Common Erectile Dysfunction Drug Not Helpful for Heart Failure Patients
Newswise — SAN FRANCISCO — A commonly used erectile dysfunction drug, sildenafil, doesn’t help patients who have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, a condition in which the heart’s lower chambers are stiff and cannot relax and fill fully between beats. That is the finding of the RELAX study, presented today at the American College [...]
Double trouble: French rape case impeded by twins’ identical DNA
Police in Marseille have arrested identical twin brothers for a string of sexual assaults. Officers believe one, if not both men are to blame, but cannot be sure as the pair’s DNA is nearly indistinguishable. Police have charged both men, identified as 24-year old unemployed delivery drivers Elwin and Yohan, over the rapes. Both are [...]
Topless activists denounce female circumcision at Berlin film festival
Topless members of the feminist movement Femen stole the show on the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the Berlin film festival, there to protest against female circumcision. Unlike glamorous actresses the Ukrainian women’s rights activists wore nothing but old blue jeans, with political slogans scrawled over their naked breasts. The topless protesters turned [...]
Senator Menendez accused of soliciting underage prostitutes
A letter allegedly written by a Dominican woman claims that Sen. Bob Menendez had sexual relations with prostitutes, attended sex parties, and may have even slept with minors. In an e-mail written nine months ago but published Jan. 31 by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a young Dominican woman claims she [...]
The Vagina Monologues
1/23/13, Palm Desert, CA): The College of the Desert Dramatic Arts company has joined with activists around the world as part of ONE BILLION RISING, the largest call to action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. A wonderfully talented cast of women will take the [...]
‘La Dolce Vita’ treatment: Rome’s Trevi Fountain to get fashion makeover
One of the best-known symbols of Rome, the Trevi Fountain, will receive a much needed facelift from Italian luxury fashion brand Fendi who are financing the $3,5million restoration of the baroque masterpiece. The restoration of the fountain, completed in 1762, is due to take 20 months. Rome’s fountains “are there to glorify water, which is the [...]
Condom controversy: US porn-makers keen to overturn Measure B law
Two US porn giants, filmmakers Vivid Entertainment and Califa Productions, are suing Los Angeles County over the new law requiring adult movie actors to wear condoms on set. According to porn industry insiders, the new measure is unconstitutional. “Overturning this law is something I feel very passionate about,” founder of LA-based Vivid Entertainment, Steven Hirsch, told [...]
Pole-dancing granny: Chinese woman aged 60 takes up hot sport
A Chinese woman has become the latest Internet fad after videos of the acrobatic grandmother pole-dancing scooped thousands of views. Sun Fengqin, of Nanjing, China, decided to try pole-dancing at the age of 60. The woman was fascinated by a series of pole-dancing videos she watched. The woman admired the fitness and the elegance of [...]
California court overturns rape conviction because woman was unmarried
A man convicted of raping a woman by pretending to be her boyfriend in the darkness of her bedroom was granted a retrial by a California appeals court, which overturned the man’s rape conviction. Julio Morales was accused of entering a woman’s bedroom after her boyfriend had gone home and after the woman had fallen [...]
FBI won’t charge Petraeus mistress
The mistress of former CIA head Gen. David Petraeus will not be charged with cyberstalking, the United States Department of Justice confirmed Tuesday. Attorneys for Paula Broadwell say that the woman blamed for bringing down the country’s top intelligence officer won’t face any federal charges related to “alleged acts of cyberstalking,” according to a letter they released [...]