News tagged with gender
Artificial hips find some sports wearing
A growing number of patients want to return to sport, and in some cases high-impact sports like jogging and soccer, after total hip replacement (or arthroplasty) operations. Although many surgeons already recommend certain ...
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Apr 26, 2012 |
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American children exposed to high amounts of harmful background TV
Children from the age of 8 months to 8 years are exposed to nearly 4 hours of background TV per day, according to a top paper to be presented at the International Communication Association's annual conference (Phoenix, AZ, ...
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Apr 19, 2012 |
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Hormone levels higher for soccer fans watching a game, but not upon win
Soccer fans' testosterone and cortisol levels go up when watching a game, but don't further increase after a victory, according to a study published Apr. 18 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
Medical research
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Women face a higher risk of care home admission due to their partner's age
New research published today in the journal Age and Aging has investigated why women are 40% more likely to be admitted in to a care home than men. The study found that women were often married to older partners who cannot ...
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Apr 18, 2012 |
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Gender, BMI impact bladder perforation during resection
(HealthDay) -- For patients with bladder tumors, female gender, low body mass index, and tumor characteristics correlate with the risk of bladder perforation during transurethral resection, according to research ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 17, 2012 |
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62 percent of men and 37 percent of women over the age of 65 are sexually active: Spanish study
A study based on the National Health and Sexuality Survey, involving nearly 2000 people, describes the sexual practices of senior citizens in Spain. The most common are kisses, caresses and vaginal penetration. ...
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Apr 04, 2012 |
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Young women at growing risk of drunk-driving crashes
Underage female drinkers have been at a growing risk of fatal car crashes in recent years -- so much that they've caught up with their male counterparts, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of Studies on ...
Addiction
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Children exposed to cigarette smoke have increased risk of COPD in adulthood
A new study published in the journal Respirology reveals that children who are exposed to passive smoke have almost double the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adulthood compared with non-ex ...
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Mar 15, 2012 |
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Diabetes risk from sitting around
A new study has found that women who stay seated for long periods of time every day are more prone to developing type 2 diabetes, but that a similar link wasn't found in men.
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Mar 02, 2012 |
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Allergy-Related diseases affect majority of children
(HealthDay) -- Eczema, asthma, and rhinitis affect more than 50 percent of children up to age 12, according to a study published online Feb. 16 in Allergy.
Immunology
Feb 25, 2012 |
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Children with gender identity disorder are at serious psychiatric risk
(Medical Xpress) -- The first study to characterize a cohort of U.S. children with diagnosed gender identity disorder, led by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston, documents significant mental health risks as children ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Sex-changing treatment for kids: It's on the rise
(AP) -- A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according ...
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Feb 20, 2012 |
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1 in 10 children face elevated risk of abuse, future PTSD, due to gender nonconformity
Children in the U.S. whose activity choices, interests, and pretend play before age 11 fall outside those typically expressed by their biological sex face increased risk of being physically, psychologically, and sexually ...
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Feb 20, 2012 |
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Medical school link to wide variations in pass rate for specialist exam
Wide variations in doctors' pass rates, for a professional exam that is essential for one type of specialty training, seem to be linked to the particular medical school where the student graduated, indicates research published ...
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Feb 13, 2012 |
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Sleep apnea linked to silent strokes, small lesions in brain
People with severe sleep apnea may have an increased risk of silent strokes and small lesions in the brain, according to a small study presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.
Sleep apnea
Feb 01, 2012 |
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