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UF study: Women increasingly pick husbands’ surnames over their own

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — What’s in a name – or two names? Quite a bit, says a University of Florida professor, whose research finds that a growing number of brides are returning to tradition when taking a man’s hand in marriage, assuming his name instead of keeping their own as a symbol of independent identity.

Filed under Research, Family, Gender on Wednesday, November 16, 2005.

Archaeologists: Ancient brewery tended by elite, female brewmasters

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If the ancient mountaintop city in southern Peru was the vanished Wari empire’s unique imperial showplace, the brewery was its piece de resistance.

Filed under Research, Natural History, Gender on Monday, November 14, 2005.

UF study: Women in mid-life want doctors to discuss risks of sex

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sex for newly single women can be a wonderful experience, but it puts them at risk for disease if doctors think they are too old for intimate relationships, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Health, Family, Aging, Gender on Wednesday, October 12, 2005.

Middle school girls catching up to boys in delinquency

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The gender gap for bad behavior in middle school is narrowing, with girls displaying more delinquency and aggression than their male classmates, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Health, Family, Law, Gender on Wednesday, October 5, 2005.

Technique helps puts freeze on need for repeat breast surgeries

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Women with breast cancer who undergo lumpectomy could avoid a return trip to the operating room, thanks to a laboratory test that quickly confirms whether surgeons have removed the entire tumor — before their patients head home, University of Florida physicians report.

Filed under Research, Health, Gender on Wednesday, August 31, 2005.

UF study: Child raising toughest on young grandmothers

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Age may work in reverse when it comes to raising grandchildren, suggests a University of Florida study that finds younger grandmothers in this role are depressed more often than their older counterparts.

Filed under Research, Health, Family, Gender, Race, Black on Thursday, July 7, 2005.

UF Study: People More Ambivalent Than Pro- Or Con- About Gay Rights

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Portraying the gay rights conflict as a sharply divided battle between homosexuals and social conservatives ignores the ambivalent feelings held by the vast majority of people in the middle, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Family, Politics, Gender on Thursday, June 23, 2005.

Origin Of American Black Church Explored Through Woman’s Biography

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As blacks and others celebrate Juneteenth this weekend, the role of the church in the emancipation of the slaves will not be forgotten.

Filed under Research, Religion, Gender, Race, Black on Tuesday, June 14, 2005.

Heart Rate Changes Tied To Depression In Women

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Middle-aged women with no obvious signs of cardiac trouble may be prone to depression and the eventual development of heart disease if their heart rate varies less than expected in response to fluctuations in the body’s hormone levels, according to findings from a substudy of the Women’s Health Initiative published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Filed under Research, Health, Gender on Monday, June 13, 2005.

Doctors miss depression diagnosis in many heart patients

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When it comes to heart disease, many patients are singing the blues — yet too few doctors recognize it, University of Florida researchers warn.

Filed under Research, Health, Gender on Monday, May 23, 2005.