Category: Wellness (Page 84 of 116)

      Testosterone Drops in New Fathers

      September 17, 2011 /

      It seems that women aren’t the only ones affected by hormone fluctuations during child birth. Fatherhood, it seems, also comes with physiological changes.

      A new study reveals that testosterone levels drop when men become fathers.

      The study, experts say, suggests that men’s bodies evolved hormonal systems that helped them commit to their families once children were born. It also suggests that men’s behavior can affect hormonal signals their bodies send, not just that hormones influence behavior. And, experts say, it underscores that mothers were meant to have child care help.

      Research, Wellness

      Improved Heart Health May Improve Your Sex Life, Too

      September 15, 2011 /

      Your heart health may be the biggest predictor of your sex life.

      Nearly 1 in 5 men in the U.S. has difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection, a condition known as erectile dysfunction (ED). The new study, which appears this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine, suggests that ED drugs such as Viagra aren’t the only solution and aren’t always enough to address the problem, says coauthor Dr. Stephen Kopecky, M.D., a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

      Research, Wellness

      Laughter Really is the Best Medicine

      September 15, 2011 /

      Scientists are confirming what many of us already know.

      But why it works is the big question.

      What is the physiology of laughter?

      The answer, reports Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary psychologist at Oxford, is not the intellectual pleasure of cerebral humor, but the physical act of laughing. The simple muscular exertions involved in producing the familiar ha, ha, ha, he said, trigger an increase in endorphins, the brain chemicals known for their feel-good effect.

      Read on to find out why laughing makes us feel good.

      Research, Wellness

      Jealousy is Different for Men and Women

      September 14, 2011 /

      Jealousy rears it’s ugly head from time to time with all of us but men and women feel the sting in different ways.

      “Relative to women, men are more distressed by sexual infidelity, and women are more upset over emotional infidelity, relative to men,” says study author Barry X. Kuhle, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Penn.

      Research, Wellness

      HPV Vaccine Becomes the Center Of Republican Debate

      September 14, 2011 /

      HPV is extremely common—75 percent of all women will eventually come in contact with this virus. But the good news is that most of those cases will clear up by themselves in as little as two years. Plus, there’s the additional protection of vaccination.

      Nearly 100 percent of cervical cancers are caused by high-risk HPV, says Mark Einstein, M.D., director of clinical research at Montefiore Medical Center and Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. If left untreated, cervical cancer may require chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or a full hysterectomy, and may even result in infertility or death.

      The vaccine Gardasil protects against four of the most common strains of HPV, 16 and 18 (which can cause cervical cancer) and 6 and 11 (which cause genital warts).

      Another vaccine, Cervarix, has also been approved by the FDA and is highly effective in treating strains 16 and 18. The National Cancer Institute reports that there is evidence that Cervarix may also protect against other types of HPV that cause cancer.

      The HPV Vaccine can be beneficial, however, a government mandate may not be popular.

      Do we want government officials dictating medical policy?

      Quality Control, Wellness

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