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A shocking number still don't know the risk of taking aspirin each day
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-shocking-...n-each-day
EXCERPTS: A new report shows that almost half of the adults in the US aren't aware of the latest health guidelines around aspirin, which claim the risks of a daily low-dose aspirin outweigh the benefits.
[...] In the past, aspirin's blood-thinning properties had led doctors to recommend a small daily dose of around 80 milligrams be taken by healthy, elderly patients to reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke.
That changed in 2019, when the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (AHA) brought out new guidelines. The updated advice was that the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding from daily aspirin doses wasn't worth the reduced risk associated with cardiovascular disease and related issues.
"The most important way to prevent atherosclerotic vascular disease, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation is to promote a healthy lifestyle throughout life," state the guidelines.
"Aspirin should be used infrequently in the routine primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease because of lack of net benefit." (MORE - missing details)
Sexual desire — the force that connects yet also divides
https://www.runi.ac.il/en/
PRESS RELEASE: A new article by Prof. Gurit Birnbaum, a researcher of sexuality in close relationships at Reichman University’s Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, and Prof. Amy Muise of York University in Canada, was recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Reviews.
The article provides an up-to-date look at the most fragile component of romantic relationships — sexual desire. In their article, Prof. Birnbaum and Prof. Muise offer an in-depth analysis of the power of desire in forging romantic bonds, while also exploring the reasons that it tends to fade over time — sometimes even leading to the dissolution of long-term relationships.
The authors highlight that sexual desire, which evolved to connect between partners and provide a foundation for the cooperative raising of children, who are dependent on joint parental care for a long period, may, over time, become a breaking point. The diminishing of desire can lead to discrepancies in sexual preferences between partners, questions about the future of the relationship, and, in some cases, the exploring of alternative partners in a world where the possibilities seem endless.
The article provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the role of sexual desire in relationships, focusing on its complexity and potential for vulnerability over time. It examines the dual role of desire: first, as a signal of potential compatibility between partners, and second, as a force that can forge, sustain, or ultimately lead to the dissolution of a romantic relationship.
The article presents fascinating findings on the biological and sociocultural forces that shape our love lives. It explores how women’s attraction patterns shift during ovulation, how new fathers experience hormonal changes that affect their sexual desires, and how infidelity can spread within social groups like a contagious epidemic — as well as the “inoculation” strategies that help resist temptation.
The authors also debunk common myths, such as the assumption that more sex necessarily leads to happiness in a relationship, and explains the “intimacy-desire paradox” — the phenomenon where, paradoxically, as emotional closeness between partners deepens, passion often begins to fade.
Prof. Gurit Birnbaum, Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University: “Sexual desire is sometimes perceived as spontaneous, but in reality, it is shaped by a wide range of biological, social, and psychological factors. Understanding that desire is not a given, but rather a dynamic process that can be influenced, may help couples maintain the spark over time and sustain the relationship in the face of internal crises and external temptations.”
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-shocking-...n-each-day
EXCERPTS: A new report shows that almost half of the adults in the US aren't aware of the latest health guidelines around aspirin, which claim the risks of a daily low-dose aspirin outweigh the benefits.
[...] In the past, aspirin's blood-thinning properties had led doctors to recommend a small daily dose of around 80 milligrams be taken by healthy, elderly patients to reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke.
That changed in 2019, when the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (AHA) brought out new guidelines. The updated advice was that the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding from daily aspirin doses wasn't worth the reduced risk associated with cardiovascular disease and related issues.
"The most important way to prevent atherosclerotic vascular disease, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation is to promote a healthy lifestyle throughout life," state the guidelines.
"Aspirin should be used infrequently in the routine primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease because of lack of net benefit." (MORE - missing details)
Sexual desire — the force that connects yet also divides
https://www.runi.ac.il/en/
PRESS RELEASE: A new article by Prof. Gurit Birnbaum, a researcher of sexuality in close relationships at Reichman University’s Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, and Prof. Amy Muise of York University in Canada, was recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Reviews.
The article provides an up-to-date look at the most fragile component of romantic relationships — sexual desire. In their article, Prof. Birnbaum and Prof. Muise offer an in-depth analysis of the power of desire in forging romantic bonds, while also exploring the reasons that it tends to fade over time — sometimes even leading to the dissolution of long-term relationships.
The authors highlight that sexual desire, which evolved to connect between partners and provide a foundation for the cooperative raising of children, who are dependent on joint parental care for a long period, may, over time, become a breaking point. The diminishing of desire can lead to discrepancies in sexual preferences between partners, questions about the future of the relationship, and, in some cases, the exploring of alternative partners in a world where the possibilities seem endless.
The article provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the role of sexual desire in relationships, focusing on its complexity and potential for vulnerability over time. It examines the dual role of desire: first, as a signal of potential compatibility between partners, and second, as a force that can forge, sustain, or ultimately lead to the dissolution of a romantic relationship.
The article presents fascinating findings on the biological and sociocultural forces that shape our love lives. It explores how women’s attraction patterns shift during ovulation, how new fathers experience hormonal changes that affect their sexual desires, and how infidelity can spread within social groups like a contagious epidemic — as well as the “inoculation” strategies that help resist temptation.
The authors also debunk common myths, such as the assumption that more sex necessarily leads to happiness in a relationship, and explains the “intimacy-desire paradox” — the phenomenon where, paradoxically, as emotional closeness between partners deepens, passion often begins to fade.
Prof. Gurit Birnbaum, Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University: “Sexual desire is sometimes perceived as spontaneous, but in reality, it is shaped by a wide range of biological, social, and psychological factors. Understanding that desire is not a given, but rather a dynamic process that can be influenced, may help couples maintain the spark over time and sustain the relationship in the face of internal crises and external temptations.”