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Beijing, China | Xinhua | Germany will host the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026, and Qatar will host the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup 2027, the world basketball governing body announced on Friday. The decisions were made by FIBA’s Central Board during Friday’s meeting held in the Philippines on the …

The silent reason shortening the life spans of fathers, husbands, brothers and sons Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | For years, the conventional wisdom has been that a lack of sex-specific health research mainly hurts women and gender minorities. While those concerns are real, a closer look at longevity data tells a …

It has become new performance ‘tool’ Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Once solely deemed “an older man’s drug,” Viagra and other erectile dysfunction medications are becoming commonplace in younger men’s lives. But why are these young men relying on this little blue pill when they clearly have no physiological impediment? It’s …

Biological differences may be at play | THE INDEPENDENT | Cancer of most types develops more often in males than in females, and deaths from cancer reflect this disparity. A new study from researchers at the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute has analyzed data for 171,274 male …

  Studies reveal that drinking low to moderate amounts of beer reduces the risk of heart disease FEATURE | AGENCIES | In a recent article published in the `Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry’, scientists analysed the effect of alcoholic and nonalcoholic beer ingestion on gut microbiota. The fermented extract …

Several Men Reported for Failing To Pay School Fees for Their Children Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The District Probation Office in Luwero has so far recorded 25 cases of men reported by their wives and partners, for failing to pay school fees for their offspring’s. The cases came up …

Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Men infected with COVID-19 might experience a short-term reduction in sperm count, according to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The study shows that some men infected with COVID-19 might find it hard to impregnate a woman after recovering from the …

Beijing, China | Xinhua |  Men are behind most gun violence incidents in the United States, and the toxic masculinity and gun availability are America’s most dangerous combination, according to ABC News. Toxic masculinity, a cultural idea that manhood is defined by violence and aggression to maintain power or strength, …

Makerere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new study by the Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) has found notable shifts where men are increasingly taking on care work that was traditionally assigned to women. This is against the fact that previous data has stipulated that women and girls spend twice …

Canberra, Australia | Xinhua | Researchers from the University of Adelaide in South Australia (SA) have found that testosterone can prevent diabetes in men. The study, published on Wednesday, was the largest investigation of testosterone treatment ever undertaken. After two years of treatment, it found that 21 percent of 413 men …