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Early Menopause: Unexplainable And On The Rise

Early Menopause: Unexplainable And On The Rise

July 8, 2011 No Comments

One in twenty women will experience menopause before the age of 40, a new study has found. This early menopause can threaten more than your sex drive and mood swings. Risks include heart attack, stroke and bone disease, but researchers have been unable to explain the cause. This research, done by the Imperial College London, ...

Had A Miscarriage? Time To Think About Heart Health

Had A Miscarriage? Time To Think About Heart Health

December 2, 2010 No Comments

If you’ve ever had a miscarriage, and especially if you’ve had three or more, it might be a good idea to have a heart health check up. German research has found that women with three or more miscarriages had a 500% greater risk of heart attacks in later life. Overall, 25% or more of women ...

Beautiful Women Cause Heart Attacks

Beautiful Women Cause Heart Attacks

May 3, 2010 2 Comments

Beautiful women cause heart attacks? Not quite, but researchers have found that being near beautiful women (for men) increases levels of a hormone that is linked to heart disease. Generally, this hormone is useful to humans.

You Can Die Of A Broken Heart

You Can Die Of A Broken Heart

February 10, 2010 No Comments

Doctors have discovered what artists have always known… it is possible to die from a broken heart. The symptoms seems to mimic a heart attack, but there is no evidence of coronary disease. Read on for some Valentine’s inspired science.

Doctors Prescribe Sex To Reduce Heart Disease In Men

Doctors Prescribe Sex To Reduce Heart Disease In Men

January 8, 2010 1 Comment

A study has shown that regular sex reduces the chances of heart disease in men. Having sex twice a week reduces chances of life-threatening heart conditions by 45% compared by men having sex once a month or less.

The Dick In American Pie

The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...

How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

Fifty Years Of A Clockwork Orange

When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...

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