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The bremelanotide pivotal registration program for the phase 3 reconnect study in the United States for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) has begun.

Should people suffering from Ebola be given treatments that have been rushed through the FDA approval process? The patients and their families, primarily in West Africa, cannot give informed consent due to cultural and language barriers and the general desperation that goes with a life-threatening illness.

Is the situation any more clear in developed countries, where language and cultural barriers are not a problem?

A commentary in Annals of Internal Medicine by America's 16th Surgeon General, David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., suggests that credibility is one of the most important qualities of an effective Surgeon General.

Some people hate to disappoint you and those are the people you want on your team. Individuals who are highly prone to feeling guilty for disappointing their co-workers are among the most ethical and hard-working partners - but guilt-prone people may be reticent to enter into partnerships for that reason.

A suicide attempt by a parent increased the odds nearly 5-fold that a child would attempt suicide, according to a new analysis.

Other studies have established that suicidal behavior can run in families but few studies have looked at the pathways by which suicidal behavior is transmitted in families.

Companies rarely acknowledge customers who fill out satisfaction surveys but a sincere, well-timed "thank you" can reap huge rewards, according to a Michigan State University marketing scholar.

Violent conflict may, under certain conditions, offer a biological benefit to those who take part in it, say anthropologists who correlated violent raids and combat to reproductive fitness.

In the paper, authored by Luke Glowacki, a Harvard doctoral student working with Richard Wrangham, an anthropology professor, the authors noted that members of an East African herding tribe who engaged in conflict - in the form of violent raids carried out on neighboring groups - had more wives, and thus more opportunities to increase their reproductive success through having more children.

Energy is cheaper in America than in Germany and it shows in how bright comparably sized cities are. American cities emit several times more light per capita than comparably sized German ones, according to a recent paper. The size of the gap grew with city size, as light per capita increased with city size in the USA but decreased with city size in Germany. The study also examined regional differences, and found that light emission per capita was higher in cities in the former East of Germany than from those in the former West.

Researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Medical Center studied the impact of text message reminders for the second dose of influenza vaccine required for many young children to protect them against the virus.

By Liz Thach, Professor management and wine business at Sonoma State University, Sonoma State University

What beverage has grown continuously in consumption for the past 20 years in America? Wine.

Trans-gender people have great risk of suicide, as do military veterans in modern times. It is therefore no surprise that veterans of the U.S. armed forces who have received a psychological diagnosis consistent with transgender status are more likely to have serious suicidal thoughts and plans and to attempt suicide.

A new study shows that this group has a higher risk of suicide death than the general population of veterans, as described in an article in LGBT Health.

The amount of fast food children eat may be linked to how well they do in school, a new nationwide study suggests.

Researchers found that the more frequently children reported eating fast food in fifth grade, the lower their growth in reading, math, and science test scores by the time they reached eighth grade.

Students who ate the most fast food had test score gains that were up to about 20 percent lower than those who didn't eat any fast food, said Kelly Purtell, lead author of the study and assistant professor of human sciences at The Ohio State University.

Ready-to-eat grain-based desserts (RTE GBDs) are pre-packaged consumer baked goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, doughnuts, and pastries. These types of products contribute a significant amount of energy, sugar, and saturated fat to Americans' diets, making them a strategic target for researchers looking to pinpoint ways to lower consumption of empty calories.

A new Canadian guideline recommends that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test should not be used to screen for prostate cancer based on evidence that shows an increased risk of harm and uncertain benefits. The guideline is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)

The use of cigarettes, alcohol, and abuse of prescription pain relievers among teens has declined since 2013 while marijuana use rates were stable, according to the 2014 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey, released today by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).