Pregnancy is a distinct life stage characterized by dramatic physiological changes, and medical tracking of those changes, including weight gain, is routine to monitor the health of the mother and the developing infant. What ...
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COVID-19 has had a huge global impact since the initial outbreak in 2019. Men and women show different responses to this disease, with men having a higher risk from infection. The underlying cellular basis for this difference ...
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Aging increases the prevalence of sarcopenia and osteoporosis which are often both components of a musculoskeletal syndrome, osteosarcopenia. Osteosarcopenia is highly associated with frailty, falls, fractures, and disability, ...
Feb 8, 2023
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"What's the difference between a bar and clitoris? Most men have no trouble finding a bar." In the world of humour, the clitoris remains a mystery: supposedly small, and so inevitably difficult to locate. "Which dinosaur ...
Jan 4, 2023
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Cancer cells acquire genetic anomalies that allow them to grow and proliferate unchecked. Researchers have now found another difference between cancer cells and normal cells: the X chromosome, typically only inactivated in ...
Nov 9, 2022
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Conventional wisdom holds that men run 10 to 12% faster than women regardless of the distance raced. But new research suggests that the between-sex performance gap is much narrower at shorter sprint distances.
Sep 27, 2022
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Scientists have discovered the secret to eternal youth: be born a turtle.
Jun 23, 2022
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Older male athletes could be at higher risk of heart and circulatory diseases than female competitors of a similar age, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.
Jun 7, 2022
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When should I fit exercise within my daily schedule? For most, the answer depends on our family's schedule and working hours, and perhaps on whether we're "larks" or "night owls." But over the past decade, researchers have ...
May 31, 2022
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Maternal obesity impairs heart health and function of the fetus according to a new study in mice. The study, published in The Journal of Physiology found that maternal obesity causes molecular changes in the heart of the ...
May 12, 2022
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