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MENTAL HEALTH Loneliness can cause prema ture death It is said that being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. And true to it, it is now becoming a public health concern. Let us first start by defining these terms. What is social isolation? What is loneliness? Social isolation is lack of contact with other individuals and loneliness is the feeling that one is emotionally disconnected from others. In essence, a person can be in the presence of others and still feel lonely. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D., who is a professor of psychology at Brigham Yung University (BYU) and her colleges recently presented their findings at the 125 th Annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Washington DC. The two new meta-analyses from BYU showed that loneliness and social isolation may increase the risk of premature death by upto 50%. The first meta-analysis included more than 300,000 adults across 148 studies while the second comprised 70 studies invol...

MEN'S HEALTH How to know if you have a penile fracture A penile fracture is an emergency medical condition that can lead to long-lasting damage to a man’s sexual and urinary function but is a rare and alarming injury that may occur during sexual intercourse. It is usually a rupture in the two areas of the penis that are responsible for erections: the corpora cavernosa and the penile sheath. But how would you know that you have a penile fracture? Here are the symptoms of a penile fracture: -Bleeding from the penis -Having trouble urinating -Hearing a cracking or popping sound -Experiencing dark-colored bruising to the penis -Losing an erection suddenly   -Pain that varies from minimal to severe Research however shows that penile fracture symptoms that do not involve a rapid loss of erection or a popping sound are usually due to another type of injury. Rarer clinical features of a penile fracture include swelling in the scrotum and blood in the u...