Posted on August 11th, 2009 by Health News
Middle-aged men who strongly idealize masculinity are almost 50 percent less likely than other men to seek preventative healthcare services, according to a study - the first population-based analysis of men’s masculinity beliefs and preventative healthcare compliance - presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.
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Posted on August 11th, 2009 by Health News
An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet Oncology reports that oral sodium clodronate improves overall survival in men with advanced prostate cancer. However it does not reduce the risk of death in men with localised disease. These are the final results of the MRC PR05 and MRC PR04 trials. [...]
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Many clinicians and public health officials view parental involvement as an essential part of solving the current childhood obesity epidemic. However, it’s important for parents to use the right approach when trying to combat childhood obesity. Restrictive feeding practices, or forbidding certain foods, may not always be the best solution. A child’s inhibitory control, a [...]
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Posted on August 11th, 2009 by Health News
The Harley Medical Group has released figures showing the number of enquiries by women aged 55+ is up 9% year-on-year with non-surgical rejuvenation treatments most in demand by this group. The uplift is partly thought to be driven by increased competition in the workplace, which was cited as the second most common reason for treatment, [...]
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Optimistic women have a lower risk of developing heart disease or dying from any cause compared to pessimistic women, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers also reported that women with a high degree of cynical hostility - harboring hostile thoughts toward others or having a [...]
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University of Utah scientists developed a new kind of “molecular condom” to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas. Before sex, women would insert a vaginal gel that turns semisolid in the presence of semen, trapping AIDS virus particles in a microscopic mesh so they can’t infect vaginal cells. [...]
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When it comes to how they raise their children, mothers today tend to follow the same practices their own mothers did, according to a new study that looked at parenting practices across two generations. Fathers, on the other hand, don’t seem to use their moms as parenting role models, at least for [...]
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Bolivia To Give Health Vouchers To Combat Maternal, Infant Mortality Rates The Bolivian Government is giving out “special health vouchers,” worth almost $250, to pregnant women and mothers of children younger than 2 with no access to health-care coverage or other social security benefits “in a bid to reduce [...]
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UK researchers observing a small group of women who followed an extreme 900 calorie a day diet found they had reduced expression of a cancer growth gene and changes in blood biomarkers for breast cancer. If these findings are confirmed in larger trials, the researchers hope they will help [...]
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Sonia Sotomayor on Saturday was sworn in as the newest justice on the U.S. Supreme Court during a closed-door ceremony in the Justices’ Conference Room at the Supreme Court, Roll Call reports. Sotomayor, 55, is the court’s first Hispanic justice and only the third woman to join the court.
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