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Why men avoid doctors like the plague

Male Patient In Hospital. [Getty Images]

John Ndulu considers himself a ‘healthy’ man in his early 40s. He cannot recall the last time he saw a doctor, not because he has never fallen sick, but the very thought of getting a scary diagnosis has always put him off the doctor’s office.

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