An occasional chocolate treat can help prevent heart failure in older women, research suggests. One or two servings of good-quality chocolate a week reduced the risk of middle-aged and elderly women developing the condition by almost a third, a study found. Scientists looked at the association between chocolate and heart failure in almost 32,000 Swedish women aged ...
The simple summer pleasure of licking a 99, or of enjoying a bowl of mint choc chip, can obscure the fact that the origins of ice cream are fraught with contradiction and confusion. What is certain is that the first recorded mention of ice cream anywhere in the world was in England, on the menu ...
The primitive sexual appeal and desire that is experienced by the overwhelming majority of adult men and women has always prompted the scientists and simple people to look for natural aphrodisiacs in plants and especially in foods, in order to boost the sexual urge and libido. However, the idea of finding the strongest natural aphrodisiac ...
Traditional Southern or soul food is not especially healthy, though. Fried foods are made mostly with hydrogenated oil or lard, and they tend to be flavored and seasoned with fatty pork products. Though many basic ingredients - rice, beans, greens and yams - are all healthy, preparation methods often involve lots of fat, sodium and ...
For as long as I can remember I have loved coffee. My first memory of it was when I was about three years old. My mother and grandmother were sitting there having a cup and I wanted some too. So my grandmother got out one of her cute little demitasse cups, she had a beautiful ...
I’m often asked about my work as a sex therapist. I’m surprised at how few people have any sense of what a sexologist does. While I can’t speak for all my fellow therapists, I can tell you a bit about my own practice. Most of the work I do is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): short-term, goal-directed ...
A bold initiative to introduce sex education in primary schools is being viewed as a sign of progress by many in a nation where traditionally the subject is taboo. Yu Fei of China Features reports. When Liu Yajun, a Beijing primary school teacher in her 40s, first tried to talk about reproductive organs with her 11-year-old ...
September is Sexual Health Information Month and, to celebrate, we delved between the sheets with superbrand Durex to uncover the sexual habits of the nation. We launched the poll in May during National Condom Week and tens of thousands of randy Daily Star readers filed their responses. Bashful babes in Manchester confessed they were least likely ...
Predilection for women and sexual behavior of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary (IMF) has long seemed to smell. Who are the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual abuse victims? Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual abuse victims have made report to the authority earlier this week, Strauss-Kahn were herded into prison in New York, Rikers Island, on charges of ...
Men who struggle with erectile problems when they use contraception may have a breakthrough with new 'Viagra condoms'. Designers found that large numbers of men complained that they struggled to maintain erections when using conventional condoms in sex. Manufacturers lined the new products with a gel that is used to treat angina by increasing blood flow to ...
