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Being A Rich Man Triggers an Evolutionarily-Developed Sexual Response In Woman, Say Scientists

28-Dec-09

Came across this article a while ago, which claims that women have more orgasms if partners are wealthier according to an analysis they did of a survey.
The link between enjoyment of sex and partner’s wealth was statistically significant even when they took into account other factors such as age, education, happiness, the length of relationship [...]

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Psychiatry and Asperger’s

21-Nov-09

NYTimes has an interesting article on Asperger’s and psychiatric classification:
THE Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association, is the bible of diagnosis in psychiatry, and is used not just by doctors around the world but also by health insurers.
Changing any such central document is complicated. It should therefore come [...]

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