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Vaginal Orgasm is Best According to New Study

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (20) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Stuart Brody and Petr Weiss suggests vaginal orgasm is best and that sex education and medical approaches might undervalue its benefits. It also asserted the major factors in achieving vaginal ...


Modern life-making women 'ignorant and ill-equipped' to cope with motherhood

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The growing trend to move miles away from hometowns and family for work is leaving many women feeling 'ignorant and ill-equipped' to cope with pregnancy and childbirth.


Peer-led sex education does not reduce abortions among teenagers

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A trial of peer-led sex education in schools in England has found that it is not more effective at reducing teenage abortions than the sex education classes given by teachers. However, the study, published in the open access ...





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Good food nation: Researchers think America's obesity epidemic can be reversed via 'foodsheds'

Medicine & Health / Health

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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last three decades, childhood obesity in the United States has become a massive public-health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control, between 1980 and 2006 the percentage ...


Researchers using excimer laser angioplasty to blast arterial blockages in heart and kidneys

Medicine & Health / Research

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an excimer laser to widen narrowed or obstructed blood vessels in hard-to-reach areas of heart and kidney arteries may be feasible and safe, according to a study by a team of researchers from the Virginia ...


Long-term statin use associated with decreased risk of gallstones requiring surgery

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Use of the cholesterol-lowering drugs statins for more than a year is associated with a reduced risk of having gallstones requiring surgery, according to a study in the November 11 issue of JAMA.


Electronic Waste Needs to Go Green

Space & Earth / Environment

created 16 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Americans love their consumer electronics, but what happens to all the gadgets when their useful life is over? Despite being one of the largest generators of "e-waste" in the world, the U.S. has no federal ...


Experts offer strategies for working with immigrant victims of violence

Experts offer strategies for working with immigrant victims of violence (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

created 18 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Last year, the United States provided asylum and resettlement assistance for nearly 80,700 people from other countries, an increase from 71,300 individuals in 2007, according to the U.S. Committee for Refugees ...


People with less education could be more susceptible to the flu

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created 19 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People who did not earn a high school diploma could be more likely to get H1N1 and the vaccine might be less effective in them compared to those who earned a diploma, new research shows.


University of Colorado butterfly payload to launch Nov. 16 on space shuttle

Butterfly payload to launch Nov. 16 on space shuttle

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 ...


In the war between the sexes, the one with the closest fungal relationship wins

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 20 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The war between the sexes has been fought on many fronts throughout time -- from humans to birds to insects, the animal kingdom is replete with species involved in their own skirmishes. A recent study by Dr. Sarah Eppley ...


AMA votes to seek repeal of 'don't ask,don't tell'

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(AP) -- The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and declared that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities.


Gender-based pay gaps among US faculty

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 21 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Before the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into law by President Kennedy, women earned about fifty percent less than men. Nationally, women still earn an average of thirty percent less than men regardless of education, choice ...



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