There are many myths about men’s sexual preferences. A well-known psychologist helped us understand which of them are pure fiction, and which are true. Myth 1. A man must hunt for sex; otherwise he would quickly cool off towards his woman. True. Men are hunters (real men), so the process of conquest is very important [...]
A research review by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists had found that moderate caffeine consumption probably won’t increase the risk of a miscarriage or premature birth. Until recently, studies have had conflicting findings about the effect of moderate caffeine consumption on pregnancy complications but a College committee has reviewed the evidence. “I think [...]
Some men like eating ample tasty meals and drinking in a cheerful company, others are regular smokers, while some work to rapidly build muscle mass, using hormones and anabolic. Such careless attitude to health, according to urologists, will inevitably reflect on male strength over time. Beer lovers are at a great risk since regular consumption [...]
Long hours in front of the television, whether channel surfing or gaming, can make it difficult for kids to concentrate in school, psychologists say. While researchers are still divided on the issue, the findings are similar to most earlier work on the effects of television watching in kids. “What we don’t know at this point [...]
Overall cancer mortality rates continued to drop in the United States mainly due to enhanced prevention efforts and better treatment. The drop in cancer mortality rates over the last 20 years has averted more than 767,000 cancer deaths, the ACS said in its annual Cancer Statistics 2010 report. The overall death rate from cancer in [...]
According to statistics, every third passenger has a fear of flying. This is not surprising. After all, fear is a manifestation of self-preservation instinct. Fear of air travel is as natural as fear of the dark or walks in the deserted streets at night. If you think that only those who fly frequently suffer from [...]
A new research suggests that people who drink tea or coffee in moderation are less likely to die of heart disease than coffee and tea abstainers, according to media reports Saturday. The research team studied tea and coffee consumption among 37,514 people in The Netherlands, and followed the participants for 13 years to monitor heart [...]
Violent videogames can increase aggression and hostility in some players but they can also benefit others by honing their visual/spatial skills and improving social networking ability, scientists said. In a special issue of the journal Review of General Psychology published by the American Psychological Association, researchers said the games can also help to control diabetes [...]
Coffee can be good for you No matter what they same about coffee being harmful, moderation is the key to success, doctors say. Research conducted by American biologists revealed that two to three cups a day is more than enough to provide protection for the heart, slightly increase metabolism and even reduce appetite if you [...]
If you are a smoker who wants to get rid of the nasty habit, you can bid farewell to cigarettes on May 31, the World No Tobacco Day. This day appeared in 1988 when the World Health Organization set a goal to the international community to root out the problem of tobacco smoking in the [...]
A 60-year-old retired woman in Hefei, capital of East China’s Anhui province, has given birth to two infant girls, putting her at the top of the list of the country’s oldest mothers. Two girls were born prematurely on Tuesday, 34 weeks after Cheng Lin (pseudonym) successfully received in-vitro fertilization (IVF). The decision for Cheng to [...]
Consumers who opt for organic foods often believe they are improving their health, but there is currently no strong evidence that organics bring nutrition-related health benefits, a new research review finds. A “disappointingly small” number of well-designed studies have looked at whether organic foods may have health benefits beyond their conventional counterparts’, according to the [...]
It is very hard to buy food without any additives today. Coloring agents, fillers, conservatives and other chemicals indicated as “E” with digits can be found in practically everything that we eat today. Where do they all come from and why do we have to eat those chemicals? Food makers will not like the answer [...]
People who are depressed eat more chocolate than people who are not, US researchers said on Monday, in a study that puts numbers behind the link between mood and chocolate. They said people who were depressed ate an average of 8.4 servings of chocolate per month, compared with 5.4 servings among those who were not. [...]
A few months ago the United Nations published a report about illicit drugs consumption during the year of 2007. The conclusion was that 208 million people – 4,8% of the World’s adult population – had used illicit drugs, at least, once a year. It was also found that the “regulars” – classified as drugs addicts [...]
Obesity in pregnancy may increase the risk of heart defects in babies, according to a new study. In the study, U.S. researchers compared the records of mothers of 7,392 children born with major heart defects and more than 56, 000 mothers of infants born without birth defects. The study found that the heavier a woman [...]
U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to Portland, Maine Thursday to sell the health insurance reform, touting its benefits to small business and asking the public to be patient about the reform. Making fun of what happened before and after the reform became law last week, Obama said after he signed the bill, he “looked up [...]
This chronic disease is still very little understood and includes a myriad of symptoms, so varied that they make diagnosis difficult and make employers doubt their employees who suffer from the condition.The disorder called Fibromyalgia affects millions of people around the world, mainly women. It is as mysterious as it is debilitating and affects some [...]
Women need to get at least an hour a day of moderate exercise if they hope to ward off the creep of extra pounds that comes with aging, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. The weekly total of 420 minutes is nearly triple the 150 minutes of moderate daily exercise currently recommended by U.S. health officials [...]
Some say it may cause infertility. One group claims men cannot live without having regular sexual interactions, while another one believes that everything depends on a man’s body type. As of now, there is no unified opinion regarding the effect of abstinence on human body. Some believe that it causes both psychical and somatic abnormalities, [...]
The speedy development of genetic engineering and biotechnologies created favorable grounds for cloning living organisms. The nuclear transfer method proved to be most successful and resulted in the appearance of sheep Dolly that lived for six years. Scientists say that such an approach is best for launching the work for cloning human beings. Parthenogenesis – [...]
Questioning the theory that prenatal exposure to the flu virus might be a risk factor for schizophrenia, a new study finds no link between the flu pandemic of 1957 and later schizophrenia rates. In an analysis of studies from Europe, Australia, Japan and the U.S., researchers found no higher-than-normal risk of schizophrenia among people born [...]
Here’s a new warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly. Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged periods — even if you also exercise regularly — could be bad for your health. And it doesn’t matter where the sitting takes place — at the office, at school, in the car or before a computer [...]
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Japanese women are expected to live almost 86 1/2 years, topping the world longevity ratings for the 25th straight year, the government reported Monday. The statistics for 2009 compiled and published by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare showed both Japanese women and men extended their average life expectancy to new records — 86.44 [...]