Anorexia or eating disorder usually associated with teenage girls is increasingly spreading in epidemic proportion among men seeking to build ‘an ideal body’.
According to a new survey in Britain, the number of men being treated for this lifestyle disease has gone up by 67 percent in the past five years, the Daily Mail has reported.
Though […]

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A 40-minute daily walk can cut disability risk in older adults, suggests a new study.
According to researchers elderly could decrease their risk of disability and increase their likelihood of maintaining independence by 41 percent.
The study appears in the current issue of the Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy.

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Despite strong evidence that type 2 diabetes can be prevented or at least delayed by a combination of lifestyle changes and good dietary advice, a team of Cochrane Researchers found that there is no indication whether dietary advice alone can prevent the disease.
Type 2 diabetes is very common and the number of people affected is […]

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Men really should learn to stay positive, for a new study has found that optimism is good for their hearts.
The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center who followed 2,816 adults in New England between the ages of 35 and 75 who had no history of heart disease over a […]

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Cutting just 300 to 500 calories a day from your diet could be the key to slowing the signs of aging and living longer, according to a new study.
Studies have long shown that reducing calorie intake slows the aging process in rats and mice. A popular theory is that fewer daily calories decreases production of […]

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Men who take up cycling in an effort to stay fit, do their bit for the environment or avoid spiralling motoring costs, could be harming their health if they don’t choose the right bicycle.
That’s the stark warning from consultant urological surgeon Mr Vinod Nargund from St Bartholomew’s and Homerton Hospitals, London, in the urology journal […]

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Saint Louis University researchers suggest cutting back on calories could be a promising strategy to live longer.
Calorie restriction has long been shown to slow the aging process in rats and mice, but scientists do not know how calorie restriction affects the aging process in rodents. One popular hypothesis is that it slows aging by decreasing […]

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Large doses of a red wine ingredient can ward off many of the vagaries of aging in mice who begin taking it at midlife, according to a new report published online on July 3rd in Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. Those health improvements of the chemical known as resveratrol—including cardiovascular benefits, greater motor coordination, […]

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Young men whose parents had difficulty conceiving are likely to have relatively poor sperm quality, a new study at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark shows - offering evidence that fertility problems are at least partly inherited in some cases.

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The most important work that men do is to be totally involved in the lives of their children and families, two U.S. experts suggest.
The anthology, “Why Fathers Count: The Importance of Fathers and Their Involvement with Children,” was edited by Sean Brotherson of North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D., and Joseph White of the […]

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