Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
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Football Could Give Homeless Men A Health Kick
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Playing street football two or three times a week could halve the risk of early death in homeless men. Research led by the Universities of Exeter and Copenhagen, out today (3 October), shows the positive impact of street football on the fitness of homeless people, a group with typically poor health and low life expectancy. [...]
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Football Could Give Homeless Men A Health Kick
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Playing street football two or three times a week could halve the risk of early death in homeless men. Research led by the Universities of Exeter and Copenhagen, out today (3 October), shows the positive impact of street football on the fitness of homeless people, a group with typically poor health and low life expectancy. [...]
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Childless Men More At Risk Of Death From Cardiovascular Disease
Monday, September 26th, 2011
The risk of dying from cardiovascular disease is higher for childless men than for fathers, according to a large study led by a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The new study, which was published online Sept. 26 in , tracked some 135,000 male members of the American Association of Retired Persons over [...]
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Vitamin D Deficiency A Risk Factor For African-American Men Living In Poor Sunlight Areas
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
deficiency than European-American men living in the same environment. Researchers believe that these findings should change recommendations for daily intake of vitamin D. “This study shows that across the board vitamin D recommendations just won’t work for everybody,” said Adam B. Murphy, M.D., M.B.A., clinical instructor in the department of urology at Northwestern University Feinberg [...]
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Intoxication Important In Determining When Some Men Commit Sexual Aggression
Friday, September 9th, 2011
assesses the extent to which alcohol plays a causal role in sexual assault perpetration. Results found that men who are already prone to anger, who have hostile attitudes toward women, and who are in social environments that accept sexual aggression are most likely to engage in sexual aggression when intoxicated. The review article is part [...]
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Reversing Baldness – Clue May Lie In Stem Cell Signals That Trigger Hair Growth
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
By studying mice, researchers found that in the fatty layer of the skin send signals that trigger hair growth, and suggest the discovery could lead to new treatments for reversing . The Yale researchers write about their study in the 2 September issue of . Senior author Valerie Horsley, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and [...]
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Risk For High Blood Pressure Increases With Poor Sleep Quality
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
in older men, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. SWS, one of the deeper stages of sleep, is characterized by non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) from which it’s difficult to awaken. It’s represented by relatively slow, synchronized brain waves called delta activity on an electroencephalogram. Researchers from the Outcomes of [...]
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Risk For High Blood Pressure Increases With Poor Sleep Quality
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
in older men, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. SWS, one of the deeper stages of sleep, is characterized by non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) from which it’s difficult to awaken. It’s represented by relatively slow, synchronized brain waves called delta activity on an electroencephalogram. Researchers from the Outcomes of [...]
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True Love: Marriage Helps Couples Survive Medical Heart Ailments
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
So how’s your marriage? A new study recommends you do your best to make it work as there are several health related benefits that stem from a happy union aside from the emotional rewards. However, the bond does not affect both genders the same and the study from the American Psychological Association goes into some [...]
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Psychology Study Contradicts Popular Idea That Males Need To Feel Safe To Share Feelings
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
A new University of Missouri study finds that boys feel that discussing problems is a waste of time. “For years, popular psychologists have insisted that boys and men would like to talk about their problems but are held back by fears of embarrassment or appearing weak,” said Amanda J. Rose, associate professor of psychological sciences [...]