The Damage of Manspeak
Stereotypically macho messages limit children ’ s understanding of what it means to be a father, a man and a boy, as well.
Source: NYT Health - June 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ANDREW REINER Tags: Men and Boys Emotions Love (Emotion) Father's Day Parenting Source Type: news

Men's Looks Matter More Than Women Admit, Study Shows
Even if a guy has a great personality, a woman looking for a date still hopes he’s at least a little cute, a new study suggests. Researchers asked young women (ages 15 to 29) to choose potential dates from a series of photographs and descriptions, while the women’s mothers (ages 37 to 61) were asked to select possible boyfriends for their daughters using the same information. Results showed that a man’s looks influenced both groups of women more strongly than his personality profile. This held true even if a man’s profile was filled with highly desirable personal qualities, such as being respectful,...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

There Is Now An App For Sperm Testing
A new device that attaches to a smartphone can detect whether a man’s sperm concentration or motility is abnormal with 98 percent accuracy. Researchers hope the device, which is about the size of a small box of crayons and costs less than $5 to make, can address the need for a rapid and cheap way to detect male infertility. Problems with sperm contribute to infertility in 40 percent to 60 percent of cases where a couple has trouble conceiving, said study leader Hadi Shafiee, a professor of engineering in medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Current laboratory methods of...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Uganda: Patients Overwhelm Health Facilities in Busia
[Monitor] Busia -The increasing number of patients seeking treatment at the only two government health facilities in Busia Municipality is crippling service delivery, MP Geoffrey Macho, has said.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Family Planning Remains an Important Debate
[The Herald] Sometime in December 2016, Sekuru Tauzeni Mujaji (86), a traditional healer from Chipinge in Manicaland Province shared his story with the world, pleading for help as he could no longer afford to feed his 100 children and 10 wives.Accepting that he was not man enough to feed the hungry mouths he sired, the desperate man explained how life had become harder each day. In a desperate plea, he explained how the El Nino-induced drought had taken away his "macho man" status, reducing him to a beggar.
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - January 9, 2017 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Men Are More At Risk Of Overeating During Holidays, Study Finds
BOSTON (CBS) – Eating the most at the holiday table is a classic Power-Dad move. When everyone else quits on their second plate, there’s always that one person who grabs a third dish and it’s usually a man. A study conducted by the Cornell Food and Brand Lab has found that men are at risk at overeating, simply because of their ego. “Even if men aren’t thinking about it, eating more than a friend tends to be understood as a demonstration of virility and strength,” said co-author Kevin Kniffin, PhD, via News Medical. This might be the quintessential study that explains men. The experim...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - December 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Fall Winter Guide Health News Food Holidays study finds Source Type: news

To the Brain and Back - "Fantastic Voyage" pulsed by Anatomy from Asimov
Autumn 1966: A Medical Operation that's critical to Military Operations - ... an operation vitally urgent to the security of the free world... a voyage into inner space, into the living body, via a submarine and everyone in it shrunk down to the size of a single cell... inserted hypodermically and transported by the body's circulatory system, through the heart and the lungs, into the brain... so that a laser beam might dissolve a life-threatening blood clot, in a brain that holds an earth-imperiling secret.... ... $4 million will be spent to make this milestone of entertainment and showmanship. That was the 1966 promoti...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 15, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Full STEAM Ahead: Tapping Into Our Full Potential
There’s been tremendous momentum in recent years behind science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and especially around bringing more girls into these traditionally male-dominated fields. The enthusiasm around STEM, and the need to bring underrepresented groups into the fold, reaches from classrooms across the country all the way to the White House. “One of the things that I really strongly believe in is that we need to have more girls interested in math, science and engineering,” said President Obama in 2013. “We’ve got half the population that is way underrepresented in those fields and that means that ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 20, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

'Mean girl' meerkats can make twice as much testosterone as males
(Duke University) Testosterone. It's often lauded as the hormone that makes males bigger, bolder, stronger. Now researchers have identified one group of animals, the meerkats of Africa, in which females can produce even more testosterone than males -- the only animals known to have such a pattern. Female meerkats with high levels of testosterone-related hormones are more likely to be leaders, but they also pay a price for being macho, according to two new studies.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Houston ’ s Coach Pecks Away at Football ’ s Macho Culture, a Kiss at a Time
Tom Herman ’ s rite of kissing and hugging his players has earned praise from psychologists who say players are motivated by a desire to be in connected communities.
Source: NYT Health - October 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MARC TRACY Tags: Football (College) Herman, Tom (1975- ) University of Houston Coaches and Managers Men and Boys Emotions Source Type: news

Fatherhood Plummets Testosterone... Maybe.
It's so easy to tie things to hormones. We usually think of it as a woman's thing. Fat after a baby? It's her hormones. Cranky when she's hitting her late 40s? It's her hormones. But what about men? In the July issue of Hormones and Behavior, scientists link a man's sinking testosterone levels during his partner's pregnancy to an increased investment in fatherhood. The study tracked 27 heterosexual couples, measuring everyone's testosterone (men and women) three to four times during the pregnancy. Then they all filled out a survey about their investment, commitment, and satisfaction when the baby turned 3-and-a-half month...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 1, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Why Men Are Posting Selfies With This Hand Gesture
A simple hand gesture has taken on a very important meaning across social media over the past month. When people post selfies with their thumbs and pointer fingers connected in a circle, commonly interpreted as a gesture of “OK” ― they’re actually trying to save lives. As part of the #ItsOkayToTalk campaign, these photos are promoting the idea that encouraging conversation about mental health and suicide could reduce the stigma that prevents men from speaking up about their struggles.  This initiative couldn’t be more necessary: In the U.S., the national suicide rate is th...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Trump Just Totally Ignored Science... Again
Donald Trump doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to recognizing trustworthy science. The Republican presidential nominee has made comments suggesting he thinks climate change is a hoax, immigrants are to blame for the spread of infectious diseases and mandatory childhood vaccines cause autism. All of those claims have been proven wrong in studies conducted by researchers and published in respected, peer-reviewed scientific journals.      So, perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that when it comes to sleep ― a topic neurologists, neurobiologists and neurophysiologi...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 27, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Nigeria: Why Workaholics Should Check Their Mental Health
[Premium Times] It has become a corporate fad for workers to claim they are workaholics. Why not? It could attract favour from the boss or employers, as well as portraying the worker as dependable macho men.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 4, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news

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