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How Sleep Impacts Mental Health

MDPI Blog– Sleep has a huge influence on our physical and mental health. Insufficient sleep is related to many chronic health problems, including heart disease, depression, diabetes, stress, and much more. Not only this, but oversleeping has also been shown to negatively affect health or at least be a symptom of poor health. It’s a difficult balance to strike. Most research suggests that between 7 and 9 hours is optimal. With insomnia affecting around 6-10% of the...

Patterns in Orgasm Consistency, Relationship Satisfaction, and Sexual Satisfaction

International Society for Sexual Medicine – An estimated 40% of women do not consistently reach orgasm. For some women, this is bothersome, but for others it is not. With information like this in mind, experts hypothesize that orgasm consistency may play a role in a person’s sexual and relational satisfaction. Therefore, investigators from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah designed a study to examine the relationship among orgasm consistency, relationship satisfaction, and sexual satisfaction. They did so...

After Hawaii, New Hampshire had lowest COVID death rate of all states

(Concord Monitor) A major study has singled out New Hampshire as a model among U.S. states in response to COVID-19, having suffered virtually the lowest cumulative death rate from the pandemic. The state’s success, the study said, came about partly because of relative wealth, partly from lack of racial and ethnic groups that were harder hit by the disease, partly “by being more aggressive than most states in addressing its social and racial disparities” for...

COVID Emergency Over, but Hundreds Are Still Dying Weekly

WEBMD – Traci Sikes's older sister Debbie had survived several health setbacks in life — a heart attack, a cancer diagnosis, and a couple of botched surgeries for a bad back. But by early 2023, the 68-year-old from Brownwood, TX, was in remission from lymphoma, feeling stronger, and celebrating a birthday for one of her 11 beloved grandchildren. Then Debbie caught COVID-19. Less than 2 months later, in March, she died of severe lung damage caused...

Mayo Clinic Minute: Combating weight gain during menopause

MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK – Menopause marks the end of reproductive years. Fluctuating hormonal levels can lead to a variety of unwanted symptoms, including hot flashes, night sweats and sleep problems. Another common complaint is added pounds. Mayo Clinic's Dr. Juliana Kling explains what is behind weight gain during menopause and what a person can do to combat it. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute If you are going through menopause and find it harder than ever to maintain a healthy weight,...

Marijuana harms babies in first trimester of pregnancy, study finds

Marijuana use can harm fetal development in the first trimester, a time when many women may not know they are pregnant.

‘Notorious’ orangutan is star attraction … but animal groups say he is being ‘exploited’

The ape called Nhong has picked up a habit of touching women's breasts.

Man, 30, dies with ping pong ball up his bum after being electrocuted while pleasuring himself

The man was electrocuted by an electric massage device. Medics also found an object around 9cm in length lodged in his rectum

On the Night Shift With a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner

MISSOULA, Mont. — Jacqueline Towarnicki got a text as she finished her day shift at a local clinic. She had a new case, a patient covered in bruises who couldn’t remember how the injuries got there. Towarnicki’s breath caught, a familiar feeling after four years of working night shifts as a sexual assault nurse examiner in this northwestern Montana city. “You almost want to curse,” Towarnicki, 38, said. “You’re like, ‘Oh, no, it’s happening.’” These nights on...

Heavy Cannabis Use Linked to Schizophrenia Especially among Young Men

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN – The French psychiatrist Jacques-Joseph Moreau published a book called Hashish and Mental Illness in 1845, the same year that Scientific American brought out its first issue. In it, he explored his own experiences with the drug cannabis at the Paris-based Club des Hachichins—some of which took place alongside the likes of Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac and Charles Baudelaire. Two years earlier Moreau described the “undescribable delights” of a “marvelous substance.” But in his...

NO SWIMMERS: Male birth control drug is 100 per cent effective in mice

NEW SCIENTIST – A drug that temporarily paralyses sperm could become the first on-demand male birth control pill. In mice, the contraceptive was 100 per cent effective at preventing pregnancy for about 2 hours, with full fertility returning 24 hours later. “This is, in the male contraceptive field, totally revolutionary,” says Jochen Buck at Cornell University in New York. Most other prospective male contraceptives in clinical development are only effective after eight to 12 weeks, he says. Previous...

After Idaho’s Strict Abortion Ban, OB-GYNs Stage a Quick Exodus

KFF Health News, SANDPOINT, Idaho — At a brewery in this northern Idaho city, hundreds of people recently held a wake of sorts to mourn the closure of Sandpoint’s only labor and delivery ward, collateral damage from the state’s Republican-led effort to criminalize nearly all abortions. Jen Quintano, the event’s organizer and a Sandpoint resident who runs a tree service, called to the crowd, packed shoulder to shoulder as children ran underfoot, “Raise your hand...

Labiaplasty is on the rise. Here’s why women say they had the controversial plastic surgery procedure.

Emily Gavaldon says she’s never felt comfortable with her labia. Her right labia, she tells Yahoo Life, was “much larger” than her left, making her feel “ashamed” and “embarrassed” — even though her gynecologist insisted she was “perfectly fine” and that her vulva was “normal.” “I was still upset about the appearance of my labia,” the 23-year-old Colorado native explains. “I would ‘tuck it in’ when wearing a bathing suit and never let my boyfriend...

Miss Universe finalist Sienna Weir dead at 23:

Sienna Weir, a 2022 Miss Universe finalist and fashion model, has died days after a tragic horse riding accident. She was 23.

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