by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainEating up to three daily servings of the Korean classic, kimchi, may lower men’s overall risk of obesity, while radish kimchi is linked to a lower prevalence of midriff bulge in both sexes, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Open. Kimchi is made by salting and...
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COVID, No Matter the Severity, Linked With Urologic Effects in Men
Marcia Frellick SARS-CoV-2 infection is linked in men with increased incidence of urinary retention, urinary tract infection (UTI), and blood in the urine, a new study finds. Authors of the study, led by Alex Qinyang Liu, of S.H. Ho Urology Centre, at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, highlighted the clinical implications. “Clinicians should be...
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Enlarged breast tissue in men linked to heightened risk of death
by British Medical Journal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMen with enlarged breast tissue, not caused by excess weight—a condition formally known as gynecomastia—may be at heightened risk of an early death before the age of 75, suggests the first study of its kind, published online in the open access journal BMJ Open. Those with a pre-existing risk...
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COVID, No Matter the Severity, Linked With Urologic Effects in Men
Marcia Frellick SARS-CoV-2 infection is linked in men with increased incidence of urinary retention, urinary tract infection (UTI), and blood in the urine, a new study finds. Authors of the study, led by Alex Qinyang Liu, of S.H. Ho Urology Centre, at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, highlighted the clinical implications. “Clinicians should be...
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Men: Here are the health screenings you need
by Kirstie Ganobsik Many men will put off going to the doctor unless they are really sick, but men’s health screenings help catch problems before symptoms appear. So, how can you tell if a health screening or preventive care appointment is right for you? The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and...
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Men need to take melanoma seriously
by ByJason Howland, Mayo Clinic Credit: Mayo Clinic News Network It’s only April, but many people across the country and the globe are already enjoying summerlike temperatures. But getting out in the sun also increases your risk of getting skin cancer. Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer. It develops in the cells that produce...
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Men and Osteoporosis
BY AMY CAMPBELL, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES | FEBRUARY 14, 2023 When it comes to bone health, you might think that only women need to pay attention. Many people think of osteoporosis, which is a disease that causes bones to weaken and break, as a “woman’s disease.” But men can have osteoporosis, too. And because people are living...
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Standard threshold for low testosterone doesn’t apply to younger men, study finds
by Wolters Kluwer Health Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Urology (2022). DOI: 10.1097/JU.0000000000002928 The standard cutoff point for low testosterone levels may not be accurate for men in their mid-forties and younger, reports a study in the Journal of Urology. “Young men have different testosterone reference ranges than older men,” comments lead author Alex Zhu, DO, of University...
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Epigenetic changes linked to Parkinson’s disease differ in men and women
by Rutgers University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The epigenetic changes linked to Parkinson’s disease—a nervous system disorder that afflicts nearly 1 million Americans—are different in men and women, according to a new Rutgers study published in npj Parkinson’s Disease. In a postmortem analysis of brain neurons, researchers compared samples from 50 people who died with Parkinson’s...
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Men are no cleverer than women
WORLD SCIENTIFIC IMAGE: COVER FOR “ANDROCENTRISM: THE ASCENDANCY OF MAN” CREDIT: WORLD SCIENTIFIC Why is it that women across the world are still faced with the task of shattering various glass ceilings? According to Henrietta Leyser FRHistS, Emeritus Fellow of St Peter’s College, the University of Oxford, UK, a popular explanation (or excuse) for the...
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