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Chest reconstruction ("top surgery") is an important component of transition in the transmasculine population that can substantially improve gender incongruence. [1] This might be done as a step in the process of treating distress due to a difference between experienced or expressed gender and sex assigned at birth (gender dysphoria).
After their mid-forties, some men report that they do not always have an erection when they are sexually aroused. [9] Equally, a male erection can occur during sleep (nocturnal penile tumescence) without conscious sexual arousal or due to mechanical stimulation (e.g., rubbing against the bed sheet) alone. A young man—or one with a strong ...
The body image struggle is a common dialogue amongst women. For men, body issues are often a silent battle these males suffer alone. It is a constant challenge but opening up about the personal ...
Body shape has effects on body posture [30] and gait, and has a major role in physical attraction. This is because a body's shape implies an individual's hormone levels during puberty, which implies fertility, and it also indicates current levels of sex hormones. [1] A pleasing shape also implies good health and fitness of the body. Posture ...
According to a recent TODAY/AOL body image survey, when it comes to physical imperfections, adult men and women worry most about 23 specific body parts. Perhaps most surprising of all, the body ...
Some researches shows gross measures of body strength suggest that females are approximately 50-60% as strong as males in the upper body, and 60-70% as strong in the lower body. [31] One study of muscle strength in the elbows and knees —in 45 and older males and females—found the strength of females to range from 42 to 63% of male strength ...
Doctors began performing episiotomies regularly in the 1920s, as they believed that it would be easier to repair, and cause less trauma and damage overall, than a natural vaginal tear.
Andrology (from Ancient Greek: ἀνήρ, anēr, genitive ἀνδρός, andros 'man' and -λογία, -logia) is a name for the medical specialty that deals with male health, particularly relating to the problems of the male reproductive system and urological problems that are unique to men. It is the parallel to gynecology, which deals with ...