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Keep It In Your Pants
Are there any people with self-control and restraint left?
College ‘Sexfest’ Irks State Lawmaker
Mr. Marshall recently asked to meet with James Madison University President Linwood Rose, whose students last month held a so-called “SexFest” that included a demonstration of how to put on a condom. Mr. Marshall also filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with officials at the University of Virginia to determine the school’s policy on emergency contraception (EC).
Study Ties ‘Morning-After’ Pill Use to Supply Ease [I can’t find the actual news link anywhere. – Funky]
"NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Women who have "morning-after" pills on hand are significantly more likely to use the emergency contraception than women who have to go to the drugstore to fill a prescription, researchers said on Monday."
My DNA Made Me Eat It
It’s not my fault – I was programmed to eat a bucket of KFC at every meal!
What Your Genes Want You to Eat
By BRUCE GRIERSON
“A trip to the diet doc, circa 2013. You prick your finger, draw a little blood and send it, along with a $100 fee, to a consumer genomics lab in California. There, it’s passed through a mass spectrometer, where its proteins are analyzed. It is cross-referenced with your DNA profile. A few days later, you get an e-mail message with your recommended diet for the next four weeks. It doesn’t look too bad: lots of salmon, spinach, selenium supplements, bread with olive oil. “
Cheaters For Over-Eaters
Whatever happened to exercise and proper nutrition?
Tiny Capsule Could Fight Fat
By Kristen Philipkoski
“A young entrepreneur who declined a Stanford University School of Medicine residency to pursue his medical inventions has created a novel alternative to risky surgeries designed to treat obesity.”
Bad Rap for Rap
Maybe now rappers will need something more convincing in their defense than, ‘I’m just telling it how it is.’ Maybe they should focus on how it could be.
Violent music, aggressive thoughts linked
“Violent lyrics in songs increase aggression-related thoughts and emotions and could indirectly create a more hostile social environment, a study released on Sunday by a U.S. psychology association found. “