What could be as alluring as a lady in red? A gentleman in red, according to a multicultural study published Aug. 2 in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Simply wearing the color red or being bordered by the rosy hue makes a man more attractive and sexually desirable to women, according to a series [...]
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UroToday.com - This report belongs to the large multi-center European Male Aging Study (EMAS), which aims to assess the endocrine and metabolic consequences of the aging process of middle-aged and older men. The study population comprises over 3300 men between the ages of 40-79 years from eight European centers located in the UK, Belgium, Spain, [...]
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This month’s Ophthalmology journal includes surprising research from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary on the relation of body weight to the risk for glaucoma…
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Researchers are finding that the medication misoprostol is an alternative to surgical abortion “that is safe, cheap and very difficult for governments to restrict” and could save “tens of thousands of women’s lives … each year,” New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof writes…
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Kicking off World Breastfeeding Week Sunday, the WHO together with UNICEF emphasized the importance of the agencies’ 10 steps to successful breastfeeding to improve health of infants and children around the world, VOA News reports (Schlein, 8/1). “Breastfeeding is the best way to provide newborns with the nutrients they need,” the [...]
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(MedPage Today) — A U.S. District Court judge has denied a request from the Obama administration to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the new healthcare reform law.
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(MedPage Today) — Among the drug trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov, those primarily funded by industry were more likely to report positive outcomes than those funded through other sources, researchers found.
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(MedPage Today) — The manufacturer of an intravenous anti-inflammatory ibuprofen lysine (NeoProfen) voluntarily recalled two lots of the product due to unwanted levels of visible particulate matter in samples of the drug.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final payment rule for inpatient hospitals, and, as expected, it will cut millions in payments to hospitals for 2011.
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(MedPage Today) — Early childhood injuries from household cleaning products dropped by almost half over the past two decades, largely due to child-resistant packaging — but the number of injuries still remains high, according to analysis of a national database.
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