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    Have you noticed that everything goes totally kooky at certain times of the month? Like THAT time of the month? You know that time -- the time you're ovulating. It's like suddenly you drop down a rabbit hole and into Alice's surreal wonderland. Everyone you make eye contact with starts macking on you. You're suddenly attracted to bearded guys who wear leather, have tattoos, and carry brass knuckles. Oh, and you begin voting strangely. Like you were all set to vote for Romney up until your egg dropped and then it was like, Obama will save the world! I know. SO WEIRD. But it's alllll backed up by science, people. Here are 7 things that (supposedly) happen while you're ovulating.

     

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    I'm not used to grabbing the attention of random men. After all, I'm a 47-year-old happily married mother of teens. And while I think I look good for my age, honestly, I'm not all that.

    But last week, I hit a trifecta: three men flirting with me all within a few hours. And since I was dressed in my mom uniform, I have to believe it happened because I was ovulating.

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    Scientists have discovered a possible cause for why women have miscarriages. Wouldn't it be amazing if no woman ever had to experience a miscarriage again?

    In a study, laboratory tests showed that women who had lost three or more babies had high levels of a molecule known as IL-33 in their womb cells. These molecules control whether or not the uterus accepts an embryo.

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    I never expected to double over with laughter over something out of the "Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health," but, damn, this is funny: According to a recent study, couples who have children live longer, healthier -- and this is the kicker -- more sane lives than couples who remain childless. AHAHAHAHA!!! Oh, come on. If you're not cracking up right now, you don't have kids. Because every parent knows that the stress of raising children takes years off your life instead of adding more. More grey hairs, perhaps, but more years? AHAHAHAHA!!

    Okay, maybe I'm being a touch over-cynical here. The numbers are pretty crazy, after all: According to researchers, childless men were twice as likely to die a premature death than fathers; childless women were up to four times more likely to die young than mothers! Yikes!

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    Summer. It's a wonderful time of year. You're finally able to get out into your garden, swim in the pool, and take the kids to the park without worrying you'll be slip-sliding on ice or getting beaned in the face with a snowball.

    But there are a lot of health myths that come with summertime -- and plenty of truths too. Here are some common ones you've probably come across ...

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    It probably wouldn't surprise anyone to hear about an experiment that proves eating yogurt makes you slimmer. But how about yogurt making you sexier? Yup. Science just proved that.

    Or anyway, they proved yogurt makes mice sexier. There's a phrase you probably didn't think you'd read today: Sexy mice. SEXY MICE! So nice I had to write it twice. So how exactly does yogurt make mice sexy? And will this sexy yogurt trick work on us humans, too? I'm dying to find out.

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    For years, parents, advocacy groups, and, well, much of Europe has asserted that BPA (bisphenol A) -- the commonly used food additive in food packaging that mimics human estrogen -- is bad news. And last fall, some of our worst fears were confirmed: Some of the most popular kinds of Campbell's soup had the highest BPA levels in a report released by advocacy group Breast Cancer Fund.

    At the time, Campbell's spokesperson said, "The overwhelming weight of scientific evidence shows that the use of BPA in can lining poses no threat to human health." Hrmm. Definitely a questionable response. But, now, we can breathe a sigh of relief. Because it appears that Campbell's is starting to change their tune! They've promised to phase out use of BPA and will make the transition as soon as "feasible alternatives are available."

    Well, it's a step in the right direction.

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    Funny, isn't it, how it's often women who carry the brunt of worry and stress when it comes to fertility issues? Not funny ha-ha, of course. Because fertility problems, as anyone who has struggled to conceive a child can tell you, aren't even remotely a laughing matter. But those of you who have wondered whether it might be your partner's fertility that's the issue will be relieved to learn that there's now an easy (relatively cheap) over-the-counter way to find that out. Mega-drugstore chains Walgreens and CVS have just announced that they'll carry a male fertility test called (not terribly poetically, if you ask me) SpermCheck Fertility.  The test will retail in stores for $40, which sounds like a lot until you think about how much a doctor's visit might set you back. It's already available online.

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    Following last week's miscarriage of their 20th child, Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar have announced plans for a memorial service to be held Wednesday. They've also named the baby: Jubilee Shalom Duggar. Michelle, who was held for observation in the hospital over part of the weekend, is expected to be released today.

    With Michelle's health in the spotlight, everyone is naturally speculating about what caused the 45-year-old mother of 19 to suffer a miscarriage. The most popular theory out there, it seems, has to do with Michelle's age: When a mom is older, the risk for genetic abnormalities is higher, and these defects often lead to miscarriage.

    But after the way Michelle's pregnancy with now 2-year-old Josie went, it seems to me that her age has less to do with her body giving out than the fact that she's given birth 19 times.

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    Oh ladies, doesn't it seem like we always get the blame for our fertility problems? We're eating the wrong foods, we're waiting too long, we're too fat, we're too skinny. We're not sleeping upside-down in bat caves and slurping açai smoothies like we should be if we really, really want to have babies. But what about the guys? Can't we spread some of the blame to men -- you know, just as an equal opportunity measure?

    Well thank you, Science, because yes we can! Guess what? Wi-Fi be killing sperm. An Argentine scientist found that when drops of sperm were placed under a laptop that was wirelessly connected to the Internet, a full quarter of the little spermy dudes stopped moving and 9 percent showed DNA damage! So ... that's nice. Now how can we make this still women's fault?

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