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November 07, 2008 Health News Highlights For 11 am

Bullies May Enjoy Watching Pain

New reports have suggested that scientists in the US examining brain scans of teenage boys with and without a history of aggressive conduct disorder found that their brains responded differently while they watched scenes of people in pain and suggested that bullies may enjoy watching people in pain.

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Sex Drive In Post-Menopausal Women Modestly Boosted By Testosterone

New reports have indicated that an Australian led study found that using testosterone patches helped to increase sex drive in post-menopausal women with low sex drive who were not on hormone replacement therapies.
To reach this conclusion, it is said that the research was led by principal investigator Susan Davis who is Professor of Women’s Health in the Department of Medicine at Monash University, Victoria, and published in the 6th November issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Vigorous Exercise Protects Against Breast Cancer

It has been reported that based on new research from the US, it has been suggested that vigorous exercise cuts the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women and is particularly effective for women who are not overweight. It is noteworthy of mention that the study was the work of researchers at the National Cancer Institute and is published in the 31 October issue of the journal Breast Cancer Research.

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Study Finds That Latinas, Blacks More Dissatisfied Than Whites With Breast Cancer Decisions

Reuters has reported that according to a University of Michigan study, Latina and African-American breast cancer patients — especially Latinas who prefer to speak Spanish — are more likely than white patients to be dissatisfied with the decision-making process of how to proceed with a breast cancer diagnosis.

As Reuters Health reports, women vary in how they prefer to make decisions about their breast cancer treatment, including whether to have a mastectomy or a lumpectomy.

The news agency reports that some women prefer to have a larger role in choosing treatment, while other want a smaller part in the decision, Reuters Health reports.

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Survey Finds That More Women In Hong Kong Desire Fewer Or No Children

New details have revealed that according to a recent survey conducted by ACNielsen of China for the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post reports that the proportion of women in Hong Kong who do not want children or want only one child increased to 26.2% in 2007 — up 15.4 percentage points from 1992 — according to a recent survey conducted by ACNielsen of China for the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post reports.

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Opinion Piece Says That Catholics Voted For Obama Because Of ‘Life Issues’ Other Than Abortion

It has been reported that pre-election polls showed that more than half of Catholics intended to vote for Barack Obama in Tuesday’s election.

This is said to be the case despite the fact that “some bishops came pretty close to” directing Roman Catholics to vote for Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) because of his opposition to abortion rights, Chicago Sun-Times columnist and Roman Catholic priest Andrew Greeley writes in an opinion piece.

Still, he is quick to add that “Most bishops were content with a somewhat obscure statement about the evil of abortion, which urged Catholics to consider all items on the Catholic pro-life agenda.”

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