Psychology & Psychiatry
Explainer: What is cute aggression?
Humans respond to cute. Show us just about any little critter with a big round head and a pair of large, blinking-in-the-headlights eyes and cooing will ensue.
Sep 10, 2013
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News tagged with sex differences
Neuroscience
Male/female brain differences? Big data says not so much
A research study at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science has debunked the widely-held belief that the hippocampus, a crucial part of the brain that consolidates new memories and helps connect emotions to the ...
Oct 29, 2015
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Diabetes
Diabetes drugs affect hearts of men, women differently
(Medical Xpress)—Widely used treatments for type 2 diabetes have different effects on the hearts of men and women, even as the drugs control blood sugar equally well in both sexes, according to researchers at Washington ...
Dec 12, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Gender differences in liver cancer risk explained by small changes in genome
Men are four times more likely to develop liver cancer compared to women, a difference attributed to the sex hormones androgen and estrogen. Although this gender difference has been known for a long time, the molecular mechanisms ...
Jan 19, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sex matters -- more men with migraine suffer from PTSD than women
A recently published paper highlights that while the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more common in those with migraine than those without migraine irrespective of sex, the risk is greater in male migraineurs ...
Jun 1, 2011
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Neuroscience
What neuroscience can tell us about the Google diversity memo
Everybody seems to have an opinion about Google's recent sacking of its malware software engineer James Damore for circulating a memo arguing that women and men are suitable for different roles because they are intrinsically ...
Aug 15, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Research helps explain why obesity is more dangerous for men
A newly published study from York University sheds light on the biological underpinnings in sex differences in obesity-related disease, with researchers observing "striking" differences in the cells that build blood vessels ...
Jan 9, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Higher rates of heart issues in men with COVID-19 not explained by pre-existing cardiovascular conditions
COVID-19 typically presents as a respiratory illness, but cardiovascular complications such as irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia), lack of blood flow to the brain (stroke) and heart failure are also reported in some patients. ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Hands-on dads more prone to jealousy in the face of infidelity
A new international study has found fathers who invest time and money in their children are likely to be more jealous when their partner cheats on them compared with dads who are less involved.
Jul 23, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Review of research calls into question sex differences in face-to-face mate preferences
Women say they place a priority on a potential partner's earning prospects, and men claim to value a potential partner's physical attractiveness; these sex differences have been widely studied by psychologists for decades.
Jun 19, 2013
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