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High blood pressure medication strategy proves effective in Hispanic women

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hispanic women with hypertension and coronary artery disease respond better to drug regimens aimed at controlling high blood pressure than non-Hispanic white women, University of Florida researchers report.

Filed under Research, Health, Gender, Hispanic on Thursday, July 12, 2007.

Sexual attitudes differ whether one is in or outside of a relationship

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — So long, Venus and Mars: Once they become a couple, men and women are from the same planet, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Family, Florida, Gender on Wednesday, June 13, 2007.

Childless women fare as well psychologically as mothers at mid-life

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For one day each year, motherhood brings flowers, cards and Sunday brunches, but a new University of Florida study asks, how important is it for women’s happiness in midlife whether and when they had children?

Filed under Research, Family, Gender on Monday, May 7, 2007.

UF study: Sexual stereotypes influence behavior in adult bookstores

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Visits to adult bookstores elicit behavior that ranges from macho swagger to skulking insecurity in men and bold confidence to adolescent giggling in women, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Gender on Thursday, February 1, 2007.

UF research: No state completely open about convicted sex offenders

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — No state is as open as it could be in informing the public about the presence of convicted sex offenders in the neighborhood, new University of Florida research finds.

Filed under Research, Technology, Family, Gender on Thursday, January 25, 2007.

Women with chest pain risk serious complications even in absence of blockages

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Women who have chest pain but no evidence of clogged arteries on conventional imaging tests are nonetheless four times more likely to eventually be hospitalized for heart failure, suffer a heart attack or stroke, or die than women without heart disease symptoms, University of Florida researchers report.

Filed under Research, Health, Gender on Tuesday, November 14, 2006.

Hollywood films portray biracial couples negatively if shown at all

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Despite growing numbers of mixed couples in America, movie relationships between men and women of different races are most likely to be short-lived, oversexed and downright dangerous, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Gender, Race, Black, Hispanic on Wednesday, October 11, 2006.

Sexual attitudes help explain narcissists’ relationship problems

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When Robert Browning wrote “grow old along with me, the best is yet to be,” he had no inkling of a future University of Florida study showing that narcissists are more interested in sexual pleasure than lasting intimacy.

Filed under Research, Gender on Wednesday, October 4, 2006.

When the magazine girl begs ‘come hither,’ the (female) reader yawns

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For female magazine readers, sex doesn’t sell so much as it — bores.

Filed under Research, Gender on Tuesday, September 5, 2006.

Recreational shoppers don’t just browse but spend more than others

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Leisure shoppers are bullish on buying, says a University of Florida researcher whose study finds these recreational consumers are intensely involved in the sport of bargain hunting and creative purchasing.

Filed under Research, Business, Family, Gender on Thursday, August 24, 2006.