New study analyzes link between digit ratio and oxygen consumption in soccer players
The efficiency of oxygen supply to tissues is a factor in the severity of important diseases such as COVID-19 and heart conditions.
Feb 16, 2024
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The efficiency of oxygen supply to tissues is a factor in the severity of important diseases such as COVID-19 and heart conditions.
Feb 16, 2024
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Your hands reveal a lot about the state of your health. This is something that has been recognized since at least the time of Hippocrates—the father of modern medicine.
Aug 25, 2023
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Attraction to same-sex partners is common in humans but the biological influences on homosexuality and bisexuality are not fully understood.
Dec 16, 2022
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Locked fingers, known as trigger finger, are more common among people with diabetes than in the general population. A study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that the risk of being affected increases in the case of high ...
Oct 19, 2022
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The ratios between the lengths of the second and fourth fingers, known as the 2D:4D ratio, are different in males and females, which is often explained by levels of androgens and oestrogens. However, an alternative theory ...
Jul 8, 2021
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Take a minute to look at your hands and pay special attention to the difference in length between your index finger and ring finger. This is your digit ratio.
Aug 18, 2017
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Researchers from the Higher School of Economics have shown how the level of perinatal testosterone, the sex hormone, impacts a person's earnings in life.
Feb 3, 2017
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By comparing your index and ring fingers, a neuroscientist can tell if you are likely to be anxious, or if you are likely to be a good athlete.
Oct 12, 2016
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Rings made of titanium—an increasingly popular alternative to gold and silver—are giving emergency doctors a headache because they are so difficult to prize off swollen fingers, reveals a case study published online in ...
Aug 13, 2015
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How you feel pain is affected by where sources of pain are in relation to each other, and so crossing your fingers can change what you feel on a single finger, finds new UCL research.
Mar 26, 2015
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