 Women Information - November 20, 2008
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Researchers say an analysis of over 400 blockbuster movies shows villains smoke more often than heroes, and the poor puff up more often than the rich. Dr. Karan Omidvari, of St. Michael's Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, and her colleagues studied leading characters in box office hits made after 1990, including "Armageddon," "There's Something About Mary," and "Jerry Maguire |
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By month's end, federal health officials hope to decide whether women will be allowed to buy emergency contraception without a prescription. The debate centers around the option of selling the pills over-the-counter, or implementing an age check, similiar to the requirements for alcohol and cigarettes |
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The maker of the widely popular male impotence drug "Viagra" is now ready to tackle an issue many are not even aware of. Premature orgasms among women is an issue that is increasingly being talked about in doctors offices across the globe and drug maker Pfizer believes it has the market cornered for a cure |
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A new study shows the odds of surviving breast cancer are improved not only because treatments are more effective, but also as a result of smaller tumors. Pouring over 25-years of cancer records nationwide, researchers conclude smaller tumor sizes account for 61-percent of the improvement in breast cancer survival |
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The maker of the widely popular male impotence drug "Viagra" is now ready to tackle an issue many are not even aware of. Premature orgasms among women is an issue that is increasingly being talked about in doctors offices across the globe and drug maker Pfizer believes it has the market cornered for a cure |
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