A new survey has found that 60 percent of men consult their partners on what to wear before heading to work.

One in five revealed that they like to have an outfit prepared for them on a daily basis, while others always ask for a second opinion before venturing out, the Daily Mail reported.

Although some men might express an interest in fashion but according to the research most would rather let their partner to dress them.

Many believed that they trusted their partner's judgement more than their own while others let their partner take control because it was something they enjoyed.

Most common items that men selected for themselves comprised socks, underwear and shirts.

Gill Politis, director of High and Mighty, a men's fashion retailer which conducted the survey, said that based on her own experience, the findings did not surprise her.

"Looking your best for the office is really important. From giving the best first impression to shining in the boardroom, making sure you are dressed to impress really can make all the difference to how confident you feel at work," she said.

"It comes as no surprise to me that the majority of men are dressed by their wife or partner as we see many of our customers coming into store and waiting patiently whilst their other half picks out what they think will look best.

But it is not just advice that men look for as many said that they also let their partner physically dress them.

The survey revealed that men ask their partner to do up their tie (58 per cent), straighten their collar (43 per cent), help them with their cufflinks(36 per cent) and to button up their shirt (29 per cent).

The poll also divulged that men aged between 18 and 24 are most likely to let their partner dress them for work every day and those aged between 35 and 44 are least likely to rely on a partner to help them dress.

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A startling revelation of how her breast implants saved her from being killed by a jealous lover has been made by an American woman.

The 41-year-old woman was stabbed repeatedly in the chest by a jealous love rival - but, luckily for her, instead of going into her heart the knife pierced her newly enlarged breast.

Doctors informed the woman, who does not wish to be identified, that the saline inside the implant saved her life.

"That was the best investment I ever made," the Daily Mail quoted her as telling a Florida TV station.

Her surgeon Frank Filberto stated, "It was just really lucky, fortunate, just think about it three months ago if it happened to her, she would have been dead."

The women had undergone a breast enlargement operation three months ago by paying 6,000 dollars to have saline implants.

She told authorities she was attacked by her ex-fiance's new girlfriend in his apartment in Melbourne, Florida.

The Police said that the jealous ex - named Amy Winter - first scratched the victim's car, then turned the knife on her, stabbing her repeatedly in the left side of her chest.

"It happened so fast. I'm like, 'Put down the knife'. I look down, and I was covered in blood," the woman said.

She said she had realized that the knife had punctured the implant and she was soaked with saline.octors said the stab victim's breast implant had just enough saline in it to stop the knife from piercing through her chest.

"When you stab it, it gives a little. It probably gave and couldn't get through it, then it went through it and couldn't go through the back wall," Dr Filiberto said.

"She would have had a collapsed lung or (the knife would have) hit her heart," he said.

Filiberto said that in his 30 years of cosmetic surgery, this is the first time he had witnessed such an incident, and it gives him a whole new outlook.

"If this saves lives, there's nothing wrong with passing a law that everyone should have breast prosthesis," Filiberto joked.

Winter is facing assault charges.

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 A new study has found that what an individual thinks about their illness matters in determining their health outcomes.

Keith Petrie, of the University of Auckland, and John Weinman, of the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College, reviewed the existing literature on patients' perceptions of illness.

They found that people's illness perceptions bear a direct relationship to several important health outcomes, including their level of functioning and ability, utilization of health care, adherence to treatment plans laid out by health care professionals, and even overall mortality.

In fact, some research suggests that how a person views his illness may play a bigger role in determining his health outcomes than the actual severity of his disease.

In general, our illness perceptions emerge out of our beliefs about illness and what illness means in the context of our lives. So, we might have beliefs about how an illness is caused, how long it will last, how it will impact us or our family members, and how we can control or cure it.

According to Petrie, the bottom line is that "patients' perceptions of their illness guide their decisions about health." If, for example, we feel like a prescribed treatment isn't making us feel better we might stop that treatment.

Research on illness perceptions suggest that effective health care treatment plans are about much more than having a competent physician.

"A doctor can make accurate diagnoses and have excellent treatments but if the therapy doesn't fit with the patient's view of their illness, they are unlikely to keep taking it," Petrie said.

He argued that a treatment that does not consider the patient's view is likely to fail.

The authors conclude that understanding illness perceptions and incorporating them into health care is critical to effective treatment. Asking patients about how they view their illness gives physicians the opportunity to identify and correct any inaccurate beliefs patients may have.

Once a patient's illness perceptions are clearly laid out, a physician can try to nudge those beliefs in a direction that is more compatible with treatment or better health outcomes.

Such conversations can help practitioners identify patients that are at particular risk of coping poorly with the demands of their illness.

They confirm that brief, straightforward psychoeducational interventions can modify negative illness beliefs and lead to improvements over a range of different health outcomes.

The study has been published in the February issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science.

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Special pump fitted to heart failure patients may help prevent hundreds of cardiac related deaths, experts say.

The battery-powered devices are plumbed into the left side of the heart to keep it beating if drugs don't work.

At present only patients awaiting a heart transplant, about 90 a year, are fitted with LVADs (left ventricular assist devices), the Daily Express reported.

Surgeons say they could be a long-term solution for serious heart failure or even an alternative to transplants.

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A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has found that employees with depression who receive treatment while still working are significantly more likely to be highly productive than those who do not. This is the first study of its kind to look into a possible correlation between treatment and productivity.

The study is particularly significant at a time when the Canadian economy continues to face uncertainty. Mental illness costs the Canadian economy an estimated $51 billion annually, with a third of that attributed to productivity losses.

Published in the current issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, the study examined data from a large-scale community survey of employed and recently employed people in Alberta.

People who experienced a depressive episode were significantly less likely to be highly productive, the study showed. "We expected this, as past research has found that depression has adverse effects on comprehension, social participation, and day-to-day-functioning," said Dr. Carolyn Dewa, head of CAMH's Centre for Research on Employment and Workplace Health and lead author.

"What's exciting is we found that treatment for depression improves work productivity. People who had experienced a moderate depressive episode and received treatment were 2.5 times more likely to be highly productive compared with those who had no treatment," she said. "Likewise, people who experienced severe depression were seven times more likely to be high-performing than those who had no treatment."

Of the 3,000 workers in the in the sample, 8.5 per cent experienced a depressive episode, representing 255 workers.

Though the results showed the effectiveness of treatment on work and performance, the data also showed a troubling trend. "We found that among all study participants who had been diagnosed with a severe depressive episode, 57 per cent did not receive treatment; 40 per cent of those who experienced a moderate depressive episode did not receive treatment," said Dr. Dewa. "When we look at the success of workers in the sample who received treatment while still in the workplace, it really speaks to the importance of prevention and the need for employers to facilitate treatment and support. If people are able to receive treatment early, disability leave, which costs companies $18,000 per leave, may be avoided."

"Stigma and discrimination have often affected people's willingness to access to services, as has the lack of knowledge around supports available in the workplace," added Dr. Dewa. "It is crucial that employers offer mental health interventions to their employees and support them in engaging in treatment, as well as continuing to support them as they transition back into the workplace."