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November 3rd, 2011
10:56 AM ET
Anti smoking drug may increase suicide risk, study saysThe popular quit-smoking drug Chantix may increase the risk of suicide and suicidal thoughts in some patients, says a new report. Researchers looked at more than 3,000 reports of "neuropsychiatric adverse events" - unexpected problems that result in risk or harm to the patient –relating to smoking cessation drugs, and found that more than 90% of the reports were associated with Chantix use. "We compared people who took nicotine replacement therapy, Zyban and Chantix," said Dr. Curt Furberg, a study author, and professor of public health sciences at Wake Forrest Baptist Medical Center. "There was an increase in suicides even with nicotine replacement therapies, but Chantix was 8-10 times worse." 
November 3rd, 2011
07:17 AM ET
Sex: What's in a 'number'?Ian Kerner, a sexuality counselor and New York Times best-selling author, blogs about sex on Thursdays on The Chart. Read more from him on his website, GoodInBed.
At least she’s being honest. In reality, people often lie about their “number”: Men tend to overestimate, while women generally underestimate. Of course, it’s possible that these men and women aren’t lying at all, but simply remembering incorrectly, or reaching their number according to their own definition of sex - like the Clintonian method, for example. In general, though, there seems to be a double standard. What’s in a number, and why should a woman’s be lower than a man’s? |
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