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No sons linked to lower contraception use in Nepal

While poverty and under-education continue to dampen contraception use in Nepal, exacerbating the country's efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality rates, researchers say another, more surprising factor may be more ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Teen sexting, the gender gap

A survey of US adolescents reveals a gender gap in attitudes towards sexting and perceived harm.

Health created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Smoking linked with worse urothelial cancer prognosis in patients, especially women

Smoking significantly increases individuals' risk of developing serious forms of urothelial carcinoma and a higher likelihood of dying from the disease, particularly for women. That is the conclusion of a recent study published ...

Cancer created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Large study finds that physician gender does not affect patient-care costs or mortality

Female doctors' patients do not use health-care services more or die less frequently than patients treated by male doctors, a prospective, observational study by researchers at UC Davis Health System has found.

Health created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Symptoms and care of irregular heartbeats differ by gender

Women with atrial fibrilation have more symptoms and lower quality of life than men with the same heart condition, according to an analysis of patients in a large national registry compiled by the Duke Clinical Research Institute.

Cardiology created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gender influences ischemic time, outcomes after STEMI

(HealthDay)—After ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), women have longer ischemic times and are at a higher risk than men of early all-cause ...

Cardiology created Feb 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Self-objectification may inhibit women's social activism

Women who live in a culture in which they are objectified by others may in turn begin to objectify themselves. This kind of self-objectification may reduce women's involvement in social activism, according to new research ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fewer men leads to more babies in poor areas: study

Women who outnumber men in poor communities are likelier to have babies at a younger age as competition drives them to lower their expectations of the opposite sex, a study said on Wednesday.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Parents' praise predicts attitudes toward challenge 5 years later

Toddlers whose parents praised their efforts more than they praised them as individuals had a more positive approach to challenges five years later. That's the finding of a new longitudinal study that also found gender differences ...

Pediatrics created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Negative stereotypes about boys hinder their academic achievement

Negative stereotypes about boys may hinder their achievement, while assuring them that girls and boys are equally academic may help them achieve. From a very young age, children think boys are academically inferior to girls, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Witness the fitness: Look for DNA in Valentine's Day

She wore a tight red dress, a new pair of high heels and a matching handbag. He wore a suit, bright tie and a chunky watch.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 08, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Obesity leads to vitamin D deficiency

Obesity can lead to a lack of vitamin D circulating in the body, according to a study led by the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH). Efforts to tackle obesity should thus also help to reduce levels of vitamin D deficiency ...

Overweight and Obesity created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Men are from ... Earth, women are from ... Earth, study says

For decades, popular writers have entertained readers with the premise that men and women are so psychologically dissimilar they could hail from entirely different planets. But a new study shows that it's time for the Mars/Venus theories about the sexes to come back to Earth. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (14) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Genes provide clues to gender disparity in human hearts

Healthy men and women show little difference in their hearts, except for small electrocardiographic disparities. But new genetic differences found by Washington University in St. Louis researchers in hearts with disease could ...

Cardiology created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pronunciation of 's' sounds impacts perception of gender, researcher finds

(Medical Xpress)—A person's style of speech—not just the pitch of his or her voice—may help determine whether the listener perceives the speaker to be male or female, according to a University of Colorado Boulder researcher ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast