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Orgasm: It is hoped the new research will lead to a cure for women who can not orgasm 8 E h' R7 g0 Q- I+ k % f. \- d% M6 u9 p- t6 y- H7 H2 N: D% R4 o# l! n- v
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Secrets of the female orgasm revealed: Scientists discover new hope for women who can't climax( Y+ a+ m8 w& m6 q5 n
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Scientists have discovered the female orgasm leads to an altered state of conciousness that could help the minority of women who can not climax. ^: ~( L$ C; _% h( L! q) I; v ) R" G5 L2 Q% K/ Z. q8 YResearchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands unwittingly stumbled across the results after they examined the brain scans of women taken while they orgasmed.4 U8 R( N& ~1 [( D' \
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The team noticed that an area of the brain, known as the orbitofrontal cortex or OFC, switched off when the women climaxed.