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 Men Information - August 30, 2008
| A study from the University of Michigan claims rich people die differently from the rest of the population. The study, appearing in the August issue of the Journal for Palliative Care, says wealthier people are less likely than poor ones to suffer pain at the end of their lives, and wealthier elders experienced a lower number of symptoms overall | | A survey released Thursday reveals two-thirds of women have no health insurance, and more than a quarter of young and middle-aged U.S. women went without medical care last year because of insufficient funds. A Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that a growing number of women are forgoing screening tests, such as mammograms, and are not talking to their doctors about important health issues such as smoking, alcohol use, and calcium intake | | Researchers at the University of Bath found that women feel pain more than men do. Ed Keogh and his team of researchers, examined 98 males and females whose arms were put in cold water. The results revealed women feel pain more often, in more areas, and for longer periods, than men | | According to a study reported in the Wall Street Journal, male circumcision reduces the risk that men will contract HIV through intercourse with infected women by about 70 percent. The study was conducted on over 3,000 HIV-negative South African men, ages 18 to 24. Half of them were selected to be circumcised, while the other half remained uncircumcised | | Women subconsciously prefer the aroma of dominant men when they are at the most fertile stage of the menstrual cycle, research suggests, in a BBC Health report. Study results, published in Biology Letters, reveals that women have evolved to seek out the most virile sexual partner when conception is likely | |
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