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The world’s population has increased by more than 2.6-fold in the last 60 years. The growing trend continues — projections indicate that the number of people living on our planet will grow to 9 billion by 2037 from 8 billion in 2022. These numbers underscore the need for considering family planning; however, there have been …
A new review of research evidence has explored the key differences in how women and men sleep, variations in their body clocks, and how this affects their metabolism. Published in Sleep Medicine Reviews, the paper highlights the crucial role sex plays in understanding these factors and suggests a person’s biological sex should be considered when …
Research published in JAMA Network Open from the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) suggests that men with prostate cancer could significantly reduce the chances of the disease worsening by eating more nuts, olive oil, fruits, and vegetables. This study involved over 2,000 men with localized prostate cancer with a median age of 65 years old …
Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have developed a new urine-based test that addresses a major problem in prostate cancer: how to separate the slow-growing form of the disease unlikely to cause harm from more aggressive cancer that needs immediate treatment. The test, called MyProstateScore2.0, or MPS2, looks at 18 different genes …
Researchers from the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine have discovered a gene in the Y (the sex chromosomes only present in males) chromosome that contributes to the increased incidence of heart failure among men, possibly opening new avenues to treatments. Their findings have been published in Nature Cardiovascular Research. People normally have one …
Surveys show that most men are interested in using male contraceptives, but their options are limited to condoms which can be unreliable, or vasectomies. Research into developing drugs that block sperm production, maturation, or fertilization has had varied results that provided incomplete protection or severe side effects. Scientists from the Salk Institute report in the …
A drug commonly used to treat male pattern baldness and enlarged prostate in millions of men around the globe may also provide surprising and life-saving benefits according to research from the University of Illinois published in the Journal of Lipid Research, suggesting that it may lower cholesterol and cut the overall risk of developing cardiovascular …
A study called: “Sex Differences in Association of Physical Activity With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality” published in the open-access Journal of the American College of Cardiology, suggests that women get more cardiovascular benefit from less exercise compared to men. Research involving data from the National Health Interview Survey database of 412,413 American adults from Smidt …
Up to three daily servings of kimchi may lower men’s obesity risk and radish kimchi is linked to a lower prevalence of midriff bulge in both men and women Eating 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 …
Men with enlarged breast tissue, not caused by excess weight—a condition formally known as gynaecomastia—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 factor, such as cancer or …