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Founder: StudyFinds.org | Former CBS VP of Content | Baltimore + NYC dude | UMD Journalism | Newlywed Game alum | I owe it all to Dr. T!
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Scorching Summers May Be Speeding Up How Fast Your Body Ages

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By Steve Fink Verified
| StudyFinds
(Melinda Nagy/Shutterstock) Heatwave exposure was consistently associated with higher levels of cholesterol and a blood sugar marker called HbA1c, both of which are components of the biological age measure used in the study, and together suggest a pattern of metabolic stress. Under the study’s strictest heatwave definition, each additional heatwave event was associated with the body aging roughly half a year faster than expected based on calendar age alone.
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Avocado Trees Switch Sexes Twice A Day – This Ancient Gene Explains How

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By Steve Fink Verified
| StudyFinds
(Photo by Natalia Blauth on Unsplash+) Scientists identified a single gene called SDMYB that is strongly linked to the daily switching of male and female roles in avocado flowers. Two versions of this gene have been maintained by natural selection for over 42 million years, making it one of the oldest known genetic balancing acts in flowering plants.
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Why BMI May Be Missing A Major Male Fertility Warning Sign

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By Steve Fink Verified
| StudyFinds
(Credit: hatsak on Shutterstock) In 1,058 Danish men aged about 18 years and nine months, higher measured body fat percentage was linked to lower total sperm count, with men at 20 to 24% body fat averaging 81 million total sperm versus 105 million for men in the normal range. Among men whose BMI classified them as normal weight, the link was stronger, not weaker: a 13% lower total sperm count per one-standard-deviation rise in body fat, compared with 8% across the full group.
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