Love

> A woman prisoner has won a court case forcing her boyfriend to bring her nicer presents. > A court in Focsani, Romania, ordered Nicusor Constantin, 30, to put more effort into his choice of presents for girlfriend Sicuta Radulescu. > Radulescu, 36, is serving a four year sentence for

A writer asks fascinating questions [http://www.therant.us/staff/jimenez/02092006.htm]: Why don't psychologists and psychiatrists study love? What is the effect of the lack of studies? Excerpt: > I reached for the fourth and final psychology textbook, Psychology of Behavior. Its eighteen chapters thoroughly cover

> To be madly in love might be exactly that–madness. The term “lovesick” is surprisingly accurate, claims a cover story in this month's National Geographic magazine, citing research published over the last several years. > People experiencing romantic love have a chemical profile in their brains similar

> The powerful emotions that bowl over new lovers are triggered by a molecule known as nerve growth factor (NGF), according to Pavia University researchers. > The Italian scientists found far higher levels of NGF in the blood of 58 people who had recently fallen madly in love than in

A reader sends this along: > A preservation group plans to spend $600,000 to renovate the rundown guard room at the Ohio State Reformatory, the imposing old prison where "The Shawshank Redemption" was filmed. > The Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society hopes to rent the room for weddings

From NY Post: [http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/57412.htm] > Nearly half of all new cases of HIV infection are African-American [gays], according to findings by the Centers for Disease Control.

This has all the polling sample merit of a Kinsey Institute study: > Most twentysomething women prefer silence during sex and many would go all the way for money, a titillating new survey reveals. > Results of an Internet sex poll published in the November issue of Jane magazine also