Effect Of Zinc And Ingredients Of Protein Supplement On Sperm Parameters And Male Reproductive Hormones- An RCT Study by Saira Safdar, Irfan Afzal Mughal, Noor Ul Ain, Sidra Jabeen, Muhammad Hassaan Farooq, Asma Irfan

“… Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the protective effects of zinc against injury to sperm parameters and male reproductive hormones brought on by toxic protein supplement constituents. …”
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Blood Pressure Variability Is Associated with Hearing and Hearing Loss: A Population-Based Study in Males by Minghui Bao, Yongjian Song, Jun Cai, Shouling Wu, Xinchun Yang

“…We aimed to evaluate the relationship between BPV and hearing in Chinese population. We included 8646 male subjects from a population-based study (the Kailuan study). …”
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The Ginkgo biloba Extract Reverses the Renal Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Adult Male Rats by Carlos Enrique Escárcega-González, Irma Guadalupe Reynoso-Andeola, Fernando Jaramillo-Juárez, Haydée Martínez-Ruvalcaba, Francisco A. Posadas del Rio

“…It contains 27% of the polyphenols isorhamnetin, kaempferol, and quercetin, as antioxidants. We used male adult Wistar rats (200–300 g), divided into four groups: control group (treated with 5.0 mg/kg of sodium chloride, intravenous), titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) group (5.0 mg/kg, intravenous), GbE group (10 mg/kg, intraperitoneal), and GbE + TiO2-NPs group (treated 24 h before with 10 mg/kg of GbE, intraperitoneal), followed, 24 h later, by 5.0 mg/kg of TiO2-NPs intravenously. …”
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Abdominal Obesity Is Associated with an Increased Risk of All-Cause Mortality in Males but Not in Females with HFpEF by Liyao Fu, Ying Zhou, Jiaxing Sun, Zhaowei Zhu, Shi Tai

“…Abdominal obesity was associated with hospitalization for HF in both male (adjusted HR: 1.39; 95% CI: 1.01 to 1.93; p=0.045) and female patients (adjusted HR: 1.15; 95% CI: 1.18 to 3.28; p=0.010). …”
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Sex in aging matters: exercise and chronic stress differentially impact females and males across the lifespan by D. Gregory Sullens, Kayla Gilley, Kayla Gilley, Luke E. Moraglia, Luke E. Moraglia, Sarah Dison, Jessica T. Hoffman, Madison B. Wiffler, Madison B. Wiffler, Robert C. Barnes, Robert C. Barnes, Annie T. Ginty, Melanie J. Sekeres, Melanie J. Sekeres

“…Stress exposure into late-adulthood increased hyperactivity in both sexes, and enhanced anxiety-like and depressive-like behavior in aged female, but not male, mice. One month of stress or running had no differential effects on behavior in young males and females. …”
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Association between sarcopenia and weight-adjusted waist index in male patients with type 2 diabetes by Yushuang Xiang, Zhiruo Wang, Jing Xu, Jie Wang, Chaoming Wu, Youjin Pan

“…Subgroup analysis further revealed a stronger correlation between WWI and sarcopenia among male patients with higher HbA1c levels. In males, RCS regression demonstrated a non-linear positive correlation, with an inflection point at a WWI of 10.42 cm/√kg. …”
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Comparison of the MicroRNA Expression Profiles of Male and Female Avian Primordial Germ Cell Lines by Bence Lázár, Mahek Anand, Roland Tóth, Eszter Patakiné Várkonyi, Krisztina Liptói, Elen Gócza

“…We found that gga-miR-2127 expresses differently in female and male cell lines. The microarray analysis also revealed high expression level of the gga-miR-302b-3p strand (member of the miR-302/367 cluster) in slowly proliferating PGC lines compared to the gga-miR-302b-5p strand. …”
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Activation of PPAR𝛾 by Rosiglitazone Does Not Negatively Impact Male Sex Steroid Hormones in Diabetic Rats by Mahmoud Mansour, Elaine Coleman, John Dennis, Benson Akingbemi, Dean Schwartz, Tim Braden, Robert Judd, Eric Plaisance, Laura Ken Stewart, Edward Morrison

“…It is not clear if PPAR𝛾 modulates sex steroid hormones in diabetic males. Because PPAR𝛾 activation by thiazolidinedione increased insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes, understanding the long term impact of PPAR𝛾 activation on steroid sex hormones in males is critical. …”
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Wing Morphometry and Acoustic Signals in Sterile and Wild Males: Implications for Mating Success in Ceratitis capitata by João Maria Gomes Alencar de Souza, Paulo Augusto de Lima-Filho, Wagner Franco Molina, Lúcia Maria de Almeida, Milson Bezerra de Gouveia, Francisco Pepino de Macêdo, Raul Alberto Laumann, Beatriz Aguiar Jordão Paranhos

“…Among males that emit buzz signals, wild males obtained copulation more frequently than males in Groups 2 and 3. …”
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A Young Healthy Male with Spontaneous Subcutaneous Emphysema Occurring in Neck, Retropharyngeal and Mediastinal Spaces by Moayyad Malas, Nawaf Fatani, Zuhair Aljuhani

“…We present a case of spontaneous cervical, retropharyngeal, and mediastinal emphysema occurring in a previously healthy young male, which is the first described case in Saudi Arabia. …”
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A Rare Normal Variant with an Unusual Presentation on a Male Mammogram: A Case Report by Victoria Kai Lin Tay, Si Ying Tan, Chow Yin Wong, Lester Chee Hao Leong

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Insulin Resistance Markers to Detect Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Male Hispanic Population by Maritza Pérez-Mayorga, Jose P. Lopez-Lopez, Maria A. Chacon-Manosalva, Maria G Castillo, Johanna Otero, Daniel Martinez-Bello, Diego Gomez-Arbelaez, Daniel D. Cohen, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

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Effect of neonatal dexamethasone treatment on cognitive abilities of adult male mice and gene expression in the hypothalamus by N. P. Bondar, V. V. Reshetnikov, K. V. Burdeeva, T. I. Merkulova

“…The expression level of the mineralocorticoid receptor gene (Mr) was significantly downregulated, and the glucocorticoid receptor gene (Gr) showed a tendency towards decreased expression (p = 0.058) in male mice neonatally treated with dexamethasone, as compared with saline administration. …”
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Gut microbial 3α‐hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase promotes depression in males via degrading testosterone by Di Li, Jingru Cheng, Wei Zhang, Pengfei Cheng, Yuan He, Jinghan Jia, Chao Wang, Zhongchun Liu, Zhou Sun, Jinxi Wang

“…We found that the levels of serum steroid hormone testosterone in male patients with depression were lower than in healthy controls. …”
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Case report: A co-existing case of ulcerative colitis and dysferlinopathy in a male patient by Limin Li, Qiong Yan, Mingming Deng, Muhan Lü, Tiejun Zhou, Xiaolin Zhong

“…We present a case of a 33-year-old male patient who exhibited concurrent muscle atrophy, muscle weakness, diarrhea, and mucopurulent bloody stools. …”
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Alchornea cordifolia leaf-extract ameliorates bisphenol A-induced obesity in male Wistar rats by Abdulhakeem Rotimi Agboola, Ako Hogan Itam, Chinedum Martins Ekeleme, Eyuwa Ignatius Agwupuye, Zuwairatu Oyiza Ahmed, Godswill Peter Igiakong, Gideon Bassey Agbor, Asmau Niwoye Abubakar, Zainab Adamu, Esien David-Oku, Item Justin Atangwho

“…Methods Thirty (30) young male Wistar rats (80–100 g) divided into five groups of six rats each, were administered BPA (50 mg/kg), once a day, p.o. for four weeks in order to induce obesity. …”
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Gastric Plexiform Fibromyxoma Arising in the Cardia in an Adolescent Male: A Rare Tumor with an Unusual Location by Awrad Nasralla, Mufeed Alwabari, Osama Alsaif, Samir S. Amr

“…We report herein a unique case of plexiform fibromyxoma, the first to be reported from the Middle East, arising in the cardia of the stomach in a 16-year-old adolescent male, with a brief review of the literature.…”
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Sexual Functions Are Impaired in Males and Females With Chronic Spontaneous and Inducible Urticaria: A Controlled Study by Pelin Kuteyla Can, Utku Can

“… Introduction: Sexual dysfunction (SexD) related to chronic dermatologic diseases in women and men were reported in literature, but there are few reports on effects of chronic urticaria (CU) on male and female sexual functions. Objectives: The aim was to investigate prevalence of SexD in women and erectile dysfunction (ED) caused by 2 different CU subtypes. …”
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Identification of an additional periplanone receptor family gene preferentially expressed in the male antennae of the American cockroach by Takayuki Watanabe, Atsushi Ugajin, Kosuke Tateishi, Hidehiro Watanabe, Makoto Mizunami

“…Abstract Periplaneta cockroaches use periplanone analogs as female sex pheromones to attract males. We previously identified two periplanone receptor genes, PameOR1 and PameOR2, in the American cockroach Periplaneta americana. …”
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Prevalence of Digestive Endoparasites (Helminth and Protozoa) in Domestic Pigeon (Columba livia) Male and Female in Tuban by Melanie Aulia Ashfiyah, Setiawan Koesdarto, Hana Eliyani, Mufasirin Mufasirin, Emy Koestanti Sabdoningrum

“…That prevalence of helminthiasis in male pigeons higher (45%) compared to female pigeons (36%).…”
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