An expert oncologist at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) has concluded that dietary risk factors are closely linked with incidence of prostate cancer (CaP).
Dietary risk factors that increase risk of CaP include foods high in calcium (and possibly processed foods and red meats) and foods that decrease risk include foods rich in lycopene and selenium […]

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The Daily Telegraph reported that a recent study found that cat owners rejoice as having the feline creature as pet reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes by more than a third. Researchers concluded owning a cat helped to relieve stress and anxiety, known to help protect against heart disease by lowering blood pressure […]

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A study at the Brigham Young University says happily married people have lower blood pressure than unhappy married people or singles. Overall, happily married people scored four points lower on the blood pressure readings than single adults. The study also found that blood pressure among married people — especially those in happy marriages — dipped […]

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A new study at the University of California, Berkeley, that a diet rich in the vitamin folate may protect men against producing abnormal sperm and children with genetic abnormalities. This study is the first to suggest that paternal diet may play a role after conception in the development of healthy offspring.
Folate, also protective against birth […]

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The association between low levels of testosterone and decline in physical performance is of great importance because testosterone supplementation could be used in ageing men to prevent strength loss and physical impairment. It is still unclear whether levels of total testosterone (TT) or free testosterone (FT) are prospective determinants of decline in physical performance and/or […]

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Researchers have uncovered a link between low free testosterone levels and depression. Their study, which appears in the March issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, shows that older men with abnormally low free testosterone levels, or hypogonadism, were, on average, 271% more likely to display clinically significant signs of depression than men with higher […]

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According to a team of scientists from the University of Rochester, US, parents with stressful lives may be making their children vulnerable to illness. Anxious, stressed or depressed parents could not only make themselve unhealthy but their kids also.
The researchers found a clear link between anxiety and depression among parents and an increased chance of […]

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There are a lot of jokes about men marrying women half their age. As statistics have shown that monogamous men have the most children if they marry women younger than themselves, these men are the ones having the last laugh - evolutionarily speaking.
The question is how much younger should be a wife.
According to a Swedish study […]

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A scientific team from Indiana University suggests that regular exercise won’t only help overweight men shed those extra pounds, but as it turns out, it’s also good for their hearts. Experts found that being active ups vascular health in overweight men by an average of 24 percent. On the other hand, being inactive can decrease […]

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A recent U.S. survey shows men eat the meat, women go for the veggies.
Why the difference? Experts think that biology may play a role, but more obvious are cultural influences, which suggest that salads and quiche are dainty; hunks of meat manly.
The findings were to be presented Wednesday in Atlanta at the 2008 International Conference on […]

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