Science news articles about 'sex and drugs'

... drugs work by dilating blood vessels sufficiently to produce erections in males. These drugs have not been fully explored in females. The researchers used an animal model and compared the effects ...

Texting, IM, email -- most kids are comfortable using computers to communicate. It's led to an innovative idea among doctors. Children are given a touch pad and asked a series of questions about ...

... that motivates people and animals to seek out pleasurable rewards like food, sex, or drugs, but is also involved in fear. They found that inhibiting dopamine's normal function prevented the nucleus ...

... state nurse licensing board allowed sex offenders, drug users and convicts to retain and renew ... registered nurses convicted of crimes, including sex offenses and attempted murder, have remained fully ...

... panel lagged in revoking or suspending licenses of LVNs convicted of sex and drug crimes. The Times earlier found RNs worked despite convictions. 'The public isn't protected,' expert says ...

... panel lagged in revoking or suspending licenses of LVNs convicted of sex and drug crimes. The Times earlier found RNs worked despite convictions. 'The public isn't protected,' expert says ...

Teenagers often mention risky behaviours on social networking websites but a single warning email from a doctor may decrease those references, say U.S. doctors who used MySpace to conduct their ...

... people with serious mental illness could be coerced into sex. Knowledge about HIV/AIDS among people ... dangers of unprotected anal and vaginal sex and drug use than oral sex and sharing razors. Risk ...

... also is associated with feelings of pleasure and is released in the brain during eating, sex and drug use. Heightened levels of the neurotransmitter have been detected in the nucleus accumbens of drug ...

Drinking. Drugs. Caving into peer pressure. When parents expect their teenagers to conform to negative stereotypes, ... best way to have fun is through drinking, sex or drug use. Let your teenager know ...

... video games are already family-friendly. There's no violence, and their developers have already weeded out most of the sex and drugs in rock 'n roll. And just about anyone can pick up a fake guitar, ...