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Teachers battling to help female pupils study better and longer were urged recenty to turn up classroom heating. New research from the UK shows that girls learned best if their classroom is warmed to 24 degrees Celsius, compared to 21 degrees Celsius for boys.

I raise this story because time and time again I have cautioned separating parents to think carefully about the emails they send during the ‘difficult’ early periods of separation. I also urge separated parents who correspond primarily via email to safeguard their correspondence by either BCCing a trusted friend, by using a Return Receipt facility if available in the email client, or ideally by using a professional email forensics service such as ReadNotify.

A US couple and their son are fighting for custody of a baby born to a woman charged with sexually abusing their son, who was 15 at the time of conception.

Using a population-based survey we examined the behaviors, beliefs, and HIV/HSV-2 serostatus of men and women in the traditionally non-circumcising community of Kisumu, Kenya prior to establishment of voluntary medical male circumcision services. A total of 749 men and 906 women participated. Circumcision status was not associated with HIV/HSV-2 infection nor increased high risk sexual behaviors. In males, preference for being or becoming circumcised was associated with inconsistent condom use and increased lifetime number of sexual partners. Preference for circumcision was increased with understanding that circumcised men are less likely to become infected with HIV.

A Letter to Dr. Phil From Jan Elizabeth Brown “Dr. Phil, you are an intelligent, well read man so I can’t for the life of me understand how you can continue to ignore the truth regarding domestic violence. Your recent announcement declaring that your show’s ninth season will be devoted to “ending the silence on [...]

Now the size of a man’s hand does more than ascertain his shoe, sock, or penis size. Ladies, if you’re looking for a man, who’s going to last (physically), pay closer attention to his index finger.

UK: Hundreds of men will face false allegations of domestic violence and child abuse because of legal aid reforms, barristers warned today. Under cuts announced by Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, aid for divorce cases will be withdrawn with the exception of those involving accusations of violence and abuse.

An Ohio man who discovered that his wife had an affair with a surgeon and that the surgeon was the biological father of his child cannot sue for child-raising costs or other damages, says a state appeals court.

University researchers have solved something they say has been puzzling scientists for years — how mammals evolved into males and females.