Transgender Voice Change

For individuals undergoing transgender sex reassignment transformation, perhaps the most difficult outward change to accomplish is the voice which ideally should sound like the gender that has been selected. If you look like a woman, you should sound like a woman (and vice versa). Watch a video of Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner) at the end of this article. So what can be done to try and make the voice sound more consistent with the gender? Overall, it is easier to make a woman so…

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What Makes a Voice Sound Attractive?

Ever hear a voice that sounded sexy or attractive? Ever build a mental image of what a stranger on the phone may look like purely based on the sound of the voice??? Well, according to researchers , an attractive voice reflects an attractive perceived body size. A group of human subjects listened to the same sentence that was manipulated by altering pitch, acoustic resonance, and voice quality based on body size projections reported for animal calls and emotional human vocal expressions. …

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Child's Allergy Risk Higher If Same Sex Parent Has It

British researchers reported this month their findings that a child is at higher risk of allergies if the same sex parent has allergies. In other words, if a father has bad allergies, his sons are at higher risk for them and if a mother has bad allergies, than her daughters are at higher risk for allergy problems. They based their findings following 1456 children examined at 1, 2, 4, 10, and 18 years of age. History of asthma, eczema, rhinitis, and environmental factors was obtained and s…

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Benign Stridor Often Mistaken for Laryngospasm

Laryngospasm causes a high-pitched squeak or wheezing sound when a person is trying to breath due to abnormal vocal cord movement. Watch video regarding this condition. Larygnospasm (the most severe form of vocal cord dysfunction ) is commonly misdiagnosed as asthma and patients may go for years labelled as asthmatic even though they may not have it at all. However, though laryngospasm is often the victim of misdiagnosis, there is a condition known as non-organic stridor which is often m…

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Tall Women (Over 5'1") Have Higher Risk of Cancer!

Female models may be tall and beautiful, but they are also at markedly increased risk of developing cancer. The New York Times reported on a fascinating research article regarding height of a women and risk of cancer. Specifically, for every four-inch increase in height over 5 feet 1 inch, the risk that a woman would develop cancer increased by about 16 percent, especially for: • Colon Cancer (RR per 10 cm increase in height 1.25, 95% CI 1.19—1.30) • Rectal Cancer (1.14, 1.07—1.22) • M…

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