YOUTHFUL ADVANTAGE: Why did Michael Jordan strike out when he switched to baseball? Because there’s a limited window of time during which the brain can master a skill. Just as learning a second language is easiest when we’re young, so it goes with whacking a sphere.
STEROID STERILITY: Guys who take steroids to help build muscle probably have an extremely low sperm count. So says a British Centre of Reproductive Medicine report cited in Penthouse magazine. According to the study, it takes one to three years after giving up steroids for a man to recover enough to be able to father a child.
BALD ASSERTIONS: Baldness may be related to your feminine side. North Carolina State University researchers have found that hair loss may be linked to the presence of a female hormone, not the absence of a male one. The shaved skin of mice grew hair when treated with an estrogen blocker, the researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
