Mens Corner

A man from the US, who weighed over 300 pounds, lost 120 lbs without undergoing any surgery or medication.

Tom Hoppensteadt started the lifestyle changes slowly. He walked 2-3 times a week and kept a food journal.

Even those small steps started to make an impact. He was losing a pound to a pound and a half a week.

Then Hoppensteadt started using the MyFitnessPal app to monitor his exercise and calorie intake, asserting that he discovered the importance of portion control and started increasing my exercise routine.

A forum of men’s rights organisations Saturday urged all political parties to include in their manifestos the formation of a “men’s ministry” and a “men’s rights” panel to address issues concerning Indian males.

The National Coalition for Men (NCM) – a forum of 50 organisations fighting for male rights across the country – launched its own manifesto here expressing concern over the steady rate of “innocent men” falling victims to “gender biased” laws.

Titled “Men-ifesto”, it carries a host of issues concerning males and the need for governmental provisions to address those issues.

In a bizarre incident, a Kenyan man woke up in the mortuary after being confirmed dead for 15-20 hours.

A 24-year-old suicide victim, who had been pronounced dead after he drank insecticide following an argument with his father, left hospital staff in shock after he woke up inside one of the mortuary chambers where he was due to be embalmed, the Mirror reported.

Naivasha District Hospital workers said that Paul Mutora, from Limuru, had been confirmed dead for approximately 20 hours when he woke up and started calling out for help. (ANI)

Gone are the days when eating sweets was considered bad for our teeth. New research suggests that sweets could reduce the levels of harmful bacteria in the mouth that can lead to tooth decay.

Bugs cause decay by sticking to the surface of our teeth, where they trigger erosion. Sweets help to stop this as the harmful bacteria are swallowed with salvia and are flushed out of the body, scientists found, reports femalefirst.co.uk

How much one should eat to stay fit, healthy and disease-free? Consume between 20-35 percent of your calories from dietary fat, increase consumption of omega-3 fatty acids and limit the intake of saturated and trans fats, according to a research.

According to a latest paper from the US-based Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, dietary fat for the healthy adult population should provide 20-35 percent of energy, with an increased consumption of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and limited intake of saturated and trans fats.

Good news for those who hit the gym or jog daily when young. Being physically fit in your teenage years reduces the risk of a heart attack later in life, says a new study.

“Men who are fit and obese in their teens run a higher risk of having a heart attack than unfit, lean men,” said a study published in the European Heart Journal.

Researchers from Sweden-based Umeå University analysed data from 743,498 Swedish men who received a medical examination at the age of 18.

The percentage of U.S. adults developing lung cancer is falling, with the sharpest declines among those aged 35 to 44, according to U.S. data released on Thursday, fifty years after the surgeon general’s first-ever report warning of the dangers of smoking.

The lung cancer rate dropped by 2.6 percent per year among men and 1.1 percent per year among women, between 2005 and 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found, using the most recent available data.

In a bizarre incident, an unsuspecting Chinese man found a bottle stuck up his bottom, which also pierced his bowel.

The man, who went to the hospital complaining of stomach pains, was unaware about what was causing his discomfort until doctors showed him X-rays of his stomach, Metro.co.uk reported.

Hhe later admitted to inserting the bottle at home and also using a steel wire to get it back out, but was forced to seek medical help after failing to extract the bottle. (ANI)

Ever gawked at a properly dressed, made up woman walking down the street, thinking it was a transgender? Chances are that you might have spotted one of the “maskers”.

Maskers are men who disguise themselves into female dolls by putting on elaborate, lifelike rubber suits in an attempt to escape, express the more feminine parts of their personality or just to have fun, News.com.au reported.

Researchers have dispelled the common notion that the Y’s genes are mostly unimportant and that the chromosome is destined to dwindle and disappear, after comparing Y chromosomes in eight African and eight European men.

The study’s lead author evolutionary biologist Melissa A. Wilson Sayres from the University of California, Berkeley said that the Y chromosome has lost 90 percent of the genes it once shared with the X chromosome, and some scientists have speculated that the Y chromosome will disappear in less than 5 million years.

An online retailer has started a new and somewhat crazy trend in Japan for men to make them ‘more gentle’ beings – colourful bras and frilly knickers.

Company Wish Room will release their new line of garments for men in February because they want men to enjoy the same kind of soft and luxurious undergarments that women are used to, the Daily Star reported.

Also keeping the larger frames of men in mind, designers have removed the padding in the bras so that it doesn’t feel “unnatural”.

If having pleasure can help you stay healthy then what could be better than this!

Scientists from the University of Quebec in Canada have found that sexual activities can be significantly effective in burning calories when compared to moderate intensity exercises.

To prove their point, they picked 21 couples aged between 18 and 35 and asked them to have sex once a week for 30 days.

They were asked to have sex in their natural style without taking any drug and alcohol or medication for erectile dysfunction, said the study published in the journal PLOS ONE.

Indians have been reportedly ranked highest in the percentages that plan to buy wearable technology during next year.

The Accenture Digital Consumer Tech Survey 2014, conducted in six countries, Australia, Canada, India, South Africa, the UK and US, found that more than half of the consumers expressed interest in buying wearable tech.

However, Indian consumers, amounting to an impressive 80 percent, plan to acquire consumer electronics products during the next year in numerous categories.

Worrying about your growing baldness? Engineers at Apira Science claimed to have developed a laser helmet that can help balding people, unless they are totally hairless.

According to Mashable, the iGrow Helmet will jump-start hair growth using 566 nanometer lasers that will stimulate weak hair follicles with low-level laser therapy. When you have a follicle that’s producing a hair shaft no matter how tiny and thin it is, the helmet will grow those hair shafts back over time, a rep from Apira Science said. (ANI)

Here comes a device for patients suffering from sleep apnea that can reduce the severity by 70 percent.

“Implantation of a sleep apnea device called ‘Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation’ (UAS) can lead to significant improvements for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA),” said a new study.

After one year, patients using the device had an approximately 70 percent reduction in sleep apnea severity, as well as significant reductions in daytime sleepiness, added the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Shopping centers in China have started special offers to keep bored men entertained while their spouses go shopping.

The shopping centers are providing an offer called “husband storage” where men can wait pass time while their ‘better halves’ hit the sales, News.com.au reported.

A new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington has revealed that India has made progress in reducing the prevalence of daily smoking among men.

Smoking is the third top risk for health loss in India, leading to nearly one million deaths each year in the country.

Between 1980 and 2012, smoking prevalence among Indian men decreased from 33.8 percent to 23 percent.

According to the research India has more female smokers – over 12.1 million – than any country except the United States.

Researchers have suggested that fetal exposure to a commonly used plasticizer Bisphenol A, or BPA, found in water bottles, soup can liners, could increase the risk for prostate cancer later in life.

Lead author Gail Prins, professor of physiology at University of Illinois at Chicago, said that their research provides the first direct evidence that exposure to BPA during development, at the levels we see in our day-to-day lives, increases the risk for prostate cancer in human prostate tissue.

A new study has revealed that a protein in the brain helps regulate food intake and body weight.

The findings reveal a potential new avenue for the treatment of obesity and may help explain why medications that are prescribed for epilepsy and other conditions that interfere with this protein, such as gabapentin and pregabalin, can cause weight gain.

The protein – alpha2/delta-1 – has not been linked previously to obesity.

A new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington has revealed that India has made progress in reducing the prevalence of daily smoking among men.

Smoking is the third top risk for health loss in India, leading to nearly one million deaths each year in the country.

Between 1980 and 2012, smoking prevalence among Indian men decreased from 33.8 percent to 23 percent.

According to the research India has more female smokers – over 12.1 million – than any country except the United States.

Smoking raises the risk of developing cataracts, but quitting may turn that around over time, according to a new study from Sweden.

Researchers followed nearly 45,000 Swedish men and found a gradual drop in cataract risk among former smokers – 20 years after quitting, their risk had fallen by about half.

“This (adds) to the imperative that we have in counseling people,” said Dr. Anat Galor, who was not involved in the study.

A new survey has found that Monday is the most preferred day to watch porn for people residing in the UK, the US, Germany, France, Brazil and Mexico.

According to online porn site Pornhub, Japan is different from other countries and like to access porn sites on Saturday, the Guardian reported.

The poll also found that January is the biggest month for porn search worldwide, but for users in Japan it’s November and for Mexico it’s March.

A new study estimates that 8 million lives have been saved in the US because of anti-smoking measures that started 50 years ago with the groundbreaking report from Surgeon General Luther Terry outlining the consequences of tobacco use.

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New York, Jan 8 (IANS) All is not yet lost for India where huge tobacco use kills nearly 1.5 million people a year.

Tobacco control measures that began in the US 50 years ago have resulted in saving an estimated eight million premature smoking-attributable deaths, said a new study.

Researchers estimate that tobacco control also resulted in the beneficiaries of these avoided early deaths having gained, on average, nearly two decades of life, said the study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA).

Indian women are impressed by men who are technology-savvy and those who are active on online social networking platforms, according to a study by a matrimonial website.

Shaadi.com conducted a study to understand the influence of lifestyle and technology on women looking for a partner. In this study, women were asked about things they notice in their prospective partner.

Interestingly, women seem to notice the technology men choose.