Can too much TV damage your lungs? In a new Japanese study, guys who watched more than 4 hours of TV a day had a 36 percent greater risk of developing lung cancer in a 15-year period than men who logged less than 2 hours daily. Read the full article in Men’s Health News.
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STUDY: A Soft Belly Leads to Hard Arteries
You might be able to handle a gut when you’re young, but extra body fat catches up to you in middle age, finds new research in the journal Hypertension. Read the full article in Men’s Health News.
Are You a Drunk Driver?
You might think you’re safe to drive after just a couple drinks at happy hour. But if a new proposal passes in your state, you’ll probably need to start sipping more slowly. Read the full article in Men’s Health News.
The Trouble With ‘I’ and ‘Me’
Shut up about yourself, already. People who use more first-person singular pronouns—“I” or “me”—appear more likely to be depressed and have troubled relationships, according to a new study in the Journal of Research in Personality. On the flip side, those who refer to “we” or “us” are less likely to report these issues. Read the full article in Men’s Health News.
The New Math of Calorie-Counting
BALANCE IS GOOD FOR BUDGETS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND ACROBATS. If you’re seeking to lose weight, though, it’s your enemy. You need an energy imbalance, and you achieve that by expending more calories than you take in. That means eating fewer calories, exercising to fry more calories, or both. The formula sounds simple, but it’s devilishly difficult to pull off. Read the full article in Men’s Health.
The Unexpected Thing Making You Smarter
Sweaty palms could make you smart. In a new study in the journal eLife, rats that endured a single episode of mild stress (a few hours of physical restraint) produced new neurons in a brain region called the hippocampus. Two weeks later, rats with these bonus brain cells performed better on a rodent memory test (yes, there are such things). Read the full article in Men’s Health News.
A Warning for Skin Cancer Survivors
Beating skin cancer could actually raise your risk of other cancers in the future, finds new research in the journal PLOS Medicine. Read the full article in Men’s Health News.
Are Allergy Drops Effective?
Good news, needle-phobes. There may be an alternative to relieve your chronic sniffling and sneezing: allergy drops. Read the full article in Men’s Health News.
How to Tell If You’ve Got a Fat Future
You can tell a lot from a guy’s breath: how much garlic he piled on his plate, how many beers he had at the bar, and now—whether or not he’ll be overweight. Read the full article in Men’s Health News.
The Big Problem with Your Antibiotic
Is your Z-pak deadly? The common antibiotic—formally called azithromycin, or Zithromax—may cause a deadly heart rhythm problem, cautions the Food and Drug Administration. Read the full article in Men’s Health News.