_Las mujeres sienten el dolor con más intensidad que los hombres, según se desprende de un estudio masivo de la Universidad de Stanford realizado con registros electrónicos de más de 72.000 pacientes. Los datos muestran que, por término medio, las mujeres registraron niveles de dolor hasta un punto más elevados en una escala del 1 al 10, donde 0 significa “ningún dolor” y 10 “el peor dolor imaginable”. La diferencia es notable teniendo en cuenta que, cuando el dolor aumenta en un punto, los médicos lo consideran un indicador de que la medicación contra el dolor no funciona adecuadamente. La percepción del dolor se incrementaba sobre todo para ellas en 14 de un total de 47 categorías de enfermedades, principalmente relacionadas con problemas musculoesqueléticos (dolores de cuello, espalda y articulaciones), hipertensión y sinusitis. Las migrañas también resultaron ser más agudas entre las féminas.  No obstante, según Atul Butte, coautor del trabajo, no está claro si las mujeres perciben fisiológicamente más dolor ante las mismas patologías o solamente reconocen sentir más dolor que los hombres. De hecho, Butte y su equipo están enfrascados en la búsqueda de una medida objetiva del dolor, cuantificable en un análisis de sangre, que se correlacione con el nivel de dolor percibido por los pacientes. “Necesitamos encontrar un biomarcador para el dolor”, asegura. -MuyInteresante

Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart have become inseparable!  We found the lovebirds at the exclusive Casa Tua restaurant in Miami Saturday night, and they held hands as they walked out of the celeb-fav eatery. The American Idol judge is in Miami for a sexy swimsuit photoshoot, and Casper has been at her side every step. Jennifer was in head-to-toe winter white lat night for the dinner that included Enrique Iglesias and her manager Benny Medina. Radar Online

The Miami Herald is relocating to the former headquarters of the U.S. Southern Command in Doral. The property, which is about 158,000 square feet, will be renamed One Herald Plaza at Wespointe Business Park. The Miami Herald also purchased an adjacent six acre site which will house the company’s 119,000 square foot production building. The Herald’s parent company, McClatchy, sold its longtime property in Miami to The Genting Group for $236 million.  Genting hopes to build a $3.8 million destination resort and casino at the site. The Herald will remain at its current home in downtown Miami until May 2013. Local10

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she wants to step off the ‘high wire of American politics’ after two decades and is again tamping down speculation that she might stay in government if President Barack Obama wins a second term. Clinton told State Department employees on Thursday that she is ready for a rest and is paying no attention to the Republican presidential candidate debates. She said she wants to find out just how tired she is after working flat out as first lady, senator, aspiring presidential candidate and finally the top U.S. diplomat. ‘I have made it clear that I will certainly stay on until the president nominates someone and that transition can occur’ if Obama wins re-election, she told a town hall meeting. ‘But I think after 20 years, and it will be 20 years, of being on the high wire of American politics and all of the challenges that come with that, it would be probably a good idea to just find out how tired I am.’ Mail Online

James Cameron enfrenta una nueva demanda, ante el Tribunal Federal de California, y esta vez por plagio detectado en su célebre película Avatar. Se trata de la cuarta demanda contra el destacado cineasta estadounidense, y quien también dirigió la exitosa cinta Titanic. En esta ocasión, Elijah Schkeiban, el demandante, asegura que Cameron extrajo y copió íntegramente de una obra suya los diálogos, trama, temas y personajes. Al respecto, Schkeiban exige ser reconocido como el verdadero autor y genio detrás de esta película que logró recaudar 2.800 millones de dólares. Explicó que la obra original se titula Murciélagos y Mariposas, y se trata de una franquicia creada en 1988 a partir de una novela y un guión registrado bajo derechos de autor. Por su parte, James Cameron ha decidido mantener silencio y esperar el dictamen del Tribunal Federal de California.

Passengers who survived the capsizing of the Costa Concordia off the Italian coast Jan. 13 are being offered $14,460 each, plus travel and medical expenses, for their troubles and trauma. The stricken cruise ship’s operator, Carnival Corp. subsidiary Costa Crociere, announced the deal Friday after negotiating with Italian consumer groups representing the more than 3,000 people who were herded off the ship unscathed after it hit a reef. The disaster has been widely blamed on the ship’s captain, Francesco Schettino, who apparently deviated from the ship’s route for a salute to people on a nearby island. The cruise operator’s offer to passengers could be intended to head off litigation and came just as a crew member filed the first U.S. class action suit against the company. Meanwhile, the death toll from the disaster rose to 16 this week. NBC