But don’t let love interfere with your work, researchers say… For all of you who found your Valentine at work, here’s good news. Office romances don’t bother fellow workers unless they have a negative effect, a new Canadian study finds. “Most people believe romantic relationships [at work] are OK…

Psychologists study new treatments for smokers from underserved populations… WASHINGTON – With the national trend toward quitting smoking flat, psychologists are finding some success with treatments aimed at helping smokers from underserved groups, including racial and ethnic minorities and those with psychiatric diso…

Treatment of prostate cancer using a very low dose of nitroglycerin may slow and even halt the progression of the disease without the severe side effects of current treatments, Queen’s University researchers have discovered. The findings are the result of the first-ever clinical trial using nitroglycerin to treat prosta…

A just published research experiment on inactive men with high blood pressure shows that just 3 months of soccer practise twice a week causes a significant fall in blood pressure, resting pulse rate, and percentage of body fat, and is more effective than the doctor’s usual advice on healthy diet and exercise. Other para…

UCSF researchers have identified an elusive molecular regulator that controls the ability of human sperm to reach and fertilize the egg, a finding that has implications on both treating male infertility and preventing pregnancy. The team of biophysicists and molecular biologists also broke through a previous barrier to this r…

Since 1970, women have outpaced men in education and earnings growth… Historically, marriage was the surest route to financial security for women. Nowadays it’s men who are increasingly getting the biggest economic boost from tying the knot, according to a new analysis of census data. The changes, summarized in a …

Patients’ odds for cardiovascular death also go up after they get the news, study finds… A diagnosis of prostate cancer can be unnerving enough to up a man’s odds for either suicide or fatal heart attack, new research indicates. “Unfortunately, the study results didn’t surprise us,” said st…

14 cigarettes a day create exposure equal to inhaling nearly 3 more, study finds… In addition to the risks associated with directly inhaling cigarette smoke, smokers also face significant risk from their own secondhand smoke, researchers say. The finding, published online Jan. 29 in Environmental Health, challenges the …

Maintain A Healthy Waist-To-Hip Ratio was written to clear up confusion about the true purpose of that measurement. In that article, the concept of a waist-to-shoulder ratio (WSR) was introduced, with the tagline that people with a WSR < 0.75 are described as more attractive by the opposite sex. With summer upon us, we can’…

The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, shows that hip fractures in grandfathers are linked to low bone density and reduced bone size in their grandsons. “This is the first time this risk factor for low bone mass has been demonstrated across two generations,” says associate…