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The heart & lung capacity & strength of trans women exceed those of cis women, even after years of hormone therapy, but they are lower than those of cis men. Total body fat was lower & skeletal muscle mass was higher among the trans women than among the cis women, but higher & lower than cis men.
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Redditors show equal interest in female and male politicians, but not the same respect. According to an international analysis of 10 million comments on the social media platform, interest in female politicians was less professional and respectful than interest in male politicians.
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Being a young man, religious, and with a high income, may make you more likely to gamble on sports, according to international research which also suggests that betting on sports, daily fantasy league play, and betting on e-sports all increase the risk of developing a gambling problem.
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Scientists show for the 1st time that monkeys that are more sociable – eg, grooming or being groomed more often, & with more grooming partners – have a healthier gut microbiome.This is further evidence that in primates, social connectedness translates into good physical & mental health, & vice versa
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A new breed of rice that is a hybrid of an annual Asian rice and a perennial African rice could be a more sustainable option. The hybrid rice was able to produce grain for 8 consecutive harvests over four years at a yield comparable to the standard annual Asian rice, with much lower costs & labour.
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A survey of people with long COVID in the Uk has found that 95% of them experienced stigma about the condition at least ‘sometimes’. The study also looked at the types of stigma people experience and found that around 63% had overt experiences of being treated unfairly due to long COVID.
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Exposure to nature linked to lower risk of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. More green space was associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer's while exposure to greenery, park space and 'blue space' such as lakes, rivers & ponds, was associated with a decreased risk of Parkinson's hospitalisations.
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A Swedish study of over 200,000 people who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 between March 2020 and July 2021 has found that women, people with asthma and those with previous mental health disorders are more likely to experience long-term effects of COVID-19.
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Mediterranean diet may lower risk of pregnancy complications. Study Shows that those whose diet was highly similar to a Mediterranean diet had 21% lower risk of any adverse pregnancy outcome compared to those whose diet was highly different from a Mediterranean diet. N=10,000 women
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Study finds that a higher vegetable, but not potato, intake might help mitigate type 2 diabetes risk, partly by reducing BMI. However, when researchers separated boiled potatoes from mashed potatoes, fries or crisps, boiled potatoes were no longer associated with a higher risk of diabetes.
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Study found gut bacteria that could be linked to depression, even among different ethnicities. The team looked at the variety of gut bugs in 1,054 participants in the Netherlands, & found 13 microbial families associated with depressive symptoms, such as Eggerthella, Subdoligranulum & Coprococcus.
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There were approximately 14.83 million excess deaths associated with COVID-19 across the world from 2020 to 2021, according to estimates by the WHO reported in Nature. This estimate is nearly three times the number of deaths reported to have been caused by COVID-19 over the same period.
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A century of cinema shows movies are rife with gender stereotypes. Machine-learning framework that analyzed over 1.2 million scene descriptions from 912 movie scripts produced from 1909 to 2013, found female characters display less agency and more emotion than male counterparts.
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Childhood abuse may alter brain function in adults. Study found people who experienced abuse during childhood (but not adolescence) experienced altered functioning in the brain for systems associated with perceptual processing and attention.
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Korean women with jobs in health and social work had the highest risk of miscarriage and stillbirth. Higher than average risk was also seen among women working in jobs in manufacturing, wholesale/retail, education, and public/social/personal services.
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Plant-based meats tend to be ultra-processed and few are fortified with key micronutrients found in meat. Solely relying on plant-based meat could lead to iron, zinc, and B12 deficiencies over time if you are not boosting your intake of these essential nutrients from other sources.
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Autistic people at higher risk of heart disease, diabetes and high cholesterol. Autistic children, in particular, were found to be at higher risk, being 2.8 times more likely to experience diabetes, and 2.5 times more at risk of high blood pressure, compared to non-autistic children.
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Trans people have mortality rates that are 34 - 75% higher than cis people. They were at higher risk of deaths from external causes such as suicides, homicides, and accidental poisonings, as well as deaths from endocrine disorders, and other ill-defined and unspecified causes. (UK data)
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Planting more trees could axe summer deaths by a third. Modelling of 93 European cities finds that increasing tree cover up to 30% can help lower the temperature of urban environments by an average of 0.4°C and prevent one in three heat deaths as a result.
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Endangered male northern quolls are giving up sleep in favour of having more sex – and it could be killing them, according to a study that investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death in one season while females can live and reproduce for up to four years.
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Globally, the total cost of energy for households has likely increased between 62.6% and 112.9% since Russia invaded Ukraine, say international researchers. An additional 78–141 million people worldwide could be pushed into extreme poverty as a result of these increases.
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Companies with climate change initiatives may be the biggest greenhouse gas emitters. Researchers say this supports the theory of companies 'greenwashing' with symbolic gestures rather than making material change that can help fight climate change. N = 600 companies from 35 countries.
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Male contraceptive shows promise in mice. The drug inhibits an enzyme that is essential for sperm mobility, and a single dose was found to be 100% effective in preventing pregnancy for two the first two hours, and 91% effective for the first three, without affecting normal mating behaviour.
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Based on data from 36 low- and middle-income countries(LMICs), women are more likely to terminate their pregnancies if they were married, had more than four children, were over 30, or had higher levels of education. About 45% of all abortions are considered unsafe, of which 97% take place in LMICs.
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Too much or too little sleep could be making you sick more. Those who reported sleeping less than six hours a night were 27% more likely to report a recent infection, and those who reported more than nine hours sleep were 44% more likely to report one.
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The risk of developing osteoarthritis, a common, incurable form of the condition, was 58% higher among those with eczema or asthma compared to the general population. Those with both asthma and eczema were twice as likely to develop osteoarthritis compared to the general population. N = 100,000+
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Women with acute chest pain get different levels of care than men. Women with acute coronary syndrome were less likely to undergo angiography or be admitted to a cardiac or intensive care unit. Mortality was higher for women diagnosed with a dangerous type of heart attack, known as STEMI.
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Overturning Roe v Wade likely led to an increase in distress in women. The loss of abortion rights that followed the overturning of the infamous Roe v Wade case was associated with a 10% increase in the prevalence of mental distress in women in the US. N=83,000 women
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Children exposed to indoor cats and dogs during foetal development and early infancy have fewer food allergies, according to a massive study of more than 66,000 children up to the age of three in Japan. Children exposed to cats were significantly less likely to have egg, wheat, and soybean allergies
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Reply to This is currently an anti-trans bill sitting in our house at the moment, and frankly, I don’t see enough people talking about it. by Jtagz
Transgender teens benefit from treatment: https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/transgender-teens-receiving-hormone-treatment-see-improvements-to-their-mental-health