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  • Is Late-Night Smartphone Use Lowering Your Sperm Count?

    It’s a half-hour before bedtime and you’re scrolling through your smartphone. You check the outside security cameras, ensure the garage door is closed, check on locked doors, enable your alarm and dim the lights in the kids’ rooms … doing it all through the apps on your cell phone. In between, you scroll a few more times through your social media feeds. The routine is familiar for many, but this nightly habit may have unintended consequences for male fertility. 

  • E-Cigarette Use May Lead to Experimentation With Real Cigarettes

    More than 2 million teens in America smoke e-cigarettes, and a review of existing research suggests this habit may make it more likely that teens progress to smoking regular cigarettes.

  • June is Men's Health Month: Make sure all the men in your life are following these age-related medical recommendations

    If you're a woman reading this, you know that men can be reluctant to see a doctor for regular health screenings and checkups. If you're a man reading this, you might be thinking that regular checkups are a waste of time because you're fine—after all, you don't have any symptoms.

  • Dangerous Trend: HGH Use on the Rise Among High School Athletes

    Bigger, faster, stronger—these are just some of the words used to describe today’s modern athlete. From football players to all-star baseball pitchers, athletes are now bigger in size, strength and stature than ever before. They’re running faster, hitting harder and throwing farther, making sports at every level all the more competitive.

  • No ‘Bad’ Foods: Understanding the Glycemic Index and How to Use It

    Back in the ’90s there was a lot of scare talk about “deadly whites:” sugar, white flour, rice, potatoes — you get the idea. Today, dietitians reject the notion that there are “good” and “bad” foods.

  • Hot or Cold Therapy for a Sports Injury—When to Use Each

    Ice your knee. Apply heat to your back. When you’re in pain from a sports injury, you want to find the most effective means to relieve the pain, calm the symptoms and get you back in action. Both cold and heat can be effective for doing that, but not at the same time. Here’s how to know which one is best to use for your injury and when.