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Viagra for women? Drug developed as antidepressant effective in treating low libido

The drug flibanserin, which was originally created as an antidepressant, is effective in treating women with low libido, pooled results from three separate clinical trials have found.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Desire and dread: Brain's computer has separate keyboard to control powerful emotions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling powerful emotional reactions is often difficult because the brain's computer has a separate "keyboard" that controls feelings within extreme emotions like desire and dread, according to University ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The ugly truth about one night stands

Men are far more interested in casual sex than women. While men need to be exceptionally attractive to tempt women to consider casual sex, men are far less choosy. These findings by Dr Achim Schützwohl, from the Department ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (10) | comments 5

Sex is in the brain, says new research

More than 40 percent of women ages 18-59 experience sexual dysfunction, with lack of sexual interest — hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or HSDD — being the most commonly reported complaint, according to medical researchers. ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

The paradox of temptation

Does the mere availability of something tempting weaken the will to resist? The answer is of more than theoretical interest to public health experts, and the problem goes far beyond serious addictive disorders. Just think ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Drugs for low libido raise concerns over industry 'construction' of new diseases

Drug companies have not only sponsored the science of a new condition known as female sexual dysfunction, they have helped to construct it, in order to build global markets for new drugs, reveals an article in this week's ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Study reveals wanted objects are seen as closer

We assume that we see things as they really are. But according to a new report in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, if we really want something, that desire may influence how we ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Things we want appear nearer, study shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology scientists found that when an object is desirable, we perceive it to be closer than it actually is.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 12, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

'Happy housewife' myth debunked by new book

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many believe that 1950s cinema portrayed women as complacent, conservative housewives who liked nothing better than to rustle up a three-course meal for their hardworking husbands, but a new book has shown ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Tell me where it hurts

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Connecticut study finds that the way a question is phrased is important when assessing pain.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

You can't always get what you want: Young infants understand goals, even if unsuccessful

We all have goals and desires, but unfortunately, they are not always achieved. For example, a fouled basketball player tries for a free throw shot, but misses. It may be obvious that he wanted to make the shot, but the outcome ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

To be or to become: That's the question for advertisers

If you won a million dollars today, what would you do? Say "sayonara" to your boss and head to Bora Bora, or invest your newfound wealth in a long-term T-bill?

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

What consumers want: MSU researchers pinpoint common threads

Michigan State University researchers have identified the common desires of today's sophisticated consumer - a groundbreaking study that could help businesses become more competitive in the troubled global economy.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researcher presents risk-free treatment for low female sexual desire

According to the Journal of Sexual Medicine, people who engage in regular sexual activity gain several health benefits, such as longer lives, healthier hearts, lower blood pressure, and lower risk of breast cancer. Howeve ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Female supervisors more susceptible to workplace sexual harassment

Women who hold supervisory positions are more likely to be sexually harassed at work, according to the first-ever, large-scale longitudinal study to examine workplace power, gender and sexual harassment.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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