July 2012
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Oopsie babies? A third of US births unintended,... →
By MyHealthNewsDaily.com More than one-third of U.S. births between 2006 and 2010 were the result of unintended pregnancies, a new government report says. That means the overall rate of unintended births has not changed much since 1982. The findings showed that in total, 37.1 percent of pregnancies in 2006 to 2010 were unintended; the rate in 1982 was 36.5 percent. The rate rose to 39.1 in 1988,...
Brain Sees Men as Whole, Women as Parts →
A glimpse at the magazine rack in any supermarket checkout line will tell you that women are frequently the focus of sexual objectification. Now, new research finds that the brain actually processes images of women differently than those of men, contributing to this trend.
Women are more likely to be picked apart by the brain and seen as parts rather than a whole, according to research...
Sexting now a normal dating ritual for young... →
If you’re sexting with a romantic partner, it’s perfectly normal, a new study says. Sexting — texting naked or sexually suggestive photos of yourself – “is rapidly becoming part of the dating process” for young adults, according to a report by University of Michigan researchers. The rapid spread of smart phones has increased the overall number of photos being sent by text or e-mail. But that...
Study finds road rage worse for women, younger... →
If you’re female, young or both you might want to take a chill pill the next time you get behind the wheel. A survey looking at the hazards of commuting to work sponsored by CareerBuilder.com and conducted by Harris Interactive found that women are more likely to experience road rage than men, while younger adults are much more apt to steam up a car than their older counterparts. Of the 3,892...
Study Finds Great White Sharks Keep Public Support... →
(PRWEB) July 24, 2012 The first survey conducted before and after a shark attack has found that public support for great white sharks was virtually unchanged. The academic journal Marine Policy published the results online this week in a paper by two University of Sydney researchers, doctoral candidate Christopher Neff and Dr. Jean Yang. The surveys of 100 total Cape Town residents in the...
Length of sleep varies by race, study shows →
The average amount of time people sleep each night varies from race to race, according to a study of 500 Chicago-area adults by Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. Whites sleep the most, followed by Asians and Hispanics. Blacks sleep the least. The study also said that blacks have the worst quality of sleep, while Asians have the highest amount of daytime sleepiness. ...
Study finds high-tech "shark skin" swimsuits do... →
(CBS News) As with so many Olympic sports, swimmers look for any edge to cut precious tenths of a second off their time. One recent advance in swimming technology was the introduction of shark skin swimsuits - tight-fitting suits designed to imitate a shark’s unique, sandpaper-like skin. But a recent study from Harvard University concludes that these high-tech suits don’t have nearly...
Flies' Loud Sex Makes Insects Vulnerable To Bats,... →
By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 07/23/2012 12:33 PM EDT on LiveScience Flies may not scream out in ecstasy during sex, but they do create quite a buzz with their wings. And now researchers have found these mating moans can be heard by bats hungry for a meal. The result: Wild Natterer’s bats get a double-size meal of copulating flies; the mating flies,...
Rich Hide At Least $21 Trillion In Tax Havens,... →
Posted: Jul 23, 2012 1:14 PM by F. Brinley Bruton, NBC News
Thanks to lax international tax rules the world’s super rich have siphoned at least $21 trillion — more than 50 percent larger than the entire U.S. economy — into secretive tax-free havens, according to a study by UK campaign group Tax Justice Network. The report by James Henry, a former economist at...
Study shows YouTube videos may help ease patients... →
YouTube videos may help ease difficult disorder
DETROIT - Viral videos, they can make us smile, dance or in the case of a skydiving grandmother, hold our breath. But could they also help us heal?A new study by the University of Michigan suggests that YouTube videos are actually helping patients treat a difficult...
Study: Contagion would spread fastest from NY,... →
Airports in New York and Los Angeles would be play the biggest role among U.S. hubs in spreading a pandemic virus, according to a new study. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used network theory to find which U.S. airports would spread a contagion such as SARS or H1N1 flu most quickly in the initial days of an outbreak. The study ranked New York’s Kennedy...
Saudi Arabia the world's third most lazy country,... →
A new study by the Lancet Medical Journal has found that Saudi Arabia’s population is the third most slothful in the world with 68.3 percent of adults failing to get any exercise. Only in Malta and Swaziland are adults even more inactive than in Saudi Arabia. Saudi newspaper Al Watan newspaper reported that the news, first published in the Times of Malta, shows that the lack of exercise is leading...
Study shows anxiety in poor mothers is likely due... →
There has been heated arguments with psychiatrists by the Occupy movement and activist groups such as MindFreedom , the Citizens Commission on Human Rights , PsychRights and The Harold Mandel, MD Natural Mental Health Care Reform Association about the use of the clearly faulty Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) to label people with mental illnesses. There are actually no...
Fewer American teens getting their driver's... →
Automakers beware. More than 30% of American 19-year-olds in 2010 (30.5% to be precise) did not have a driver’s license, according to the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. That’s the highest percentage ever, and a sharp increase from the 24.5% in 2008 and only 12.7% in 1983, based on data from the Federal Highway Administration and the U.S. Census Bureau. The...
Online Orders More Fattening, Complicated →
By Jie Jenny Zou A new study suggests that consumers feel less inhibited while on the Internet, making for orders that are more complex and calorie-laden. Ryan McDevitt, assistant professor of economics and management at the University of Rochester’s Simon Graduate School of Business, examined the North Carolina pizza chain of an old high school friend who gave customers the option to place...
Study finds hospitals hype robot surgeries →
Consumers shouldn’t expect straight talk about robot surgery from hospital websites, but rather vague claims and marketing mantras, according to a new U.S. study.
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HIV Criminalization May Discourage Testing, Study... →
After a series of high-profile criminal prosecutions of people who failed to disclose they are HIV-positive, some might hope not knowing their status protects them from jail time. The AIDS Memorial Quilt is marking its 25th anniversary and panels are now on display at the National Cathedral in Washington,...
Study Shows that Men and Women Have the Same... →
A study conducted at the University of Granada have demonstrated that there are not significant differences between men’s and women’s sexual fantasies. The fact is that both sexes have intimate and romantic sexual fantaies involving their partner or loved one. In addition, men have more sexual fantasies (positive and negative) than women, which would confirm the old believe that men think more...
PSU study finds 'caffeinated' coastal waters →
PSU study finds ‘caffeinated’ coastal waters Public release date: 18-Jul-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: David Santen santend@pdx.edu 503-725-8765 Washington State University A new study finds elevated levels of caffeine at several sites in Pacific Ocean waters off the coast of Oregon—though not necessarily where researchers expected.
This study is the first...
Study finds pregnancy and weed a dangerous mix →
Updated July 19, 2012 00:42:18 A study from Adelaide University has found smoking marijuana around the time of pregnancy more than doubles the chance of a premature birth. Researchers have released the results of a study into risk factors that affect a woman’s likelihood of going into early labour - including smoking marijuana before conception. It is widely...
