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It might sound like a dream come true, but for those suffering from persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD), the condition is an absolute nightmare. Since so many people have the opposite problem — low libido — it’s hard to grasp that this disorder is anything more than a bother. At first glance, PGAD seems like something to envy.
After all, women with PGAD have intense, spontaneous orgasms. These powerful, involuntary reactions can happen day or night, and the climax can last for several minutes.It might sound like a dream come true, but for those suffering from persistent genital... more
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This could be good. Perhaps we could exempt them in the stimulus bill which will create jobs because......why?
The cow tax is a possible consequence of an Environmental Protection Agency report following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2008 that greenhouse gases from motor vehicles amount to air pollution, the American Farm Bureau Federation said.
[Editor's Note: There's more on the story at the link: http://tinyurl.com/64jca4]This could be good. Perhaps we could exempt them in the stimulus bill which will... more
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According to new research conducted by MSN, that studied the online habits of 20,000 14-19-year-olds, over 50% of Europe's teens surf the web without any parental supervision.
They found that 51% of those surveyed had complete free reign over what they looked at on the interwebs, with 29% of those surveyed also claiming that they've suffered 'bullying' online.
And all this just as the EU marks 'Safer Internet Day' with agreements from nearly twenty 'social sites' who are to do more to protect their younger users.According to new research conducted by MSN, that studied the online habits of 20,000... more
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Writing in an academic journal, Professor David Nutt said taking ecstasy was no worse than the risks of "equasy", a term he invented to describe people's addiction to horse-riding.
Prof Nutt is the chairman of the Home Office's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs which next week is likely to say that ecstasy should be downgraded to a Class B drug.Writing in an academic journal, Professor David Nutt said taking ecstasy was no worse... more
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A vaginal gel which can kill the HIV virus during sexual intercourse was hailed Monday for showing it was somewhat effective in preventing infection and for holding promise as another weapon in the arsenal against the deadly disease.
The gel, PRO2000 produced by Indevus Pharmaceuticals, was 30 per cent effective in reducing the incidence of AIDS during four years of trials in Africa and the United States, according to research revealed at an AIDS conference in Montreal, Canada.A vaginal gel which can kill the HIV virus during sexual intercourse was hailed Monday... more
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The largest study ever of multivitamin use in older women found the pills did nothing to prevent common cancers or heart disease. The eight-year study in 161,808 postmenopausal women echoes recent disappointing vitamin studies in men.
Millions of Americans spend billions of dollars on vitamins to boost their health. Research has focused on cancer and heart disease in particular because of evidence that diets full of vitamin-rich foods may protect against those illnesses. But that evidence doesn't necessarily mean pills are a good substitute.
The study's lead author, researcher Marian Neuhouser of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, offered this advice: "Get nutrients from food. Whole foods are better than dietary supplements," Neuhouser said.
The study appears in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine.The largest study ever of multivitamin use in older women found the pills did nothing... more
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People unwilling to quit smoking to improve their own health may consider giving up cigarettes to spare their pets the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Twenty-eight percent of pet owners who smoke said in a survey they would try to quit based on knowledge that secondhand smoke could harm their dogs, cats and other pets, the researchers wrote in the journal Tobacco Control.
Another 11 percent said they would think about quitting.
"It's not necessarily that people love their pets more than they love themselves or their children, it's just another motivational factor for people to consider quitting smoking," Sharon Milberger of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, who led the research, said in a telephone interview.
Milberger said asking smokers to quit for the sake of their pets may be an appealing new way to get them to throw away their cigarettes. Of the 71 million pet owners in the United States, about a fifth are smokers, Milberger estimated.
Just under 20 percent of Americans smoke, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Just as secondhand smoke can harm people, studies indicate it can raise a pet's risk of lung cancer and other forms of cancer, allergies, eye and skin diseases and respiratory problems, the researchers said.
The findings were based on a Web-based survey of 3,293 U.S. pet owners, mostly from Michigan.
Among the nonsmokers who owned pets and lived with someone who did smoke, 16 percent said they would ask that person to quit and 24 percent said they would tell the smoker to light up outside instead of indoors, the study found.
"It would be hard to believe that there's any smoker out there now who doesn't know that smoking is bad for them and the people around them," Milberger said.
"For tobacco control advocates, on our team we can now have vets and kennels and pet supply stores. So, for example, when someone takes Fluffy in to the vet, the vet can ask them about their smoking behavior and whether they allow smoking in their home," added Milberger, a nonsmoker with a 1-year-old cat...People unwilling to quit smoking to improve their own health may consider giving up... more
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Friday night, thousands of people came to a silent disco at Liverpool Street Station in London. The station was shut down by the event, which was spread through Facebook. More events are being planned for upcoming weeks around London.Friday night, thousands of people came to a silent disco at Liverpool Street Station... more
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It has been revealed that watching TV through contact lenses may be possible within the next decade.It has been revealed that watching TV through contact lenses may be possible within... more
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Amid the controversy, Yankees player Alex Rodriguez has admitted to using steroids, but not since 2003.Amid the controversy, Yankees player Alex Rodriguez has admitted to using steroids,... more
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Rags-to-riches story “Slumdog Millionaire” continued its fairy-tale journey Sunday, winning seven prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards and sealing its place as favorite for the Oscars later this month.
Kate Winslet and Mickey Rourke also gained Oscar momentum with acting wins — Winslet for her role as a former Nazi concentration camp guard in “The Reader,” Rourke for his career-reviving performance as a washed-up athlete in “The Wrestler.” Heath Ledger won a posthumous supporting actor award for The Dark Knight.”
“It’s such a pleasure to be back here, out of the darkness,” said Rourke.
After her onstage emotional meltdown at the Golden Globes last month, Winslet was a model of composure, thanking her parents, sitting in the audience, “who I will not look at right now, otherwise I will burst into tears.”
“Slumdog,” Danny Boyle’s film about a Mumbai street boy’s rise from poverty to game-show triumph, went into the ceremony with 11 nominations and won prizes for best film, best director, original screenplay, music, cinematography, editing and sound.
The low-budget film, shot partly in Hindi, has gone from rank outsider to Academy Awards favorite since it won four trophies at the Golden Globe awards last month and became a box-office hit.
Its makers are still getting used to the change.
“I thought at one stage we were going straight to DVD,” said screenwriter Simon Beaufoy.
The film has caused controversy in India, where some have complained it shows the country in an unflattering light, and others have said its title insults the poor.
Boyle dedicated his award partly to the people of Mumbai, where it was shot — and also to people closer to home.
“The wiring in my dad’s house blew overnight, and it’s just a a big shout-out to everyone who helped him get the extension cable in so he could watch this on television,” Boyle said...Rags-to-riches story “Slumdog Millionaire” continued its fairy-tale... more
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And no, not just for porn stars... apparently women who have healthy sex lives and who climax regularly are more likely to be successful at work. "Experts" say that orgasms make women think more clearly and feel empowered, and then ladies bring these positive aspects to their performance at work. Well, ladies... let's hear it. Do you agree with these experts?And no, not just for porn stars... apparently women who have healthy sex lives and who... more
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Whether you're a die hard Twitterer, or you think it's just "hordes of people patiently queuing up to moo aimlessly at each other in the latest online social networking craze" as Charlie Brooker puts it, getting the latest updates, tour details and musings from your favourite bands is definitely no bad thing.
There's the obvious PR-driven profiles (looking at you here, Coldplay) but the likes of Imogen Heap and Ben Kweller have really got stuck in (Heap even regularly using video micro-blogging site 12 Seconds TV) and there's something brilliant about how they openly converse with fans and answer questions personally without any record company filters.
Get stalki... ahem... following!Whether you're a die hard Twitterer, or you think it's just "hordes of... more
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People have complained to the Advertising Standards Authority that the Virgin's 25th anniversary advert showing the ladies in red walking through an otherwise drab 1984 airport is "sexist." The complaints argue that Virgin is suggesting that the main reason to fly with them is for their hot all-female crew members, and that that is insulting to all women.
This wouldn't be the first time Virgin has been accused of discrimination towards women. In 2005, an Australian court ruled that Virgin Blue didn't hire eight female flight attendants "because they weren't young or attractive enough."
Do you think this ad is sexist? Or are the 29 people who filed complaints overreacting?People have complained to the Advertising Standards Authority that the Virgin's... more
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A 56-year-old American athlete has become the first woman on record to swim the Atlantic.
Jennifer Figge took 24 days to swim from the Cape Verde islands off Africa to Trinidad. The exact distance she covered has yet to be calculated.A 56-year-old American athlete has become the first woman on record to swim the... more
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Global warming is hitting Australia very hard.
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Towering flames razed entire towns in southeastern Australia and burned fleeing residents in their cars as the death toll rose to 84 on Sunday, making it the country's deadliest fire disaster.
At least 700 homes were destroyed in Saturday's inferno when searing temperatures and wind blasts produced a firestorm that swept across a swath of the country's Victoria state, where all the deaths occurred.
"Hell in all its fury has visited the good people of Victoria," Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told reporters as he toured the fire zone on Sunday. "It's an appalling tragedy for the nation."
Thousands of exhausted volunteer firefighters were still battling about 30 uncontrolled fires Sunday night in Victoria, officials said, though conditions had eased considerably. It would be days before they were brought under control, even if temperatures stayed down, they said.
Government officials said the army would be deployed to help out, and Rudd announced immediate emergency aid of 10 million Australian dollars ($7 million).
The tragedy echoed across Australia. Leaders in other states — most of which have been struck by their own fire disasters in the past — pledged to send money and volunteer firefighters. Funds for public donations opened Sunday quickly started swelling.
Witnesses described seeing trees exploding and skies raining ash on Saturday as temperatures of up 117 F (47 C) combined with blasting winds to create furnace-like conditions.Global warming is hitting Australia very hard.
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Towering flames... more
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MUNICH — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Saturday that the United States will pursue a missile defense plan that has angered the Kremlin, but he also left open the possibility of compromise on the issue and struck a more conciliatory tone than the Bush administration on relations with Russia.
“It is time to press the reset button and to revisit the many areas where we can and should be working together with Russia,” Mr. Biden said in a speech at a security conference here attended by global leaders and diplomats.
Deputy Prime Minister Sergei B. Ivanov of Russia on Sunday said that Mr. Biden’s remarks were “very positive,” Reuters reported.
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Source: The New York Times
This is what you call progress.MUNICH — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Saturday that the United States... more
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The housing crisis will deepen, the country could fall into a depression and laid-off workers may need to start their own business.
If this sounds like the advice of a financial planner or an economist, think again. It's a reading from psychic medium Roxanne Usleman.
As the economy tanks, Usleman's business is booming.
"It's more types of people I have never seen before," says Usleman. "Men in the business world, high-powered jobs, stock market, Wall Street."
Since last fall, she says she began to see a new type of client -- a "logical, [A-type] of personality." Many of them are "just completely lost," says Usleman.
Relationship advice, typically the bread and butter of the psychic business, has been supplanted by something new.
"Should I merge with this company? Should I bring in a partner to my company," are the kind of questions Usleman gets from her clients.
This is not the fortune teller of popular imagination. Wearing a Diane Von Furstenberg dress, Usleman met with CNN at her sparse but tasteful office in midtown Manhattan. There was no crystal ball in sight when she gave a personal reading on the economy.
For a typical reading, she grips a client's photograph or set of keys and consults "the angels."
Business is good, she says. Usleman sees five or six clients a day and charges up to $135 a pop for sessions that usually last more than an hour.
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Have you ever consulted a psychic? Would you consult a psychic in the future? Why or why not?The housing crisis will deepen, the country could fall into a depression and laid-off... more
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The New York Daily News reports that Ann Coulter is under investigation by the Connecticut Elections Enforcement Commission for allegedly voting in that state while registered to vote in New York City.The New York Daily News reports that Ann Coulter is under investigation by the... more
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