Posts Tagged ‘ladies’

Putting male names before female names in writing is a remnant of sexist thinking. This is the finding of a study published online today, 15th March 2010, in the British Journal of Social Psychology by Dr Peter Hegarty and colleagues of the University of Surrey. Dr Hegarty said: "In the 16th century, naming men before women became the acceptable word-order to use because of ... Full story

Ladies, if you're currently in a relationship, we are warning you now. At precisely 10 pm tonight, something very disturbing may overtake your boyfriend, and we want to make sure you are prepared. No, it isn't the Poltergeist--it's worse. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show airs tonight on CBS, and we ... Full story

Sometimes a guy has got to do what a guy has got to do...to look good that is. Apparently, Simon Cowell grooms himself more frequently than an award-winning poodle. His beauty regimen has been reported to consist of more then just the average trip to the spa for a ... Full story

Late December cannot come fast enough--and no, it's not because of the holidays (well, ok, we're a little excited for those too). But the real reason we're eagerly awaiting the arrival of the year's end is because of Rodarte's line for Target, which debuts in stores nationwide on December 20. While the Mulleavy sisters ... Full story

As women, we have a responsibility to ourselves and others to make sure when we leave the house each day we don't look like a total disaster. Even on the days when we wake up late, can't figure out what to wear and have yet to shower we're still expected to pull it ... Full story

The International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) recently honored Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) faculty members Matthew J. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., and Paula P. Schnurr, Ph.D., for their work as co-founders of the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Friedman, a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology & toxicology and executive director of the national center at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in White River ... Full story

A study of heart-attack patients published in the late 1980s was wildly successful. Researchers showed they could lower the heart-attack death rate to 8% from 13% by giving patients aspirin and a drug called streptokinase. These days, though, an 8% mortality rate would be disastrous; the rate in most studies of heart attack patients is somewhere around 4%. That points to a ... Full story

Woody Allen usually makes me think of my mom; I picture her swooning over Mighty Aphrodite and pondering the existential questions of Annie Hall, then much later, denouncing anything having to do with him because of ahem...the whole daughter/wife thing. Regardless, Woody ... Full story