A Sweedish study at the Sahlgrenska Academy has found men who have lost their partner to cancer and who are still single four to five years after their loss run a far greater risk of developing mental illness than those who have managed to find a new partner.
It has been scientifically proven that relatives of […]

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A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis of long-term effects of violent video game play on the brain has found changes in brain regions associated with cognitive function and emotional control in young adult men after one week of game play.The results showed that after one week of violent game play, the video game group […]

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According to new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, members of California’s aging lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) population are more likely to suffer from certain chronic conditions, even as they wrestle with the challenges of living alone in far higher numbers than the heterosexual population,
Half of all gay and bisexual […]

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A new study at the French National Institute of Health Research in Bordeaux has revealed that older people with larger waistlines, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome may be at a higher risk for memory loss.
Metabolic syndrome was defined as having three or more of the following risk factors: […]

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An article recently published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association has documented the value of Kegel exercises (with or without biofeedback and pelvic floor electrical stimulation) on recovery of continence after a radical prostatectomy (RP) – in men with persistent incontinence post-surgery.
The authors conclude that for men who have continued incontinence […]

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Over the years a number of studies have documented a reduction in penile size after open radical retropubic prostatectomy. A newly published study reports on the impact of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) and penile rehabilitation on penile size.
Study data do appear to show that men who carry out one of two forms of penile […]

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New research at the San Francisco VA Medical Center suggests that mental health issues confronted by U.S. veterans returning from the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan differ by gender.
Female veterans are more likely to have a diagnosis of depression than are their male counterparts, according to a study of nearly 330,000 veterans who received […]

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A recent survey at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, concluded the majority of suicidal adolescents who seek care in a hospital emergency room (ER) go on to receive follow-up care by a mental health professional in the next 30 days.
The authors found that nearly a third of the teens continued to have suicidal thoughts and […]

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A new study shows large doses of vitamin B may slow the progression of memory problems in older people.
Researchers found the vitamin helped the brains of people over 70 not shrink as quickly.
Experts say brain shrinkage is one of the factors that can lead to dementia.
Experts aren’t exactly sure why the vitamin has a positive […]

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According to a recent finding by researchers from CNRS, Inserm and the Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, men and yeast have something in common: they use the same molecular process to ensure the integrity of their gene pool during reproduction.
The scientists are therefore set on studying yeast in order to shed light on the numerous […]

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