Nuts May Lengthen Your Life, Study Suggests

Eating nuts, including peanuts and peanut butter, may help you live longer, a new study suggests.

Researchers looked at the diets of more than 200,000 people in both the United States and China, and found nut consumption was linked with a lower risk of premature death from heart disease and other causes.

The findings lend support to previous evidence on the heart-healthy benefits of nuts, said study researcher Dr. Xiao-Ou Shu, associate director of global health and professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

 

However, Shu said, the finding is "based on an observational study," so the researchers cannot prove cause-and-effect with certainty. "That said, the totality of evidence from nutrition and health research suggests that nut and peanut consumption can be considered a healthy lifestyle choice," she said.

The study is published online March 2 in JAMA Internal Medicine and was funded by the U.S. National Cancer Institute.

Its BEST Listening to Music for an HOUR to stop yourself going Deaf, Global health experts warns

 

The World Health Organisation have said people should only listen to music for an hour a day to protect their hearing, as they estimate one billion young people are at risk of hearing loss from loud music

 

The World Health Organisation has revealed a billion young people are at risk of hearing loss from listening to loud music.

 

The United Nations agency said almost half of all 12 to 35-year-olds listen to unsafe levels of music on their personal audio devices or mobile phones.

 

And around 40 per cent of teenagers and young adults are exposed to damaging levels of sound at nightclubs, bars and sporting events. 

Men are more Foolish in Behavior than Women - Study Claims

Recent study in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal that looked at the difference between the sexes when it came to idiotic behavior found men to be much more likely to engage in risk-seeking behavior and be admitted to A&E as a result according to Researchers from the north-east of England.

But in an effort to explore “male idiot theory” (MIT), they examined the verified winners of the Darwin Awards, given to people who die in particularly, sometimes spectacularly, stupid ways and do humanity a favor by removing themselves from the gene pool.

One particularly deserving winner was a would-be terrorist who opened his own letter bomb after it was returned to him when he didn’t buy enough stamps.

'According to MIT many of the differences in risk seeking behaviour, emergency department admissions, and mortality may be explained by the observation that men are idiots and idiots do stupid things.
There are anecdotal data supporting MIT, but to date there has been no systematic analysis of sex differences in idiotic risk taking behavior.'

Since 1995 there have been 332 verified Darwin Award winners but 14 had to be removed for involving couples (usually misguidedly-amorous ones), leaving 282 men and 36 women.
In the below graph, line H0 indicates expected percentages under the null hypothesis that males and females are equally idiotic.


The researchers said they believed MIT deserved further investigation, and “with the festive season upon us, we intend to follow up with observational field studies and an experimental study - males and females, with and without alcohol - in a semi-naturalistic Christmas party setting”.

 

New Injectable Gel Could Offer Temporary Birth Control Option for Guys

Hey Guys, here is a new solution for you who do not yet want children but hate condoms, or for those that can’t face a vasectomy, there is a new option when called  Vasalgel.

 

Vasalgel – an injectable ‘barrier’ that seals the small tube that carries sperm, called the vas deferens.The gel works like a filter to stop the passage of sperm while allowing other fluids through, but unlike a vasectomy, it is easily reversible.

It is being developed at the Parsemus Foundation, based in San Francisco.

The long-acting, non-hormonal contraceptive would require a procedure similar to a non-scalpel vasectomy, where gel is inserted in the vas deferens, rather than cutting the vas, as done in a vasectomy.

 

‘If a man wishes to restore flow of sperm, whether after months or years, the polymer is flushed out of the vas with another injection,’ the company says.

It is intended as an alternative to a vasectomy, but not a replacement for condoms, because it would not protect men against sexually transmitted infections.

Although it is not yet ready for humans usage, animal trials in rabbits and baboons have proved that it’s effective, and that a second injection dissolved the barrier, enabling animals to regain their fertility.

 

Elaine Lissner, director of the Parsemus Foundation, told Yahoo that Vasalgel is similar to, and as effective as the female IUD - an intrauterine device better known as the 'coil' that's inserted into a woman's uterus - for preventing pregnancy. 

‘So far, it’s even a little better,’ she said.

 

‘The goal is to have it on the market as an alternative to vasectomy as soon as possible, with the first clinical trial expected to begin in 2014,’ it says

The gel could mean that vasectomy’s may no longer be needed which can have complications and side effects, such as pain, infection and bleeding.

 

Male fertility expert, Dr Jamin Brahmbhatt, Co-Director of The Pur Clinic, welcomes a new contraception option for men, but is cautious because the injection site is so tiny. He fears that scarring from the injection of the barrier, could stop a reversal. ‘Since there’s no long-term data on this, there’s no guarantee about the effectiveness of a reversal,’ he said.

Credit: yahoo via Mailonline

 

 

 

When Men Remarry, They Go Way Younger.

According to studies conducted by Pew Research Center,  which doesn't include same-sex couples, shows that men and women alike tend to stray further outside their own age bracket for remarriages than for first marriages. However, men are way more likely to go for younger women the second (or third, or fourth) time around.

When people first marry, they tend to pick someone pretty close to their age. When they try marriage again, however, the gap tends to get way wider, according to data from the Pew Research Center.

And that gap is different depending on which gender you're looking at: when people remarry (in different-sex couples, that is), the wives get younger and the husbands get older.

15 percent of men marry someone six or more years younger than them for their first marriages, but that's only true of 3 percent of women. For second marriages, men are much more likely to go younger: 38 percent of men choose a significantly younger woman, compared to 11 percent of women.

Unlike women, meanwhile, who are far more likely to seek out someone older when they decide to remarry. 27 percent of women go much older the second (or third) time around, compared to 6 percent of men.

This isn't a small population we're looking at here, either; according to Pew, in 40 percent of marriages today, one or both partners had been married before. But the desire to remarry is also unequal across genders. When Pew asked divorced and widowed people if they would like to remarry, only 30 percent of men said no, compared to 54 percent of women.

In addition,  remarriage is on the rise – four in ten new marriages include at least one partner who has been married before, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. The number of adults who have ever remarried now stands at 42 million—a threefold increase since 1960.

If you a man or woman and you think the research is true type 'YES' in the comment, it not type 'NO' in the comment box.

Some 10 Life Skills You Should Know How to Do by Age 30

How to Accept your Flaws

 
At 30, you should have seen ever part of body as what makes you a unique and beautiful individual irrespective of what people think of you. Note that every laugh line is a story and every unique feature is a family heirloom.
 
 
 
 
How to Forgive and Let Go

 
People will always hurt you, in fact such hurts come from those you love and trust. Yeah, it breaks you, but its a phase. We can't control what others do to us but we are left with either to hold on or let go of the hurt and smile on. Usually, I have observed when I hold grudge I suffer bitterness and resentment and distraction but when do let go, I am much happier.
 
 
 
How to Advice yourself and Act on it
 
Many a time we do not listen to ourselves and stick to what we decide is best for us. We are easily influence by others around us. Yet, we are quick to give advice to others. Sounds Hypocrite! Remember that whether its yours or others the consequences is your alone to bear.
 
How to Change your car oil and Tire
Learning to change your own car oil will save you time and money.  In addition, simply learn how to jack and swap spare ties sounds intimidating mostly for women but over time you get perfect with t. 
 





How to Stitch a Hem

Not a common habit in most advance society but its a good skill that will save you money from buying news shirts or clothes just for little mending problems in old clothes.
 
How to defend yourself
This is important for women. learning to defend yourself particularly against sexual assault gives you self confidence.



 


How to Small Talk
Learning to chat people up at events or social gatherings will make you make friends, get ahead at work and win over family members.




 
How to  Enjoy Dinner Alone

It may sound a bit awkward but it's a perfect chance to spend some quiet time alone and practice mindful eating without distraction. It also builds you up for future breaks up in your relationship for those addicted to be in company of the intimate companion. Lol!



 How to Budget, Plan for Retirement

Everyone financial future is important. Setting aside money now is key to never going broke when you get older. If you start saving $2000 a year at age 25, by the time you are 65. you'll be having over a half a million set aside for retirement according to Bankrate . No problem in case you have passed 25 years, never too late to stay now.



How to Drive
This is not peculiar to only men, its a good thing for women to learn driving skills. I know this is not mostly common in most underdeveloped and developing nations. But if you are opportune please do.
 

Smoking Can Erase the Y Chromosome in Men- new Study

Besides lung cancer, which is caused by smoking and is often fatal, recent study found an association between Y chromosome loss and a shorter life span, as well as a higher risk of multiple cancers. 

 

Male smokers are three times more likely than non-smoking men to lose their Y chromosomes, a new study has found.

In a study in the journal Science, researchers at Sweden's Uppsala University found that Y chromosomes, which are important for sex determination and sperm production, more often disappear from blood cells of smokers than those of men who have never smoked or of men who have kicked the habit. 

 

Since only men have Y chromosomes, the finding offers a possible answer to why smoking is a greater risk factor for cancer among men than women.

 

Women have two X chromosomes; males have an X and a Y.

 

'There is a correlation between a common and avoidable risk factor, that is smoking, and the most common human mutation -- loss of the Y chromosome,' said Jan Dumanski, an Uppsala professor who worked on the study.

 

'This ... may in part explain why men in general have a shorter life span than women and why smoking is more dangerous for men.

 

'This discovery could be very persuasive for motivating smokers to quit.' 

 

This is why Snakes have two penises and Men only have one

Researchers think they have answered the biological mystery of why reptiles have two penises and birds and mammals with only have one.

The answer, according to a paper published in Nature yesterday is that it depends on the location of the embryonic cloaca, which eventually develops into the urinary tract.

The cloaca issues signals telling neighbouring cells to form into genitals. In reptiles the cloaca is nearer their legs, or in the case of snakes what used to be paired limbs, so two penises develop (even though only one is used for mating).

In mammals the cloaca is nearer the tail bud, so one penis develops. And no we don’t know how this research impacts on our understanding of double dick dude.

Lead author Patrick Tschopp of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Genetics said: “This might help to explain why limbs and genitalia use such similar gene regulatory programs during development.”