cases of diabetes 
were diagnosed in 2005; and 
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(C) people with diagnosed diabetes have 
medical expenditures that are 2 to 3 times 
higher than patients without diabetes and the 
estimated cost of diabetes in 2007 was 
$174,000,000, including $116,000,000 in ex-
cess medical expenditures and $58,000,000 in 
reduced national productivity. 
(15) Over 8,000 men, ages 15 to 40, will be di-
agnosed this year with testicular cancer, and 380 of 
these men will die of this disease in 2008. A com-
mon reason for delay in treatment of this disease is 
a delay in seeking medical attention after discov-
ering a testicular mass. 
(16) Men over the past decade have shown 
poorer health outcomes than women across all racial 
and ethnic groups as well as socioeconomic status. 
(17) Establishing an Office of Men’s Health is 
needed to investigate these findings and take further 
actions to promote awareness of men’s health needs. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF MEN’S HEALTH. 
Title XVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300u et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 1711. OFFICE OF MEN’S HEALTH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
within the Department of Health and Human Services an 
office to be known as the Office of Men’s Health. The Sec-
retary shall appoint a director as head of the office. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Office of Men’s Health, shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct, support, coordinate, and promote 
programs and activities to improve the state of 
men’s health in the United States, including by 
working with the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
the Department of Defense, and the Federal Em-
ployee Health Benefits Plan; and 
‘‘(2) provide for consultation among offices and 
agencies of the Department of Health and Human 
Services for the purposes of— 
‘‘(A) coordinating public awareness, edu-
cation, and screening programs and activities 
relating to men’s health; 
‘‘(B) coordinating programs and activities 
under title XVIII of the Social Security Act re-
lating to men’s health, including prostate can-
cer, diabetes, colorectal cancer, cholesterol, and 
mental health screening programs; 
‘‘(C) coordinating public awareness pro-
grams and activities, including prostate cancer, 
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diabetes, colorectal cancer, cholesterol, and 
mental health screening programs, for men 
identified at being at increased risk of these 
diseases; 
‘‘(D) coordinating prostate-specific antigen 
(PSA), diabetes, cholesterol, and colorectal can-
cer screening programs and activities relating 
to men’s prostate health, cardiovascular health, 
and mental health in order to conduct a com-
parative effectiveness review; and 
‘‘(E) establishing a clinical registries data-
base to assess and measure quality improve-
ment of programs and activities relating to 
men’s health. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Office of Men’s Health, shall 
submit to the Congress a report describing the activities 
of such Office, including findings by the Director regard-
ing men’s health.’’. 
Æ 
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