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Men with bladder exstrophy report robust sex lives, but women fare worse, Hopkins study shows
10-27-2007 · EurekAlert!Adult men born with a severe urological anomaly in which the bladder forms outside of the abdomen report much more robust sexual lives than women born with the same condition, according to a small study led by urologists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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- New study finds married men do less housework than live-in boyfriends
08-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
The age-old stereotype that women do more housework than men has gotten more credibility with a George Mason University study co-written by sociologist Shannon Davis. The study of more than 17,000 people in 28 countries found that married men report doing less housework than men who are live-in boyfriends.
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- MRE could provide a definitive diagnosis for people with muscle pain, Mayo Clinic study shows
11-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- Sex differences in the brain's serotonin system
02-13-2008 · EurekAlert!
A new thesis from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows that the brain's serotonin system differs between men and women. The scientists who conducted the study think that they have found one of the reasons why depression and chronic anxiety are more common in women than in men.
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- Vaginal reconstruction not needed for most inter-sex females, Hopkins study shows
10-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
Dispelling a common myth, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center say vaginal reconstruction should be a matter of preference for most teens or adult women born with a type of inter-sex condition marked by the presence of both female and male genitals.
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- New Mailman School of PH study shows inevitability of men's infidelity across cultures
05-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
For a growing number of women in rural Mexico -- and around the world -- marital sex represents their single greatest risk for HIV infection. According to a new Mailman School Study, because marital infidelity by men is so deeply ingrained across many cultures, existing HIV prevention programs put a growing number of women at risk of developing HIV. The findings underline the need for programs that make extramarital sex safer, rather trying to eradicate it.
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- Combination therapy appears more effective than single drug for lower urinary tract symptoms
11-14-2006 · EurekAlert!
Men with overactive bladder and lower urinary tract symptoms who received a combination therapy were more likely to report improvement in symptoms than men who received only one medication, according to a study in the Nov. 15 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on men's health.
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- Do women fare worse with some heart devices?
11-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
While ICDs -- implantable cardioverter defibrillators -- are the device of choice to manage abnormal heart rhythms, a new study led by cardiologists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine suggests that women with ICDs fare less well than their male counterparts.
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- Gendered division of labor gave modern humans advantage over Neanderthals
12-04-2006 · EurekAlert!
Diversified social roles for men, women and children may have given Homo sapiens an advantage over Neanderthals, says a new study in the December 2006 issue of Current Anthropology. The study argues that division of economic labor by sex and age emerged relatively recently in human evolutionary history and facilitated the spread of modern humans throughout Eurasia.
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- Cardio exercise benefits in male vs. female hearts
08-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study examining chronic exercise in male and female mice finds that moderate long-term exercise provokes a sex-dependent cardiac adaptation that is different for females versus males. The findings may eventually help improve treatment strategies for women and men with heart disease.
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- Racial disparities high in Medicare plans
10-24-2006 · EurekAlert!
Numerous studies show the African-Americans receive worse quality of care relative to white Americans across a broad array of medical conditions -- disparities that can significantly harm patients or reduce quality of life. A new study from Harvard Medical School and Brown Medical School shows that such disparities in care cannot simply be attributed to low-performing health plans.
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