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 Gender Information - January 9, 2009
| A new study from the May 15 issue of the Archives of Women's Mental Health journal reports that the incorporated data of nearly 19,000 teenagers found that both girls and boys who engage in high-risk behaviors have a tendency to develop symptoms of depression. This study was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health | | A new research study says, despite the pressures of growing up in a modern age, young people in the new millennium are more equipped and better able to understand who they are more so than previous generations. A psychologist at the University of Alberta suggests psychological well-being improves after adolescence and girls improve faster than boys | | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the go ahead for the first knee replacement shaped to fit a woman's anatomy. The orthopedic piece is now slated for delivery around the country for orthopedic surgeons to use. Zimmer Inc. makes the new Gender Solutions High-Flex Knee. It's designed based on three distinct and scientifically documented shape differences between women's and men's knees | | According to an international study of people between the ages of 40 and 80 conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago, sex is more satisfying in countries where women and men are considered equal. According to the study funded by Pfizer and featured by AP, Austria topped the list of 29 nations studied. Spain, Canada, Belgium and the United States also reported high rates of satisfaction. The lowest satisfaction rate 25.7 percent was reported in Japan | | Chicago, IL (AHN)-A new survey reveals that middle-aged and elderly men around the world, tend to be more satisfied with their sex lives than women in the same age group | |
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