Researchers say boys who are obese may face a higher risk of infertility as men. They say obesity can lead to shrunken testicles, which can affect sperm count. Experts say intervention programs are needed to combat the increase in childhood obesity. Obesity in boys may be linked to shrunken testicles and result in a higher […]
Chronic alcohol use can cause painful nerve damage known as alcoholic neuropathy, and people with alcohol use disorder experience allodynia — hypersensitivity to pain — during alcohol withdrawal. A newly developed mouse model of withdrawal-related allodynia and alcohol-induced neuropathic pain showed that both pain conditions activate microglia (immune cells) in the spinal cord tissue, but […]
Obstructive sleep apnea, the most common type of sleep breathing disorder, is a risk factorTrusted Source for cerebrovascular disease, conditions that affect blood vessels in the brain. Obstructive sleep apnea is also linkedTrusted Source to mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, but the mechanisms underlying this association are not well understood. Dementia is also associated […]
Female oral contraceptive pills have been in use since the 1960s, but why are there still no oral contraceptives for males? Despite years of promising research and trial results, we appear to be no nearer to a commercially available, on-demand male contraceptive pill. What gives? In most countries around the world, women and other people […]
Music can help people with dementia recover some aspects of their memory, feel calmer, and boost their mood—and evidence of this is growing each day. However, what is it about music that has such a profound effect on our brains? And is this effect long-lasting? You might have come across a video of an older […]
South Korea plans to spend $450 billion to build the world’s biggest chipmaking base over the next decade. This is part of an overarching plan called the “K-Semiconductor Belt Strategy” which aims to make the country the world’s leading chipmaker. With this strategy, South Korea joins the U.S., China and Europe in a global race to dominate the semiconductor industry following […]
Even the ‘wokest’ of corporations aren’t woke enough for the hyper-left, most of who are budding authoritarians who would, if they could, literally take away the speech and expression rights of any American who disagrees with their views. Like comedian Dave Chappelle. In recent days, Netflix, which has worked with Chappelle for years and has […]
Texas Republican Ted Cruz has been sparring on Twitter with fake “president” Joe Biden, calling his Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “vaccine” mandates “illegal.” Cruz pointed out that workers are now walking off the job due to China Joe’s policies, which are unconstitutional and unenforceable. The social media tirade appeared not long after hordes of Southwest Airlines employees […]
The entire transit system of New York City will seem like it’s under siege by terrorists releasing chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction for the last two weeks of October, thanks to what the feds are calling necessary rehearsals in case the real thing happens. As if nobody can imagine what would happen if […]
An Ohio man is being denied a lifesaving transplant surgerybecause his organ donor refuses to get “vaccinated” for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19). Just five days before he was scheduled to receive a much-needed new kidney, Mike Ganim’s wife Debi was told that the surgery would no longer happen. As of October 8, the Cleveland Clinic […]