Men are stricter than women when it comes to sick leave More men than women find it unacceptable to stay home when work is stressful or they’ve just had a breakup, a new study shows. Other studies suggest the opposite.
Men are more often than women fooled by placebo It was not until the 1990s that researchers fully began to include both genders in health research. Sara Magelssen Vambheim has contributed with valuable new insights in her study of gender differences in pain experiences.
Testosterone improved women’s sense of direction But they didn’t reach their target destinations any quicker.
Smoking causes damage to the Y chromosome New research may explain why smoking causes several types of cancer in men.
Benefits for overweight women with heart disease A Norwegian study has found that overweight women with cardiovascular disease are less at risk of serious consequences from their illness than normal weight women with the same disease. The opposite is true for men.
A quarter of Norwegian men never father children Nearly one out of four men in Norway are childless at the age of 45.
Girls gravitate toward online bullying Swedish research has shown that teenage girls are more involved in cyberbullying than the face-to-face kind, both as perpetrators and victims.
Undercooked and overlooked: Young Norwegian men ignore food safety Young, single men living in Oslo are Norway’s most cavalier cooks when it comes to curbing bacteria in the kitchen.
Women at higher risk of wrist fractures Once they've reached middle age, women are increasingly more likely to break their wrists than men.
