Mens Corner

Men prefer women who laugh at their jokes, rather than women who are funny themselves, according to a new study.

The study at the University of Miami supports previous research which found that men prefer women who are receptive
to their jokes, while women like men who make them laugh.

Researchers found that men viewed humour receptivity as a necessity and humour production as a luxury when they were
asked to create an ideal long-term partner.

For women, it was just the opposite, the study found.

People who lose their jobs are less willing to trust others for up to a decade after being laid-off, according to a new research.

Being made redundant or forced into unemployment can scar trust to such an extent that even after finding new work this distrust persists, found the study.

People’s willingness to trust others tends to remain largely stable over their lifetime.

Want to know if your male friend at work is more approachable and friendlier or hostile towards you? Carefully watch how he smiles and chats with you.

In their effort to decode gender discrimination, researchers from Northeastern University in the US have found that the more hostile sexist men were perceived as less approachable and less friendly in their speech while interacting with women.

Working in a physically demanding job, having high blood pressure, and taking multiple medications are among the health risks that may undermine a man’s fertility, according to a new study.

“Nearly 15 percent of US couples do not become pregnant in their first year of trying,” said the study’s senior author Germaine Buck Louis of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Semen quality is a measure of a man’s ability to achieve fertilisation and is based on the number, shape and movement ability of sperm as well as other factors.

For newly-married men, the tip is fairly simple to keep your spouse in super mood: It is not about satisfaction that makes the women happy but the frequency of sex.

According to a new study, unhappy newly married women have sex for three to four times a month while the happy women have it 11 times a month, International Business Times reported.

“After their first two years of marriage or relationship, couples must do more to maintain their initial level of intimacy and excitement,” M. Gary Neuman, bestselling author, psychotherapist and lead author of the study, was quoted as saying.

A new study has revealed the five most common health issues in men and how to prevent them.

Kevin Polsley of Loyola University said that a lot of men think going to the doctor is just one more thing on a seemingly endless “to do” list, but to get all those other “to dos” done men need to starting thinking about their health and making it a priority.

A man named Deepak Sharma has claimed a place in The Limca Book of Records 2015 for possessing the Largest Collection of Gold Coloured (Bimetallic) Rs 10 Coins.

The social NGO owner, based in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, who collects coins, stamps and autographed photos as hobby, had started collecting Rs 10 since November, 2013, and has a collection of approximately 2000 coins of till date.

He said it was his long-cherished dream to earn nationwide recognition which came true with the acknowledged as a national record holder in collection category of record book.

A Saudi was convinced that his wife loved father’s camel more the than she loved him, ad was so offended by it that he divorced her over the issue.

The couple was visiting the wife’s family’s house in Riyadh where he flirted with her to show his love , however, the wife reportedly told him that though he was dear to her, but not as much as her father’s camel “Al Waleef”, Gulf News reported.

A new study shows that the sex hormones testosterone and estrogen alter cardiovascular factors in a way that raises a man’s risk of heart disease.

Men have higher testosterone and lower estrogen levels than pre-menopausal women.

“Therefore, doctors have suspected that testosterone may promote cardiovascular disease or that estrogen may protect against it, or both,” said Elaine Yu, lead investigator and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Overturning conventional wisdom, a large study of middle-aged to elderly smokers has found that men are more likely than women to have the progressive bone disease osteoporosis and fractures of their vertebrae.

Although current guidelines in the US do not recommend osteoporosis screening for men, the new findings suggest that smokers of both genders should be screened for low bone density

The researchers found that smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were independent risk factors for low bone density among both men and women.

An online interactive support programme has been found to help spouses of alcoholics cope with the stress of living with such a partner.

Women married to men with alcohol abuse problems can face a slew of problems themselves, but many spouses do not or cannot seek help.

“The burden of living with an alcoholic partner can cause considerable psychological distress,” said Robert Rychtarik, senior research scientist at University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).

The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors against the overuse of estosterone-boosting drugs for men, saying the popular treatments have not been established as safe or effective for treating common signs of aging like low libido and fatigue.

The agency says drugmakers must clarify that their drugs, currently taken by millions of US men, are only approved to treat low testosterone levels caused by disease or injury, not normal aging. Additionally, the FDA warned that the drugs may increase the risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular problems.

A gene mutation could curtail sperm production and lead to early loss of fertility in men, says a study.

The study determined that loss of the gene that makes the protein TAF4b in male mice results in the premature exhaustion of their fertility.

The researchers noted that the process of sperm generation in mice may have direct applications to a similar loss of fertility in men.

“What is fascinating about these mice is they can reproduce,” said senior study author Richard Freiman from Brown University in the US.

Men with enlarged prostates can avail of a new, “less painful” treatment, research led by an Indian-origin physician has found.

The researchers treated men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a condition in which the prostate is enlarged but not cancerous.

The new interventional radiology treatment known as prostate artery embolisation (PAE) improved patient symptoms, regardless of the size of BPH,, researchers found in a retrospective study.

Boys who show aggressive tendencies develop greater physical strength as teenagers than boys who are not aggressive, says a study.

There are a couple of possible mechanisms that could explain the findings.

For example, it is possible that muscular strength and anti-social traits are both mediated by changing hormone levels from childhood through adolescence.

Or it could be that aggressive boys engage in activities that facilitate greater development of strength.

Rejected by someone you like? While that might work for many people, it may not be so easy for those with untreated depression, finds a new study.

The pain of social rejection lasts longer for them — and their brain cells release less of a natural pain and stress-reducing chemical called natural opioids, researchers report.

A team from the University of Michigan Medical School, Stony Brook University and the University of Illinois at Chicago worked together on the study which builds on previous work about social rejection in non-depressed people.

Indian men can now jazz up their wardrobe with Turkish brand KotonÂ’s spring-summer collection.

Ecommerce site FashionAndYou has tied up with the Turkish brand Koton to unveil its spring-summer collection of apparel.

Designed to blend the latest trend with the classic shades of white, blue and grey, the brand has a range of shirts and t-shirts for men.

The brand, known to combine unique creations with the seasonÂ’s latest trends, is available with a discount of 60 percent off on all its offering.

Employees who point out problems in the office may help the company improve but could be hurting themselves in the process, says a new research.

Such negative-minded workers are more likely to become mentally fatigued and defensive and experience a drop-off in production, the findings showed.

“The irony of that is, when people are mentally fatigued they are less likely to point out problems anymore,” said study co-author Russell Johnson, management professor at Michigan State University.

An open talk with your growing kids when it comes to pornography can lower the risk of them being addicted to porn as they reach adulthood, a significant study has found.

It also revealed that early conversation makes kids stronger and insulates them against lowered self-esteem if their romantic partners view porn.

“Talking to kids about the negative effects of pornography appears to build the resilience of emerging adults when they become involved in a relationship with somebody whose actions could otherwise damage their self-esteem,” the authors noted.

A lower IQ is clearly associated with greater and riskier drinking among young adult men, a research has found.

“It may be that a higher IQ results in healthier lifestyle choices,” said corresponding author for the study Sara Sjolund, doctoral student at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.

Suggested explanations for the association between IQ and different health outcomes could be childhood conditions, which could influence both IQ and health, or that a socio-economic position as an adult mediates the association, Sjolund added.

Bullying at work makes victims an ‘easy target’ for further abuse, according to a new research.

Scientists from the University of East Anglia have described a ‘spiral’ of abuse in which the victims of bullying become anxious, leaving them less able to stand up for themselves and more vulnerable to further harassment.

The research suggests that employers should not only crack down on workplace bullies, but also help victims gain the skills to cope with difficult situations.

Ladies, stop judging a man by hiss hoes, check his fingers instead!

Men with short index fingers and long ring fingers are on an average nicer towards women and less quarrelsome, according to a new study.

Researchers at McGill University, Canada, said this phenomenon stems from the hormones these men have been exposed to in their mother’s womb. Men’s index fingers are generally shorter than their ring fingers. The difference is less pronounced in women.

Unemployment could be a vicious cycle. It can change peoples’ core personality — making some less conscientious, agreeable and open — which may make it difficult for them to find new jobs, says a study.

“The results challenge the idea that our personalities are ‘fixed’ and show that the effects of external factors such as unemployment can have large impacts on our basic personality,” said Christopher Boyce from the University of Stirling in Britain.

“This indicates that unemployment has wider psychological implications than previously thought,” Boyce added.

The more we have sex, the more we avoid bad genetic mutations leading to less chances of developing diseases in offspring over time, finds an interesting study.

Researchers from the University of Montreal and the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Centre in Canada have revealed how humanity’s predispositions to disease gradually decrease the more we mix our genetic material together through sexual reproduction.

People who are always on the lookout for what kind of behaviour pays off best – those who are “success-oriented” – are likely to cooperate less in groups than others, says a study.

Some people are ‘majority-oriented’ and tend to look at the behaviour of the majority in their group, whereas others are ‘success-oriented’ and try to find out what kind of behaviour pays off best, explained Pieter Van Den Berg from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

“In this experiment we studied how these different types of people behave when they have to cooperate in groups,” he added.