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Study: Chocolate reduces blood pressure

CHICAGO Here’s some good and bad news for chocoholics: Dark chocolate seems to lower blood pressure, but it requires an amount less than two Hershey’s Kisses to do it, a small study suggests.
The new research from Germany adds to mounting evidence linking dark chocolate with health benefits, but it’s the first to suggest […]

Divorce threat persists throughout marriage

More than 70% of those who married since 1970 celebrated a 10th anniversary.
That statistic Д one of many released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Д shows that divorce itself has stabilized in recent decades, neither rising nor falling significantly. But experts say the longitudinal information also suggests divorce remains a threat throughout married life. […]

Really?: The Claim: Regular Use of Hot Tubs Can Hurt Fertility in Men

THE FACTS
For years, doctors have warned men having trouble conceiving to stay away from hot baths and whirlpool tubs, saying there was reason to suspect that long exposure to hot water could worsen their problems.
Much of that was based on speculation. But earlier this year, a team of urologists at the «topics.nytimes.com», San […]

Men’s Breasts: No Joking Matter

By Michael D. Lemonick
Frank Costanza wanted to call it the “man-ssiere”; Kramer insisted it had to be the “bro.” Their bizarre invention, featured on one of the more ridiculous episodes of Seinfeld, was a bra for men. It played off one of the many indignities of male aging: the swelling of male breast tissue […]

Report: Man has less severe form of TB

ATLANTA An Atlanta lawyer undergoing treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, XDR-TB, in Denver has a form of the disease that is less drug-resistant and more curable than previously reported, doctors said Tuesday.
Officials at National Jewish Medical and Research Center said multiple tests done there indicate Andrew Speaker’s TB will respond to some of […]