Researchers at Northwestern University have found that finasteride, which is marketed as Propecia (the hair-loss drug taken by Donald Trump), can cause persistent erectile dysfunction (PED) that persists for months or years after a man stops taking the drug. A Northwestern University news release reports that among the men studied, […]
Author: Art Jahnke
Fitness Trackers Bad With Heart Rates
It’s comforting to imagine that your fitness tracker has your heart rate covered, but research conducted at the Cleveland Clinic suggests that fitness tracker wearers should take some heart rate monitors with a grain of salt, or perhaps with something else that won’t raise blood pressure. A Cleveland Clinic news […]
High Status Women Stay Thin, But Not Men
It’s not a secret that socioeconomic status, OK education, comes with a lot of pressure to stay slender. Or, as recent research at Vanderbilt University suggests, when if comes to weight, you are not just what you eat, you are who your friends are. Unless you are a man. A […]
Better Sex Life = Better Work Life
Note to employers: your best workers have the best sex lives. That’s the suggestion of research conducted at the University of Washington and the University of Oregon, where business school professors followed 159 married employees over the course of two weeks, asking them to complete two brief surveys each day. A […]
Morning People Eat Better
Night owls may have an edge when it comes to drinking, but early risers tend to eat more healthful foods. So says a recent study conducted at the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, where researchers studied the eating and sleeping habits of 1,900 people.  HealthDay reports that the […]
Probiotics Cut Allergy Symptoms
Probiotics are alleged to deliver all kind of health benefits, and, especially now that they are widely and wildly marketed, it’s hard to separate faction from fiction. Now come researchers from the University of Florida who have no ostensible reason to jack up the powers of probiotics, and who claim […]
Seven Miles A Day For Heart Health? Really?
Yes really. That’s the recommendation of researchers at the University of Warwick, who outfitted 111 healthy postal workers with activity monitors for seven days, then tracked their activity and compared their waist circumferences and BMIs. One group of 55 were office workers, and one group of 56 walked a mail […]
Men: Extreme Exercise Is Bad For Your Sex Life
First, the good news: moderate exercise, the kind that most men do, is good for the male libido.  And now the bad: a new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina suggests that, for men at least, strenuous exercise is associated with lower libidos. The New York Times […]
Is Your Health App Too Friendly?
Sure, interactive health apps are good for your health, and back and forth communication between wearer and device has been shown to increase likelihood that the wearer will actually follow through with a recommended exercise. That’s the good news. The bad news, from researchers at Penn State and the University […]
Do Women Sweat More Than Men?
Who really sweats more, men or women? A new study by researchers at the University of Wollongong in Australia suggests that the answer is “neither.” Gender doesn’t matter. Size does. Science Daily reports on the study, which looked at skin blood flow and sweating responses in 36 men and 24 […]