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...reason the industry does so well in the capital is its potent lobby. It maintains more than 600 lobbyists--more than one for every member of Congress. It spent $435 million to influence Washington from 1996 to 2003 and handed out $57.9 million in contributions from 1991 to 2002, according to Common Cause. Says Representative Pete Stark, a California Democrat who has waged a decade-long war for lower Medicare drug prices, a move that government auditors say could save taxpayers nearly $1 billion a year: "These guys are awfully good. I only wish they were on the right side...
...partners. To judge from the billion-dollar market for Viagra, no man can count on slipping peacefully into impotence. Who's behind the massive use of Viagra, if not an army of FSD-free girlfriends and wives? And thanks to the influence of Sex and the City, even reliably potent men are now indulging, says the New York Times, because of "the Samantha complex, a fear of wilting in the face of a new wave of sexually empowered women." Or are the drug companies trying to promote an arms race between pumped up Viagra poppers and chemically Samantha-ized women...
...1970s Dr. Beverly Whipple of Rutgers University identified the female G spot, the vaginal on-switch for female arousal, and stumbled upon one of oxytocin's more potent effects: its ability to dull pain. Whipple showed that gentle pressure on the G spot raised pain thresholds by 40% and that during orgasm women could tolerate up to 110% more pain. But she could not explain the link until the advent of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Using fMRI to view the brains of easily orgasmic women as they climaxed, either with visual stimuli or by self-stimulation, Whipple found that...
...experts reported that for the first time since the mid-1990s, the number of HIV infections rose, by 1%. They believe some of the climb can be traced to the fact that more and more HIV patients are living longer, thanks to a potent combination of drugs that can control the virus. Unfortunately, if survivors fail to follow prevention guidelines, they may pass HIV along to others...
...tasting great, chocolate can do you some good. It's rich in flavonoids, which can raise levels of good cholesterol, and antioxidants, which limit cell damage. Heating chocolate seems to release antioxidants, so go for the hot cocoa. Not all chocolate is created equal, however. Dark chocolate is more potent than its paler cousin in raising antioxidant levels, possibly because the milk in milk chocolate binds to antioxidants. In addition, German research comparing dark and white chocolate found that the dark stuff can lower blood pressure...