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...sexually satisfying events in the four-week baseline period; in the final four weeks of the 24-week study period, those women reported 4.5 sexually satisfying events, a more than 50% increase. Women in the placebo group reported an increase from 2.7 events to 3.7. The difference in effect between flibanserin and the placebo - about 0.8 sexually satisfying events - was statistically significant, the drug company said, and the side effects from the drug, which included dizziness and fatigue, among others, were mild to moderate and transient...
That, of course, is not a side effect that was measured in any of the drug trials involving female sexual dysfunction - including those on flibanserin - and not one that will be weighed...
Last Thursday, the Federal Reserve approved a host of new regulations intended to eliminate the unfair practice of unannounced debit and ATM card overcharge fees. This decision, slated to take effect next summer, is a long overdue measure that will undoubtedly protect customers—many of whom are college students—who would be otherwise unaware of fine-print loan policies...
...frequent notices to customers, without whose permission overdraft charges can no longer be issued. While these notices have yet to circulate, they are thankfully required to be lucid, clear, and forthcoming with the full extent of policies regarding fees. We hope that these new measures will have their desired effect and reduce the exploitation so common under previous card-company policies...
...Afghanistan, sinking the country deeper into political instability and chaos and earning it an unfortunate reputation as one of the most dangerous places in the world. Though several books and articles have been dedicating to analyzing the embattled country's troubled history, little has been written on the effect that these conflicts have had on the lives of ordinary Afghans. (See "Multimedia: The War in Afghanistan Up Close...