When Muscle Meets Fat: New Study Reveals Surprising Drivers of Insulin Resistance in Prediabetes
A new study of 167 prediabetic adults reveals that visceral fat, not muscle mass alone, drives insulin resistance, and that ...
Tag: sex differences
Water Polo’s Hidden Shoulder Divide: Strength Differences Vanish, Scapular Motion Does Not
A cross-sectional study of 52 competitive water polo players finds that sex differences in shoulder strength vanish once body size ...
PE Grades May Reveal More Than Performance: They Track Teenagers’ Hedonic Motivation to Move
A study of 547 German adolescents finds that physical education grades are strongly linked to students' hedonic motivation toward exercise, ...
Hormone Response to Mild Stress Predicts PTSD-Like Vulnerability in Female Rats
A rat study shows that how much corticosterone an animal releases during a mild stressor can forecast trauma-related behaviors weeks ...
Cholesterol and Omega-3 Fat May Shield Brain Arteries From Alcohol Through the Same Molecular Switch
New rodent research indicates that cholesterol and the omega-3 fatty acid DHA protect cerebral arteries against alcohol-induced constriction through a ...
Stroke Thrombectomy Works Equally in Women and Men, Large Study Finds
A large Swiss study of 1,764 stroke patients shows that women and men achieve similar reperfusion and comparable outcomes after ...
Female liver transplant recipients face higher early mortality risk
A new analysis of more than 81,000 liver transplants found that female recipients aged 25 and older show higher excess ...
Leg Power Rules the Playground: Study Reveals What Makes Kids Quick on Their Feet
A study of 386 Spanish primary schoolchildren found that lower-body explosive strength is by far the strongest predictor of change-of-direction ...
Metformin Shows Acute, Sex-Specific Boost to Social Behavior in Autism Mouse Model
A single acute dose of metformin significantly enhanced social behavior in male BTBR mice, an autism research model, while females ...
Aging, Sex, and Exercise Shape Brain Mitochondria Differently
A new mini-review in Frontiers in Aging synthesizes evidence that brain mitochondrial decline with age is sex- and region-specific, and ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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