Health
Extended rest between weight lifting sets could help muscle growth
Researchers from the University of Birmingham have found that extended rest intervals between sets of weight-lifting could help with muscle growth.
May 3, 2016
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News tagged with males
Obstetrics & gynaecology
The hidden trauma of male infertility
There has been a lot of alarm in recent years about the declining fertility rates of Western men and the potential problems this may pose.
Nov 1, 2017
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Genetics
Single gene change increases mouse lifespan by 20 percent
By lowering the expression of a single gene, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have extended the average lifespan of a group of mice by about 20 percent—the equivalent of raising the average human lifespan ...
Aug 29, 2013
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Sleep disorders
More Black men have been dying from sleep apnea than white people and Black women
A University at Buffalo study has found that over the past two decades, more Black men have been dying from obstructive sleep apnea than have white people or Black females. Their death from sleep apnea has continued to rise, ...
May 3, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stressed out? Try smelling your partner's shirt
The scent of a romantic partner can help lower stress levels, new psychology research from the University of British Columbia has found.
Jan 4, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New potential therapy for fatty liver disease
In those with fatty liver disease, a person's fat goes to their liver instead of their fat tissue, either because of an absence of fat depots, which is seen in the rare genetic disease lipodystrophy, or because the depots ...
Jun 7, 2021
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Health
Leonardo's 'Vitruvian Man' ideal isn't far off modern measures
More than five centuries ago, Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci produced a now-famous image of what he considered the perfectly proportioned male body: the "Vitruvian Man."
Jun 10, 2020
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Medications
Widely-used hormone drug associated with increased risk of benign brain tumor at high doses
High doses of a widely-used drug used in the hormonal treatment of conditions such as excessive hair growth, early puberty, prostate cancer, are linked to an increased risk of meningioma—the most common type of benign ...
Feb 4, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Childhood trauma changes your brain, but it doesn't have to be permanent
In the early 1990s, more than 100,000 children in Romania were living in overcrowded, under-funded orphanages. They suffered from severe neglect, having little interaction with caretakers.
Feb 21, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Traditional masculinity' officially labeled 'harmful' by the American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association has issued its first official warning against toxic masculinity.
Jan 11, 2019
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