Does anyone else get this?

According to the CDC, the average life expectancy for American women is 5.3 years longer than for American men. And yet, women's health is the hottest topic in medical circles today. I did a quick search on Google, and get this: Searching for "Women's health" brings up 142,000,000 results, while a search for "Men's health" brings up only 54,900,000 results. There are over two times as many sites addressing women's health as there are for men.

What gives? Why is there such a huge interest in Women's health when men have a life expectancy that is over 5 years less than their sisters? Is this a "politically correct" kind of issue? It certainly is socially "fashionable" to be concerned with women's health-- just look at all the interest in breast cancer research, etc. But does the evidence of who's dying earlier support all the interest? It would seem not.

Now, don't get me wrong. I'm all for addressing issues that deal with women's health. Please don't insinuate that I think we should at all ignore these issues. It just rings funny that the interest in men's health pales in comparison, it's especially interesting when you consider that men die so many years earlier.