Don’t let your diet–or stomach–be held captive by these nutrition myths… It goes like this: A client looking to lead a healthier life hires me, a nutritionist, to help him improve his diet. I analyze what he’s been eating, factor in his food preferences, and together we create an eating plan that…

A man’s male hormones may ward off heart damage by helping vessels around the heart regenerate, suggest Australian researchers in a report posted January 13 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. While studies have shown that estrogen helps blood vessels regenerate, both in the uterus after menstruation and around the…

Reviews offer differing views on value and risks of procedure… As a major organization of pediatricians considers revising its recommendations on circumcision of newborn boys, two new reviews of existing research offer conflicting conclusions about the bitterly debated procedure. One review, from Australia, says there&#…

Men in the general population use the drug responsibly, study finds… Men worried that taking Viagra will lead to sexually risky behavior can relax: A new study suggests that drugs for erectile dysfunction don’t make men more likely to engage in potentially unhealthy sex. “For this study we took the perspecti…

A healthy individual loses around a hundred hairs a day. Nothing to worry about as long as they are constantly replaced and the losses occur evenly around the whole scalp. But when hair loss goes well beyond this level it can become quite a problem for those affected — not only superficially in terms of [...]

Experts consider possible causes after study finds high fracture rate… When diet and exercise attempts haven’t worked, increasing numbers of overweight people have turned to bariatric, or weight-loss, surgery to shed pounds. But research reported in 2009 pointed to an unintended result: One of every five people wh…

To truly create a muscular image, you will need to focus on increasing the size of your shoulders; doing so will help you develop the tapered V look, which is created by having broad shoulders and a narrow waist. This is one of the most important factors that professional bodybuilders strive for with their training. [...]

Studies show improved survival among men who partake regularly… Having a few more cups of coffee and running that extra mile each day can reduce a man’s risk of dying of prostate cancer, two studies indicate. The case for coffee and physical activity as prostate cancer preventatives is far from proven, according t…

A rare parasitic disease, which normally only is transmitted by contaminated water, has been shown to be transmitted by gay sex between hiv-positive men. In the industrial world the disease is virtually absent, but from now on that could change. For this observation, Taiwanese researcher Chieng-Ching Hung received a doctorate…

If you’re like many people, one of your top goals in the gym is to get a set of 6-pack abs. Nothing screams “high fitness level” like a tight and firm midsection, but many men often think that in order to accomplish this goal they must perform an endless series of crunches each and every [...]