Thursday, January 19, 2006
Impotency, aspirin, cot death and sweet revenge
A University of Alabama study suggests impotency drugs, such as Viagra and Cialis, may produce an increased risk of optic nerve damage in certain men.
In a study of over 95,000 people, aspirin therapy was shown to cut the incidence of stroke in women but not men. On the other hand, when it came to heart attack the reverse was true: Daily use of aspirin reduced the incidence of those events in men but not women.
Researchers are testing potentially life-saving techniques for keeping humans in a state of suspended animation while surgeons repair their wounds.
Apparently about 30 babies die every year in the UK after sharing a sofa with their parent. Researchers found that although the number of deaths in the parental bed had fallen by 50%, the number of deaths on a sofa shared with a parent increased four-fold in recent years. More on preventing cot death here.
Men get greater satisfaction than women from seeing someone they dislike suffer pain, according to a study of how people react when witnessing revenge.
In a study of over 95,000 people, aspirin therapy was shown to cut the incidence of stroke in women but not men. On the other hand, when it came to heart attack the reverse was true: Daily use of aspirin reduced the incidence of those events in men but not women.
Researchers are testing potentially life-saving techniques for keeping humans in a state of suspended animation while surgeons repair their wounds.
Apparently about 30 babies die every year in the UK after sharing a sofa with their parent. Researchers found that although the number of deaths in the parental bed had fallen by 50%, the number of deaths on a sofa shared with a parent increased four-fold in recent years. More on preventing cot death here.
Men get greater satisfaction than women from seeing someone they dislike suffer pain, according to a study of how people react when witnessing revenge.
