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Brain Scans Confirm: It's Hard to Be a Woman

(Aug. 11) -- New secrets of the female brain -- how it reacts to stress and monthly menstrual cramps -- have been revealed in two studies that harnessed brain scan science to better understand the distinct mechanisms by which hormones can affect a woman's mind. 1. Stress Differences Between the Sexes First up is a study...

Army Preps Massive Study to Target Record High Troop Suicides

(July 29) -- A survey expected to include 400,000 troops is set to start this summer, in a Pentagon-backed bid to rein in the alarming number of military suicides, which reached an all-time high this June. (An average of one troop a day, including members of the National Guard and Army Reserves, killed themselves.) Now,...