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 Male Information - December 4, 2008
| Dutch scientists discover that over 40% of heart attacks go unnoticed by those who suffer them. In a study of over 4,000 participants, the researchers note that a third of male heart attacks, and more than half of female, were not spotted | | A Hong Kong laboratory recognized by the World Health Organization has confirmed four more human bird flu cases in Indonesia, including two deaths, a senior Indonesian Health Ministry official said on Saturday. Hariadi Wibisono, the ministry's director of control of animal-borne diseases, said that raised Indonesia's total confirmed human bird flu cases to 23, according to Reuters | | Long hours and high stress on the job release stress hormones, raise blood pressure, and increase the risk for atherosclerosis and other heart problems. A Harvard men's study says vacations and retirement aid the necessity of balance in work and relaxation to improve men's health. In one study, men who took the most vacations were 29% less likely to be diagnosed with heart disease and 17% less likely to die over the nine-year study period than those who did not take regular vacations | | Doctors at Jackson Memorial Medical Center removed a 16-pound mass from the face of a 14-year-old Haitian teenager Thursday. Marlie Casseus was in intensive care after the surgery, in which doctors removed the mass from the area around her mouth and her jaw. "I can say that this is a complete success," Dr. Jesus Gomez of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, one of the surgeons involved in the nearly nine-hour operation, told reporters. "She will be able in the future to move her jaw. She is going to recover all the capabilities to swallow and speak | | Research suggests a woman's body may kill off weaker fetuses during times of stress. It is known that fewer boys tend to be born during tough times, such as natural disasters. Male fetuses and embryos are weaker than females and less likely to survive to birth; it is not known why this is | |
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