The new therapy works by de-activating the nerve that transmits pleasure signals to the brain during sex. Patients are given a local anaesthetic and a small, hollow needle is inserted a couple of inches through the skin into the pelvis, until it reaches the dorsal penile nerve - the nerve that controls sensitivity and connects with the spinal cord to relay signals to the brain. A tiny electrode, attached to a battery, is fed through the needle until it reaches this nerve. At the pres...
Very obese older men hoping to live longer may be let down by a new long-term study that found weight-loss surgery didn't increase survival for people like them ? at least during the first seven years. Prior studies have found stomach stapling and other obesity surgeries improved survival rates after two to 10 years. The new study in mostly older male veterans suggests one of two things: Not everyone gains equally from surgery, or a survival benefit may show up later in older men, aft...
An illiterate, slum-dwelling Philippine carpenter who was too poor to send his six children to school became an instant millionaire Thursday with the country's second biggest-ever lottery win. The 60-year-old collected a 356.5-million-peso (eight-million-dollar) cheque from a single 20-peso ticket, which was all he could afford, said an aide to Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office general manager Jose Ferdinand Roxas. "He plans to buy a house because he and his family had never owne...
A Michigan man who won $2 million in a state lottery game continues to collect food stamps 11 months after striking it rich. And there's nothing the state can do about it, at least for now. Leroy Fick, 59, of Auburn won $2 million in the state lottery TV show "Make Me Rich!" last June. But the state's Department of Human Services determined he was still eligible for food stamps, Fick's attorney, John Wilson of Midland, said Tuesday. Eligibility for food stamps is based on gross inco...
We're saying we love you, we want you to have wonderful lives and be successful, but right now you're just not good enough. The first lady's press office declined to respond in detail to the criticism, but defended "Let's Move." "There will always be critics, but our approach is comprehensive, nurturing and working, with success already seen across the country," the office said in an e-mail. There's no question that "Let's Move" has broad, high-powered backing, from
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