Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
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Gender Differences In Teen Sleep Deprivation And Related Weight Gain
Monday, October 24th, 2011
Sleeping less than 8 hours a night may be linked to weight gain in teens, shows a new study presented at CHEST 2011, the 77th annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). Furthermore, was linked to short sleep duration in teen males, with the fewest hours slept linked to the highest BMI [...]
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Dads On Lower Income Encourage Exercise, Healthy Diet But May Give Wrong Dose Of Medicine
Saturday, October 15th, 2011
Dads On Lower Income Encourage Exercise, Healthy Diet But May Give Wrong Dose Of Medicine Lower-income, urban dads are involved in their children’s health and encourage them to exercise and eat healthy foods, reports a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. But these same dads may also give their kids the wrong [...]
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Do US Men Value Fatherhood Over Their Careers?
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Do US Men Value Fatherhood Over Their Careers? The classic figure of a distant, career-focused father who spends lots of time at the office and who has little time for his kids might be getting outdated, a new study shows. In a nationwide survey that examined Americans’ feelings on fatherhood, 77 percent of U.S. men [...]
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Why Federal Panel Recommends Against PSA-Based Screening For Prostate Cancer
Monday, October 10th, 2011
, what they class as a recommendation. The task force adds that its recommendations apply to adult American males who have no symptoms which point towards prostate cancer – the recommendation includes any age, family history or race. The Task Force Stresses that it did not examine PSA-test usage to help diagnosis in males with [...]
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Sexual Abuse 4 Times More Likely For Men With Disabilities Compared To Men Without Disabilities
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Previous studies have documented that women with disabilities are more likely to be sexually assaulted than women without disabilities. A new study published online in the is the first population-based investigation to examine sexual violence victimization against men with disabilities. Researchers report that men with disabilities are more than four times more likely to be [...]
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Sexual Abuse 4 Times More Likely For Men With Disabilities Compared To Men Without Disabilities
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Previous studies have documented that women with disabilities are more likely to be sexually assaulted than women without disabilities. A new study published online in the is the first population-based investigation to examine sexual violence victimization against men with disabilities. Researchers report that men with disabilities are more than four times more likely to be [...]
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To Slow Rates Of HIV And HPV Transmission In South Africa, Earlier Circumcision In Males May Be Effective Intervention
Monday, October 10th, 2011
To Slow Rates Of HIV And HPV Transmission In South Africa, Earlier Circumcision In Males May Be Effective Intervention According to Anna R. Giuliano, Ph.D., program leader in epidemiology at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and colleagues in the Netherlands, earlier circumcision of males in South Africa may be a positive step in slowing [...]
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Male Breast Cancer Survival Rates Better Than Women’s
Saturday, October 8th, 2011
, researchers from the National University of Singapore found that men who develop breast cancer also have a lower risk of death, even though they are more likely to have advanced disease. Their findings have been published in the . The authors inform that the male breast cancer rate is less than one-hundredth of that [...]
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Male Breast Cancer Survival Rates Better Than Women’s
Friday, October 7th, 2011
, researchers from the National University of Singapore found that men who develop breast cancer also have a lower risk of death, even though they are more likely to have advanced disease. Their findings have been published in the . The authors inform that the male breast cancer rate is less than one-hundredth of that [...]
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Warning Issued Regarding Schoolboy Rugby
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
* highlights the injury risks for schoolboys playing rugby. The research shows that the chance of a school player suffering an injury during a single season is at least 12 per cent and, according to some research, could be as high as 90 per cent. The researchers from Queen Mary, University of London and Cass [...]