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Smaller difference seen between midlife male, female heart attacks
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2009-10-27 08:22:42
According to U.S. research in a comparision of heart attacks between men and women 35 to 54 years of age, men still have more heart attacks than women, but the gap is narrowing between them.


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Women getting shorter, heavier
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2009-10-25 09:44:10
U.S. researchers have concluded that women of northern European descent are getting shorter in height and heavier in weight from past generations to future generations.


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70,000 women die each year from unsafe abortions
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2009-10-14 08:38:32
According to a recently published report in October 2009 by the Guttmacher Institute, an estimated 70,000 women die from unsafe abortions each year around the world. And, another five million women are treated for complications from unsafe abortions.


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Women with lonely hearts risk diseased hearts
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2009-08-23 08:09:11
According to an August 2009 Pittsburgh/Harvard study, women who feel lonely and depressed have a 79% higher risk of getting coronary heart disease (CHD).


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It’s a plane, it’s a bird, no it’s Superwoman in the cloud!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-17 01:24:09
Salesforce.com has deployed its website development cloud solution – Force.com Sites - for the first time in Australia with Superwoman, an Australian financial services company dedicated to women.


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Women: Don’t sit next to men when doing math
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2009-05-04 09:31:56
A U.S. study has shown that women will do better at mathematics when they are aware of only positive stereotypes (like college educated) but do worse when only aware of negative stereotypes (such as men being perceived as better in math). Plus, it is not good for women to even sit between two men while doing math problems!


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Curvy may be sexy, but cylindrical-shaped females are better
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2008-12-06 12:25:35
U.S. anthropologist Elizabeth Cashdan studied the female shape and found that the “hourglass” figure may attract men when it comes time to mate, but the more realistic cylindrical-shaped figure of most women means that such females are more competitive, stronger, and more financially well off, with or without a man.


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Women prefer deeper voices in their men
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2008-12-04 16:49:01
A U.S.-Canadian study shows that deeper voices in men show dominance and good genetics to women. However, breast-feeding women like higher pitched voices in men. Can you guess what type of voices men liked in their women?


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Here’s the Scientific Skinny on skinny models and ads
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2008-11-20 08:08:13
An Australian researcher has reported that skinny models actually sell fewer products than larger-sized models when seen by older women. Younger women don’t have a preference when it comes to model size.


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Skinny belly dancers should live long lives
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2008-11-13 11:28:33
A European study has found that the circumference of one’s waist increases a person’s risk of premature death. In other words, the people with the biggest bellies have the biggest chance of not making it to their next meal.


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Hand in the verdict: Women have dirtier palms
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2008-11-07 09:10:01
A University of Colorado study has found that the palms of women’s hands are germier than the palms of men’s hands. The average female palm had about 150 different species of bacteria on it, much more than previously estimated by scientistst. Oh, gross!


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Male and female brains age differently
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2008-11-06 08:05:02
U.S. researchers discover that genes in the brains of men begin to change earlier, and differently, then the genes of women. Men may need help earlier than women.


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Men with multiple mates (loose zippers) add to human diversity
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2008-11-05 11:32:10
A U.S. study has stated that men who sire children with many different women are primarily responsible for the wide genetic diversity seen around the world. As The Rolling Stones once stated, these men have gotten their "ya-ya's out!”


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U.S. women have sexual problems but are not concerned about them
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2008-11-01 10:20:35
A study headed by Jan Shifren has concluded that 40 percent of women in the United States have sexual problems but only 20 percent have personal distress over these sexual problems.


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Calm down women: Smell a man’s armpit for sex
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2008-10-09 11:31:10
A University of Pennsylvania study has found that the smell of sweaty male armpits make women feel calmer and more receptive to sex. Finally, practical research we can all apply in our daily lives!


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Brainy men found more appealing to women
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2008-10-04 10:17:24
The library and the research laboratory may become the preferred places to find your mate in the 21st century if the study by University of California researchers is correct: women choose men based on intelligence and creativity.


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Women smokers more likely to be depressed
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2008-10-04 08:59:50
A ten-year Australian study finds that women in Australia who smoke more than twenty cigarettes per day, as compared to non-smokers, are more likely to have major depression.


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Equal-rights men lose out to traditional men in wages
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2008-09-22 09:51:47
A 25-year U.S. study has found that men who treat women as equals in the workplace make less money when compared to men with traditional views about women. The researchers also found that women earn less money than men do, in either type of workplace setting.


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HP launches Asia Pacific retail push
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Distribution

2008-09-19 00:07:02
HP is working to significantly expand its network of retail partner stores in the Asia Pacific region as well as deepening the customer experience at selected locations.


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Australia spurns IT postgraduates: bad news for workers?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2008-09-08 01:02:05
Are once standout IT salaries still slack? The latest annual Postgraduate Destinations report from Graduate Careers Australia shows Australian employers are leaving a lot of ICT graduates on the shelf, and consequently salaries are close to the average across all disciplines.


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