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A shocking new study has found that boys who will be boys and girls who are made of sugar and spice are most likely to develop cancer.  "Young people who conform most strongly to norms of masculinity and femininity—the most 'feminine' girls and the most 'masculine' boys—are significantly more likely than their peers to engage in behaviors that pose cancer risks," newswise.com reports. “Our findings indicate that socially constructed ideas of masculinity and femininity heavily influence teens’ behaviors and put them at increased risk for cancer. Though there is nothing inherently masculine about chewing tobacco, or inherently feminine about using a tanning booth, these industries have convinced some teens that these behaviors are a way to express their masculinity or femininity,” the Web site quotes lead author Andrea Roberts, research associate in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at HSPH. Tobacco use, indoor tanning, and physical inactiv...

It wasn't true for me.  The one time I tried to jog with my husband, he took off like he heard the starter's pistol.  But a new study has found that most men slow down when they're walking with a woman to meet her pace -- if she's his romantic partner. According to medicalnewstoday.com, the study tracked men and women walking three different ways -- alone, with their significant other (with and without holding hands), and with a person of the opposite sex. When the males walked with their female romantic partners, the researchers observed that they slowed down by an average of 7% to match the female's speed. "However, when men and women who were not romantic partners walked together, the paces did not significantly change. Though the females slightly sped up and the males slightly slowed down, the researchers say that the lack of a significant change suggests that pace adjustments only occur for romantic partners," the Web site reports. Interesting...