Japanese Women 'Suffering' from Constant Orgasms

Deadly 'iku iku byo' reaches a climax:
Growing numbers of Japanese women are afflicted with an illness that gives them orgasms virtually 24 hours a day. And with suggestions that it could be deadly, the women hardly know whether they're coming or going, according to Shukan Post (11/24).

"If a guy simply taps me on the shoulder, I just swoon. Even when I go to the toilet, my body reacts. I'm a little bit scared of myself," one woman sufferer tells Shukan Post.

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Matters of HEART

It may be America's No. 1 killer, but people aren't scared enough of heart disease, says a top U.S. research cardiologist.

"We've done a good job of advertising to people that we're doing better with heart disease, so people tend to sort of feel good about it," said Dr. Robert Califf, vice chancellor for clinical research at Duke University Medical Center. "We have bypass surgery and stents and drugs that work; the [mortality] rates are declining."
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