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• Cholesterol
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  Secondhand Smoke Presents Greater Threat to Teen Girls Than Boys

  April 30, 2013 — When teenage girls are exposed to secondhand smoke at home, they tend to have lower levels of the "good" form of cholesterol that reduces heart disease risk, according to a recent ... > full story
• Fertility
  Menopause
  Personalized Medicine
  Women's Health
  Gynecology
  Hormone Disorders
   

  Identification of Gene Variants Affecting Fertility Offers New Treatment Possibility

  April 29, 2013 — Identification of genetic variations in the genes coding for the hormone FSH may provide new treatments for male and female infertility, according to new work. Scientists have characterized gene ... > full story
• Industrial Relations
  Educational Policy
  Gender Difference
  Stress
  Social Psychology
  Relationships
   

  Family-Friendly Tenure Policies Result in Salary Penalty for Professors

  April 29, 2013 — Well-intentioned policies to make achieving tenure more family-friendly actually have negative consequences for the salaries of college faculty, says a new ... > full story
• Gender Difference
  Erectile Dysfunction
  Sexual Health
  Relationships
  Children's Health
  Infant's Health
   

  Pedophiles Identified Accurately With Implicit Association Tasks

  April 25, 2013 — A combination of two tasks for implied sexual associations has distinguished -- with more than 90 per cent certainty -- a group of pedophilic men from a group of men with a sexual preference for ... > full story
• Gender Difference
  Stress
  Racial Issues
  Industrial Relations
  Relationships
  Social Psychology
   

  Moms More Likely Than Other Employees to Leave Male-Dominated Jobs With Long Hours

  April 24, 2013 — As demands for long work hours continue to increase, a new study found that mothers are more likely than other employees to leave jobs in male-dominated ... > full story
• Consumer Behavior
  Gender Difference
  Social Psychology
  Psychology
  Statistics
  Relationships
   

  What Drives Activity on Pinterest?

  April 23, 2013 — Researchers have released a new study that uses statistical data to help understand the motivations behind Pinterest activity, the roles gender plays among users and the factors that distinguish ... > full story
• Vaccines
  Sexual Health
  Women's Health
  Gynecology
  STD
  Menopause
   

  Genital Wart Rate in Young Women Plummets Thanks to HPV Vaccine, Claim Researchers

  April 18, 2013 — The proportion of young women diagnosed with genital warts in Australia has seen a significant decline thanks to the HPV vaccine, suggests a new ... > full story
• Gender Difference
  Healthy Aging
  Health Policy
  Workplace Health
  Fitness
  Schizophrenia
   

  Famous Performers and Sportsmen Tend to Have Shorter Lives

  April 17, 2013 — Fame and achievement in performance-related careers may be earned at the cost of a shorter life, according to a new ... > full story
• Educational Policy
  Educational Psychology
  Intelligence
  Gender Difference
  Stress
  Child Psychology
   

  Teachers' Assessments Not Always Conducive to Fair Education, Researcher Says

  April 15, 2013 — Teachers’ assessments of pupils’ literacy can vary significantly, even for pupils with similar test scores. This may interfere with children’s right to fair and gender-equal ... > full story
• Pain Control
  Back and Neck Pain
  Fibromyalgia
  Workplace Health
  Neuropathy
  Joint Pain
   

  Study on Patients With Disc Prolapse: Same Gene Variant Promotes Pain in Women, Suppresses Pain in Men

  April 12, 2013 — More women than men develop chronic low back pain and sciatica. The explanation may lie with a gene variant that plays into the body’s pain ... > full story

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