Girls = Boys at Math

Virtue Meets Virus: aiming the HPV vaccine toward young men

DanyC submitted, created time 8 months 1 week (edition.cnn.com)

CNN that studies on Gardasil in boys should be completed this year, and it hopes to have the vaccine approved and available to young men as early as next year, likely for 16-to 23-year-olds - in the form of the same series of three shots that young women now receive.

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Gender Differences In Language Appear Biological

Eric wu submitted, created time 8 months 2 weeks (www.sciencedaily.com)

Although researchers have long agreed that girls have superior language abilities to boys, until now no one has clearly provided a biological basis that may account for their differences.

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Why Are Women Better at Language?

Why are there no boys in the Gardasil commercial?

Darkfrog submitted, created time 8 months 3 weeks (www.nytimes.com)

Although I knew that it was possible to give the anti-HPV vaccine to boys (it would protect them from getting genital warts in addition to making them less likely to give the cervical-cancer-causing virus to any female partners) I have to admit, the question didn't occur to me. Usually, drug companies are so eager to market their wares to as many people as possible, but there is a real dearth of pro-male HPV vaccine advertising out there.

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