Mark, let's see: my brother has had a minor stroke, two minor (very!) heart attacks, and nine (9) bypasses. He also has CPD and type II diabetes (I have type two too). My wife had cancer when she was 17, or 48 years ago, gall bladder disease, and has kidney stones (prevented by Urocit-K).

ALL of these are treated, many of them would have killed not that many years ago.

Frankly, I think that if you DON'T get checked as you should -- regardless of your sex -- you're foolish.