it Archives - Page 2 of 4 - Family Medicine News

Humans more unique than expected when it comes to digesting fatty meals

12.09.2019 Health Problems

People have very individualized inflammatory responses to eating a high-fat meal. These were the somewhat unexpected results of a study recently published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry by researchers at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and their University of California-Davis colleagues. “We looked at the inflammatory reactions of 20 volunteers at 0, 3 and 6 hours after eating a […]

This Couple Has Been on the Keto Diet for 6 Years Together—and They Have Some Genius Advice for Sticking to It

03.08.2019 Beauty & Balance

Dave Harper and Dale Drewery are not only romantic partners, they're keto diet partners as well. In 2013, the couple, who live in Vancouver and have been together for 22 years, decided to give the high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet a try. Six years and 40 or so pounds later, they're still going strong on keto. In fact, they recently published a book, BioDiet, that covers […]

Narcissism – and the various ways it can lead to domestically abusive relationships

05.06.2019 Health Problems

Narcissism is a topic that is increasingly spoken about in today’s Instagram obsessed age of self-promotion and vanity. There has also been a significant increase in studies and investigations into narcissism, and that too has brought narcissism far more into the public domain. Any evidence of increasing self-awareness is to be welcomed. And yet, there is a danger here, because […]

My cum is crystal clear and despite months of trying, my girlfriend can’t get pregnant. It has always been clear and not white. I read this could be due to low sperm count. Do I need to undergo fertility tests or is clear ejaculation normal?

05.02.2019 Beauty & Balance

Thanks for your question. Pre-ejaculate (pre-cum) that is released before a guy climaxes is often clear. However, ejaculate or semen (cum) that’s released during orgasm is typically thick, whitish, gray or slightly yellow in color, and slightly transparent (you can see through it). It also feels a bit sticky. It’s interesting though because once semen leaves a guy’s penis, it […]

Muscle memory discovery ends ‘use it or lose it’ dogma

25.01.2019 Health Problems

The old adage “use it or lose it” tells us: if you stop using your muscles, they’ll shrink. Until recently, scientists thought this meant that nuclei—the cell control centers that build and maintain muscle fibers—are also lost to sloth. But according to a review published in Frontiers in Physiology, modern lab techniques now allow us to see that nuclei gained […]

How do children draw themselves? It depends who’s looking

25.01.2019 Kids Health

It’s the archetypal child’s drawing—family, pet, maybe a house and garden, and the child themselves. Yet how do children represent themselves in their drawings, and does this representation alter according to who will look at the picture? A research team led by academics from the University of Chichester has examined this issue and found that children’s expressive drawings of themselves […]

5 Things to Know About Your Metabolism, and How to Harness It

23.01.2019 Beauty & Balance

Your metabolism is a complex system. It determines how quickly and efficiently your body burns calories and how much you can eat in a day without putting on weight. Scientists are still gaining new insight into the factors that make your metabolism run. But they know for sure that becoming a healthier, stronger woman can fire yours up—prolonging good health, […]

As work gets more ambiguous, younger generations may be less equipped for it

22.01.2019 Health Problems

We work in a world of increasing ambiguity. Over the past few decades technological change and globalisation have fundamentally changed the nature of the “average” job. There is greater competition and higher expectations. We face more situations, projects, tasks or objectives that are new, different, unclear or inexact. To investigate whether Australian workers are equipped to handle this growing ambiguity […]

Protective effects of ADM-RAMP2 system make it a new therapeutic target for retinal vein occlusion

15.01.2019 Health Problems

A clot in the retinal vein can lead to severe and irreversible loss of vision. In a report in the American Journal of Pathology investigators utilize a newly developed model of central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) in mice that mimics many of the clinical features of CRVO in humans to study the pathologic effects of retinal occlusion and demonstrate the […]

For Parents, Matt Damon's New SNL Sketch Is So Relatable It Hurts

19.12.2018 Kids Health

Christmas is supposed to be a magical time. The season is full of gifts, bright lights, family, friends and food, and sentimentality. It brings back memories of days long since passed. But for parents? Well, for parents the Christmas season can be stressful. Scratch that: It can be hella hard because we are all trying to live up to some impossible ideal […]

« 1 2 3 4 »