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Friday, November 7, 2008
Testosterone patch or natural ways to boost sex drive?
U.S. News and World Report offers five ways to naturally increase your sex drive, but do they work? Do women need chemicals to help them achieve sexual satisfaction?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I forgot that it was supposed to be Fun Friday when I moved Factual Thursday’s entry to Friday when I had some real news to publish on pregnancy discrimination. So I am quickly writing up a Fun Friday entry for those who don’t want to discuss the environmental impact of diapers. (You can still discuss the diaper entry. I spent time writing that!)
U.S. News and World Report tells us that a new woman’s testosterone patch has been tested, and it appears to increase the number of a woman’s satisfying sexual encounters.
Deborah Kotz reports: “Those on a 300-microgram dose of the patch, called Intrinsa, had gratifying sex an average of 2.1 times in four weeks, compared with 1.2 times for those on a lower dose and 0.7 time for those on a placebo.
However, for those extra satisfying encounters, you could also gain hair where you don’t want it and a possible increase of breast cancer.
So Kotz offers five natural ways to increase your sex drive. Check them out and tell us what you think.
Have you tried any of these? Did they work? Would you use a testosterone patch?
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Are cloth diapers really more green than disposable ones?
A new study from the British government shows cloth diapers to be worse for the environment overall and now the government is trying to hush up the study.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There’s a big flap over nappies (translation-diapers) in Britain these days. Apparently the British government spent the £50,000 to determine whether cloth diapers or plastic disposable diapers are worse for the environment. And then, according to news reports, it didn’t like what it found.
The Times online reports: “The report found that using washable nappies, hailed by councils throughout Britain as a key way of saving the planet, have a higher carbon footprint than their disposable equivalents unless parents adopt an extreme approach to laundering them.”
“To reduce the impact of cloth nappies on climate change parents would have to hang wet nappies out to dry all year round, keep them for years for use on younger children, and make sure the water in their washing machines does not exceed 60C.”
“The conclusions will upset proponents of real nappies who have claimed they can help save the planet.” “Restricted Whitehall documents, seen by The Sunday Times, show that the government is so concerned by the ‘negative laundry options’ outlined in the report, it has told its media managers not to give its conclusions any publicity.”
“The report found that while disposable nappies used over 2½ years would have a global warming , impact of 550kg of CO2 reusable nappies produced 570kg of CO2 on average. But if parents used tumble dryers and washed the reusable nappies at 90C, the impact could spiral to . 993kg of CO2 A Defra spokesman said the government was shelving plans for future research on nappies.”
Patti Ghezzi, the AJC’s former Get Schooled blogger and now mommy, wrote in the AJC earlier this summer how she had decided to stop using her cloth diapers during the water shortage because she felt like using the water during the drought was worse than putting the disposable ones in a landfill at that point in time.
Of course there are other options according to this Earth friendly Web site — a hybrid diaper that has a cloth outer liner and a flushable inner liner. However, no mention on the cost per diaper for convenience as well as being environmentally sound.
What do think of the British findings about nappies? Does it change how you feel about which is the greener choice? What did you use with your children and why? What do you think about the new hybrid diaper?
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