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Debt problems ‘impact negatively on people’s health’

The Guardian
United Kingdom

Jill Insley
July 21, 2010

Consumer Credit Counselling Service report says debt problems affect people’s relationships and ability to work

More than eight out of 10 people with debt problems say their financial difficulties are having a negative effect on their lives, jeopardising their personal relationships, health and ability to carry out their jobs, according to a debt counselling charity.

The Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) found that debt problems had adversely affected the relationships that 37% of the 372 clients surveyed have with their partners, and 22% with their children.

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Fertility Treatment Success Predicted With Medical Analysis

Bloomberg

July 19 — A computer-based analysis can estimate a woman’s chance of success from fertility treatments more accurately than age-based guidelines, Stanford University scientists said.

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Widespread male infertility sweeping the globe

Natural News

Monday, July 12, 2010 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

(NaturalNews) Nearly 20 years ago, Danish scientists first broke the news to the world that men from Western countries seem to be slowly becoming infertile. Recent research seems to back this up as well, with average sperm counts having dropped to half of what they were 50 years ago.

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A blood test can reveal a women’s menopause age

IBT Health

29 Jun, 2010 @ 09:03 am BST

A soon-to-be-unveiled blood test can inform young women the exact age when menopause will turn in, thereby giving them ample time to prepare their pregnancy plans and prepare for the phase of life when they cease to be fertile.

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Definitely a male view

Haaretz.com
Women’s sexual fulfillment is a lofty feminist goal. But when a drug is developed, if men are the model, why not find a solution based on the factors contributing to men’s ability to maintain consistent sexual desire?

By Amalia Rosenblum

July 7, 2010

About two weeks ago the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected a drug called flibanserin, which is supposed to arouse sexual desire in women. The FDA said the product’s side effects exceed its advantages.

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Bill Gates funds covert vaccine nanotechnology

Natural News

May 28, 2010

NaturalNews) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is gaining a reputation for funding technologies designed to roll out mass sterilization and vaccination programs around the world.

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Are You Sterile? Warning Signs That Suggest Sterility

Ezine Articles

By Lisa O

What are those initial signs that may suggest a possibility of infertility? If we are alert to the symptoms, there may be better chances of tackling the problem in the early stages of the disease. These symptoms become perceptible in numerous ways. It may manifest as unbalanced sexual behavior, or mental depression. Other signs are endocrine gland disturbances or malnutrition and decay of physical health of the individual.

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New fertility fear fueled by the pill

The Independent

United Kingdom
Relaxnews
Thursday, 6 May 2010

POI (primary ovarian ineffectiveness) can cause irregular menstruation cycles, bone loss and, when ignored infertility, according to an audio segment on National Public Radio (NPR), a nonprofit membership US-based media organization, on May 3.

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Natural Ways to Help Conceive with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

EmpowHER

Claire Cipoletti

May 5, 2010

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) occurs when there is an endocrine imbalance of reproductive hormones (estrogen, testosterone, LH, FSH). Women with PCOS generally have enlarged ovaries with multiple follicular cysts (fluid-filled sacs) on both or one of the ovaries that produce excess estrogen.

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Irregular Period? It Could Be More Than Just Stress

National Public Radio

May 3, 2010

When a young woman’s menstrual periods get out of whack — extra-long, extra-short or intermittent — she may just chalk it up to stress and ignore it. To even out monthly cycles, doctors often prescribe birth control pills, without doing much of an evaluation first. But both those approaches are a mistake, says gynecologist Lawrence Nelson, of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

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