Medical Joke

Women talk three times as much as men, says study – Daily Mail.

There are, however, advantages to being the strong, silent type. Dr Brizendine explains that testosterone also reduces the size of the section of the brain involved in hearing – allowing men to become “deaf” to the most logical of arguments put forward by their wives and girlfriends.

Are Women Really More Talkative Than Men? – Science.

Women and men both spoke about 16,000 words per day.

Confused?

Fox News:

Why would a 22 year old breast-feeding woman take pictures of her nipples?
Because Raynaud’s phenomenon of the nipple is An underdiagnosed cause of nipple pain presented on a camera phone – [BMJ 2009;339:b2553]
She had painful nipples that changed color, and she sent the photos of her nipples to her doctor, who was then able to make a correct diagnosis.

This was the first case of breast photography by cell phone camera that did not involve  sexting.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency medical procedure for a victim of cardiac arrest…

It’s not Rocket Science, it’s Hands-Only CPR [American Heart Association]

It’s not normal to see an adult suddenly collapse, but if you do, call 911 and push hard and fast in the center of the chest. It’s called Hands-Only CPR.

Related Link:
Hands-Only (Compression-Only) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Call to Action for Bystander Response to Adults Who Experience Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Circulation. 2008 Apr 22;117(16):2162-7. Epub 2008 Mar 31. Free full text.

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Sarah Haskins in Target Women on birth control. This humorous video is about advertising for:

• Seasonique (Seasonal in Canada),
• Yaz
• Nuvaring.



Related Post:

Yaz Birth Control

Related Links:

A Birth Control Pill That Promised Too Much – New York Times.

Oral contraceptives containing drospirenone for premenstrual syndrome – Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Jan 23;(1):CD006586.

Drospirenone plus EE 20 mug may help treat premenstrual symptoms in women with PMDD. The placebo also had a large effect. We do not know whether the COC works after three cycles, for women with less severe symptoms, or better than other COCs. COC =Combined oral contraceptives. PMDD =Premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

Review of the vaginal contraceptive ring (NuvaRing) – J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care. 2008 Oct;34(4):247-50.

Efficacy and cycle control are the least comparable to conventional COCs and adverse events are minimal, though vaginal side effects are reported more commonly.

A continuous regimen of levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol for contraception and elimination of menstruation – Drugs Today (Barc). 2008 Mar;44(3):183-95.

Patients wishing to use continuous 90 microg levonorgestrel/20 microg ethinyl estradiol must recognize and accept that unscheduled breakthrough bleeding is typical during the first four to six cycles of use. Control of cycle-related symptoms may emerge as an off-label indication for use.

What is shaking in the world of obesity research?

From the 17th Congress on Obesity in Amsterdam, presentation of a study from the Artesis University College of Antwerp:

Study: Vibration plate machines may aid weight loss and trim abdominal fat

Shaken, not stirred?

This study did not make any claims about improving your sex life as in the following segment from the TV show The Doctors, with special guest Fran Drescher.