May 11, 2008
Smoking Cessation & Risk of Death; Childhood Traumas & Adult Suicide Risk; “White Coat Hypertension” & Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
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SMOKING CESSATION & RISK OF DEATH
Smoking, as we all know, is associated with [...]
Could there be a biologically based reason men may be especially attracted to other men’s wives?
One of my favorite Golden Oldies is “Midnight Confession.” The song’s narrator is a man passionately in love with a woman who is out of his reach: “a little gold ring you were on your hand makes me understand/There’s another before me, you’ll never be mine.”
A more recent popular song is “Mrs. Steven Rudy.” The [...]
May 5, 2008
Why the cougar phenomenon is more jarring than older man-younger woman romances
There has been quite a bit of publicity recently about “cougars,” older women in romances, sexual liaison, and/or marriages with much younger men. Some people wonder why this should be more jarring that its more common and acceptable reverse of older men in similar relationships with much younger women.
In fact, there are reasons that people [...]
May 4, 2008
Super-Size Me: Fast Food’s Effects on Your Liver; Exercise, Weight & Coronary Artery Disease; Contamination of Surgical Instruments in the Operating Room
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SUPER-SIZE ME: FAST FOOD’S EFFECTS ON YOUR LIVER
Obesity is an epidemic in America, [...]
Primitive Love: Jayne Mansfield in something completely different
Primitive Love: Jayne Mansfield in something completely different
In Primitive Love, Jayne Mansfield, sex bomb, plays Jayne Mansfield the noted cultural anthropologist. Yep. If you think the premise is odd, you’re right, and the movie made from it is a genuine curiosity.
Looking her usual glamorous self, Jayne Mansfield checks into a hotel where she is to [...]
May 2, 2008
Research shows that bats cry to detect prey
New research has indicated that bats will ‘cry out loud’ to detect their prey. The report, which was published at PLoS ONE, states that “source level varied with species, but all bats emitted intense search call.”
The report also states that bats will make calls with a lesser intensity when they are close to the ground. [...]
April 27, 2008
Stents vs. Bypass Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease; The “DASH” Hypertension Diet & Cardiovascular Disease Prevention; Testosterone Therapy for Women with Decreased Sexual Desire & Function
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STENTS VS. BYPASS SURGERY FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Over the past 5 years or [...]
April 20, 2008
BRCA Breast Cancer Mutations & MRI Scans; Bladder Cancer Prevention with Broccoli?; Diabetes: Risk of Death Due to Heart Attack & Stroke
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BRCA BREAST CANCER MUTATIONS & MRI SCANS
An estimated 5-10% of all breast cancer [...]
April 19, 2008
IPCC Challenged to Recant Global Warming Position
A group of scientists have challenged the IPCC to admit that there is no evidence that human activity drives climate change. Specifically, they sent a letter this month to the Chairman of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change asking those associated with the panel to:
retract support from the current IPCC position and admit that [...]
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Breast Cancer Recurrence & Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT); Carotid Artery Disease: Surgery vs. Stents?; Statin Drugs & Cancer Prevention
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BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE & HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT)
Regular readers of this column are [...]