Fat Men: Better in Bed?
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(CBS) Fat guys do it better.
That's what researchers say, anyway.
They've just completed a year-long study that indicates that overweight men last longer in bed, while thinner men are more prone to premature ejaculation.
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It seems that the big guys develop more female sex hormones than their gym rat buddies, which, in turn, influences their sexual performance, according to the Daily Telegraph. Continue »
Green Tea Makers in Hot Water with FDA
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(CBS/AP) Green tea is good for you, right?
Like grapes and dark chocolate, it's full of antioxidants, which eat up DNA-damaging free radicals like Pac-Man eats up pellets.
But the FDA says the makers of Lipton Green Tea and Canada Dry Sparkling Green Tea Ginger Ale have gone too far by making unsubstantiated nutritional claims.
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Is Losing Weight Toxic?
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(CBS) Now for the completely contradictory news of the day.
According to a new study, losing weight can be bad for you, and the longer you lose weight, the worse it is.
Pro-Eater Downs 181 Chicken Wings: Healthy?
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The diminutive woman 43-year-old, who stands at 5 feet and weights only 105 pounds - devoured 4.86 pounds of chicken, besting favored pro-eater Joey Chestnut. Chestnut, who stands 6'2" and weighs in at 230 pounds, came in second after eating 169 chicken wings, or 4.55 pounds of chicken.
Continue »Weed: The Gateway Drug?
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(CBS) If you grew up in the era of Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No," you are likely familiar with the idea that marijuana is a "gateway drug," and that smoking it leads young people to use "hard" drugs like cocaine and heroin.
Now, a new study says that message is half-baked.
Continue »Michael Douglas: Can Actor Beat Stage 4 Cancer?
(CBS/AP) Michael Douglas is facing a tough battle, as the actor-turned-cancer-patient undergoes radiation and chemotherapy to treat a tumor at the base of his tongue.
But the 65-year-old Oscar-winning actor is not about to give up.
Continue »Christina Applegate's Pregnancy Diet: Healthy?
Christina Applegate rocks her baby bump. Does her unborn child like red velvet cupcakes? (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images/istockphoto)
(CBS) Pregnant Christina Applegate, 38, told late-night TV host George Lopez that she scarfed down red velvet cupcakes and fried cheese soon before going on air last week.
Applegate, most famous for her role as the pretty-but-ditzy working-class daughter in the long-running sitcom "Married With Children," appeared healthy and vibrant, but doctors warn that pregnant women shouldn't follow her lead.
Continue »New Study: Pot Helps Ease the Pain
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(CBS) Light up, medical marijuana enthusiasts. Canadian researchers say that those who suffer from chronic pain may find relief by smoking pot three times a day. They may also sleep better.
Christina Hendricks: Too Big for Hollywood?
Christina Hendricks is seen backstage during the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
(CBS) With all the attention Emmy nominee Christina Hendricks has been getting for being gorgeous, you might have thought designers were fighting to get her to wear one of their dresses to the Emmys.
Not so.
Continue »Teens "Unfriending" Parents on Facebook
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(CBS) It's official, Facebook is becoming uncool.
Blame well-meaning parents who leave innocent but humiliating messages on their teen's walls and over-share about family life.
Some therapists think parents who "befriend" their kids on the popular social networking site may be overstepping their boundaries.
Angela Wilder, an L.A.-based clinical psychologist, says she joined Facebook for networking purposes, yet she is not "friends" with either of her two daughters, ages 20 and 18.Continue »
FDA: Restaurants Must Post Calorie Information
New FDA guidelines call for nutritional information to be posted for foods sold via vending machines and at chain restaurants (AP)
(CBS) Can you handle the truth - about the calorie content of the restaurant meals you eat?
You're about to find out, thanks to new FDA guidelines that call for restaurants to post nutritional information about menu items in a "clear and conspicuous manner."
600-Pound Woman Forklifted from Home
Umnuayporn Tongprapai, en route to the hospital, outside for the first time in three years. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
(CBS/AP) A 603-pound woman waved gently to her neighbors as she was lowered from her Bangkok apartment by forklift Thursday.
It was the first time Umnuayporn Tongprapai,40, believed to be the heaviest person in Thailand, had left her apartment in three years.
Continue »Black Rice Beats Berries for Antioxidant Punch
Black rice contains more antioxidants than blueberries, new research shows. (iStockphoto)
(CBS) Is black the new blue?
New research shows that black rice packs a bigger antioxidant punch even than blueberries, which have long been celebrated as antioxidant powerhouses.
UN Set to Recognize Mediterranean Diet
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(CBS) The so-called Mediterranean diet may join the Great Pyramid of Giza, Argentina's tango, Cambodia's Angkor Wat and Croatian lacemaking if UN officials vote it onto the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) world heritage list. The vote comes in November.
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"It is a bit strange putting a diet on the list, and the first time they would do it, but it makes perfect sense," Rolando Manfredini of the Italian farmers' lobby group told The Guardian. Not only is this culture, but it also makes you live longer and better."
Continue »"Mad Men" Lessons on Childhood Masturbation
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(CBS) Have "Mad Men" gone completely crazy?
This week's episode of the hit show took on the issue of pre-teen masturbation.
