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Last week the New York Times’ health blog Well reported on a small U.S. study about bike seats and sexual health that may have a few women re-thinking their weekly spin class.

Does hating your job increase your risk of excessive carb consumption, a.k.a. Death by Timbit? It seems so, particularly among women.

What’s the harm in tolerating a little inter-office sexism every once in a while? The answer really depends on your point of view on what constitutes appropriate work conversation—if not overall human intelligence.

A few years go, a friend of mine was rushed to the hospital with a searing pain in her chest that was so intense, she thought she was having a heart attack. It turns out she had a blood clot, a side effect from the birth-control pill that's more common in women over 35 who smoke (which she was, and she did) — one that can be fatal if it reaches your lungs.

Women may make up half of the movie ticket buying population, but that doesn’t mean we’re getting represented equally on film. In fact, gentle readers, it appears we’re getting punk’d by the majority of contemporary films and paying for the privilege.