Cooking tip #8: Be temperature-wise. How you cook your beef will have a major influence on tenderness and juiciness. For most cuts of beef, you should cook it to an internal temperature of 130 degrees F. for rare and 140 degrees F. for medium-cooking meat.
Periodically I've heard stories of women whose male partners suffered what have been deemed sympathy pains while the women were pregnant.
According to the American Psychiatric Association, patients who malinger are different from people who invent symptoms for sympathy (factitious diseases). Patients who malinger clearly have something tangible to gain. People with factitious diseases appear to have a need to play the sick role. They may feign illness for attention or sympathy.