Healthy Men

• Study: Trash Old, Unused Drugs

  

  Posted 9:41 PM 5/18/2012

  May 18, 2012 -- Prescription medication "take-back" programs are increasingly promoted as a way to safely dispose of unused drugs, but they are no better for the environment than simply throwing old drugs in the trash, a new study suggests.

  When researchers used a complicated methodology called "comparative life cycle assessment" to estimate the environmental impact of (More)
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• High Reps With Low Weights Builds Muscle, Too

  

  Posted 4:39 PM 4/27/2012

  April 27, 2012 -- Want to build up your muscles in time for beach season? High reps with low weights may be the way to go, a new study suggests.

  "There is nothing magical about heavy weights beyond the fact that they make you work hard," says researcher Nicholas Burd, PhD, of Maastricht University Medical Centre in the Netherlands.

  In a series of experiments, Burd and colleagues tweaked some resistance-exercise variables to see which had the greatest (More)
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• Is That 'New Car Smell' Toxic?

  

  Posted 3:11 AM 2/15/2012

  Feb. 15, 2012 -- That "new car smell" may come from toxic chemicals, according to new research.

  A new study suggests that new car smell comes from toxic chemicals off-gassing in a car's interior, like brominated flame retardants (BFRs), chromium, and lead. In all, researchers identified more than 275 different chemicals in vehicle interiors (More)
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• Men Don't Always Think About Sex

  

  Posted 9:35 PM 11/29/2011

  Nov. 29, 2011 -- Men do think about sex more often than women overall, but not all the time -- and the gap is not as wide as you might think, a new study finds.

  "The absolute number of sexual thoughts is dramatically less than the urban legend that men think about sex every seven seconds," says study researcher Terri Fisher, PhD, professor of (More)
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• When Men Get Breast Cancer, Lupus, or Osteoporosis

  

  Posted 4:59 PM 8/23/2011

  If you've never met a guy with breast cancer - and odds are good that you haven't - Terry Mautner is happy to be your first.

  "I've worn it as kind of a badge of courage, or whatever you want to call it. I like to engage people in conversation about it because they find it so unusual or interesting," he says. In fact, while talking to WebMD by phone, the Indianapolis man (More)
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• Not All Belly Fat Is Bad for the Heart

  

  Posted 9:18 PM 7/21/2011

  July 21, 2011 -- Where a person stores body fat may be more important for heart disease risk than how big they are, a new study shows.

  Doctors have long wondered why some obese people look metabolically normal; that is, they have normal cholesterol, blood sugar, and (More)
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• Penis Size Linked to Length of Fingers

  

  Posted 6:20 PM 7/5/2011

  July 5, 2011 -- The ratio between the length of the index finger and the ring finger of men's hands is associated with penis length, a study shows.

  Researchers found that men with a lower ratio, or a shorter length of the index finger compared to the ring finger, tended to have a longer penile length.

  The study is published in the Asian Journal of (More)
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• Are Flashy Spenders Looking for a Fling?

  

  Posted 8:48 PM 6/23/2011

  June 23, 2011 -- Flashy spending is one way that men signal they want to mate -- but not that they want to mate for life, a study shows.

  "This research suggests that conspicuous products, such as Porsches, can serve the same function for some men that large and brilliant feathers serve for peacocks," study researcher Jill Sundie, PhD, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Texas, San Antonio, says in a news release.

  The study is (More)
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• Sleep Loss May Lower Testosterone

  

  Posted 7:37 PM 6/3/2011

  June 3, 2011 -- Cutting back on sleep, even for a little while, may have a dramatic effect on men's testosterone levels.

  A preliminary new study shows a week of sleep loss lowered testosterone levels by up to 15% in group of healthy young men.

  Researchers say low testosterone levels can negatively affect (More)
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• 6 Mistakes Men Make in Marriage

  

  Posted 11:40 AM 6/1/2011

  Men, we don't mean to nag, but you may be making mistakes that risk ruining your marriage. In fact, if you are a typical man, you are likely making several, and making them often.

  Don't believe us? Ask your wife. Now, before you get all defensive, this isn't about blame. These aren't ridiculous relationship mistakes -- they're the subtle things that you might not even know you're doing. And changing these habits could make a big difference to your wife -- (More)
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