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Viewers look to TV characters to advise how to talk about sexual health

That's what viewers of the past HBO series Sex and the City may ask themselves when faced with the prospect of uncomfortable discussions about sexual health with partners, friends and doctors.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

State may have brief window to slow loss of working forests to development

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today's slumping economy and housing market may reduce, temporarily, the insistent economic forces on Washington's private forestland owners to give up the cycle of harvesting and replanting ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 2




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Lovelorn liars leave linguistic leads

Online daters intent on fudging their personal information have a big advantage: most people are terrible at identifying a liar. But new research is turning the tables on deceivers using their own words.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Right time for 'end-of-life' talk

The vast majority of patients with incurable lung or colorectal cancer talk with a physician about their options for care at the end of life, but often not until late in the course of their illness, according ...

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find important 'target' playing role in tobacco-related lung cancers

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have discovered that the immune response regulator IKBKE (serine/threonine kinase) plays two roles in tobacco-related non-small cell lung cancers. Tobacco carcinogens induce ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New DVT guidelines: No evidence to support 'economy class syndrome'

New evidence-based guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) address the many risk factors for developing a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or blood clot, as the result of long-distance travel. These risk ...

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

In autism, gene findings may help explain biology, guide drug discovery

(Medical Xpress) -- Autism and related disorders that profoundly affect behavior and development are diagnosed more often today than ever before.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Teenage pregnancy is not a racial issue

While researchers have long set to determine if there is a tie between race and teenage pregnancy, according to a new study, equating black teenagers with the problem of teenage pregnancy is a misrepresentation of today's ...

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

A push for family input to detect dementia earlier

(AP) -- Alexis McKenzie's mother had mild dementia, but things sounded OK when she phoned home: Dad was with her, finishing his wife's sentences as they talked about puttering through the day and a drive to the store.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Nokia phone no standout, but worth a look

The first of Nokia's new generation of smartphones isn't flashy and certainly isn't an iPhone killer. But it's a nice device, and at $40 with a two-year contract, a bargain.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants

(AP) -- The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to eliminate grants to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The complex relationship between memory and silence

(Medical Xpress) -- People who suffer a traumatic experience often don’t talk about it, and many forget it over time. But not talking about something doesn’t always mean you’ll forget it; if you try to force ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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