Fossil fuel industries tweeting together for ‘climate obstruction’ - Fossil fuel energy, plastics, and agrichemical companies are networking on social media for ‘climate delay and denial.’ Their tweets presented environmental ‘solutions’ and highlighted the ‘unbearable weight of regulatory burdens’.

Increased surgeon stress in the first 5 minutes of surgery was associated with a significant reduction in major surgical complications after controlling for patient, surgeon, and surgery characteristics. Results suggest optimizing surgeon stress may offer an avenue to improve surgical performance.

Social media users more likely to invest in cryptocurrencies - YouTube, Reddit among platforms with highest crypto investment

A new study found that PFAS (forever chemicals) in drinking water was associated with cancers in the organ system including the oral cavity/pharynx, lung, digestive system, brain, urinary system, soft tissue, and thyroid.

The link between physical strength and sexual behavior is not just in men. Women, as well as men, who had greater upper body strength tended to have more lifetime sexual partners compared to their peers. Men with greater upper body strength were also more likely to to be in long-term relationships.

Humility reduces anger and promotes more benign interpretations of conflict. The new study demonstrated that intellectually humble individuals were more open to understanding differing perspectives, which may help explain their reduced anger and hostility.

Men are more prone than women to exhibit sunk cost bias (tendency to persist with an investment despite its disadvantages) when exposed to romantic cues. Sunk cost bias may be adaptive in mating contexts for men, who historically adopted proactive and resource-intensive strategies to secure mates.

There has been an increase in women seeking abortions in UK who report using no contraception or 'fertility awareness' (tracking menstrual cycle to avoid sex during ovulation). 'Natural' methods are far less effective, and a shift toward non-medical alternatives may increase unintended pregnancies.

Weight training plus electricity adds extra muscle and strength - Using a run-of-the-mill, portable and non-invasive electrical muscle stimulator while doing resistance training can yield greater gains in muscle strength and muscle mass than resistance training alone, according to new research.

Research reveals why more men than women are diagnosed with deadly heart disease - Women may be missing a diagnosis of a potentially deadly heart condition due to guidelines that don't account for natural differences in sex and body size, according to a new study.

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Study suggests best ways to to reconcile after romantic conflict. Active Repair - efforts to enjoy positive time together, express affection, apologize, and forgive. Letting Go - deciding to drop conflict and agreeing to disagree. Listening, humor and warmth also ease the road to reconciliation.

New findings reveal that adolescent girls, particularly those in heterosexual relationships, experience fewer orgasms and less oral stimulation compared to their male counterparts. Notably, girls partnered with girls did not report the same disadvantages.

For adults, a diet high in saturated fats and added sugar has been linked to impulsivity and poor self-control. Researchers report that adolescent rats fed a high-fat diet showed poor control during motor tasks and decision-making as adults. This could provide insights into human development.

Men more than three times as likely to die from a brain injury, new US study shows. The reasons observed were multifactorial and could reflect differences in injury severity following a fall or motor vehicle crash, to the interaction of sex and age – with TBI outcomes in men worsening with age.

Study finds alcohol and relationship context skew perceptions of sexual consent. Men were more likely than women to perceive all encounters as consensual, especially those involving intoxicated women, even in cases where consent was ambiguous or explicitly denied.

Researchers have discovered that weekly inoculations of the bacteria Mycobacterium vaccae, naturally found in soils, prevent mice from gaining any weight when on a high-fat diet. They say the bacterial injections could form the basis of a “vaccine” against the Western diet.

Pharmacy benefit managers, organizations that negotiate access to medicines for most US patients, steer patients to use their own pharmacies. They are part of conglomerates (CVS, UnitedHealth Group, Cigna, Humana) that own insurance companies and pharmacies, which may create conflicts of interest.

Over 7% of Americans report concerns about addictive sexual behaviors. 11.8% men had worries about addiction vs 3.4% women. Men were more likely to report solitary behaviors, like masturbation and pornography use, as concerns. Religious people were more likely to view masturbation as problematic.

Making healthy lifestyle changes could help people seeking treatment for chronic lower back pain, finds study of people with back pain who also had at least one lifestyle risk that could be influencing their back pain such as poor diet, inactivity, overweight or smoking.

Cold-water immersion found to boost cognitive function and reduce sleep disturbances - immersing participants in 10°C water for 10 minutes, three times a week over four weeks, improved certain aspects of cognitive function and sleep quality.

Almost 3% of population in Gaza was killed by traumatic injury in 9-month period, finds study. Over 64,000 people, 60% of whom were children, older people, and women, were killed by traumatic injury from 7 October 2023 to 30 June 2024. This death rate is 14 times previous death rate from all causes.

Heterosexual and homosexual individuals value altruism equally in potential mates - altruistic behavior is universally attractive, with no significant differences between heterosexual and homosexual participants. Women regardless of sexual orientation rated altruistic traits more highly than men.

Nanoplastics found to disrupt dopamine system and social adaptation - Tiny plastic particles, or nanoplastics, could significantly alter brain development and behavior, according to a new study on mice.

Intermittent fasting is effective for weight loss and improves cardiovascular health in people with obesity. Not eating anything from 5 pm until 9 am the following day helps to a greater extent to improve blood sugar regulation and reduce abdominal subcutaneous fat, the fat just under the skin.