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Exposure To Family Violence Especially Harmful To Previously Abused Children
Researchers conducted a study with a racially diverse sample of 2,925 children ages 5 to 16 years that found that the types of violence that abused children were later re-exposed...
Accuracy, Efficacy And Ethics Of Abstinence-only Programs Questioned By Public Health Experts
Studies published in the journal Sexuality Research and Social Policy reveal that abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education programs fail to change sexual behavior in teenagers, provide inaccurate information about condoms and violate...
Pleasure wasted on the old?
If, as the song laments, our "get up and go" fades as we get older, it may stem from aging-related changes in a brain reward circuit. Compared to young participants,...
Children Who Are Concerned About Parents Arguing Are Prone To School Problems
A new study charted how children's concerns about their parents' relationship may increase their vulnerability to later adjustment problems. Children who worry a lot about conflict between their parents were...
Child Witnesses: How To Improve Their Performance
A study at the University of Leicester into how to improve child and young adult witnesses' evidence has looked at several issues that affect witnesses' accuracy.
Are Video Games Actually Good For Kids?
Video gaming is a fact of life for nearly every American teen. And a new study says it may actually be good for them. Daniel Sieberg has the first in...
Junk food ads target kids
Children are subjected to more than three unhealthy food advertisements for every hour of tv they watch, a much larger amount than adults, research has found.
Casual staff sexually harassed more
Research has found that women in casual and contract positions are up to ten times more likely to experience sexual harassment than those employed full time.
Gender changes walk interpretation
A study has found that gender influences which way people appear to be walking – if all you can see of the people is a motion-captured model of their walk.
Preschoolers worried about weight
A study has found that modern children are thinking about body image from an early age – boys and girls were worried about their bodies as young as four.
Face blindness research shows emotions are key in the study of face recognition
Recognizing the faces of family and friends is usually an effortless process. However, a minority of people have difficulties identifying the person they are meeting or remembering people they have...
As people with HIV live longer, services must respond, says Lisa Power
As people with HIV live longer, services must respond, says Lisa Power
McCain discusses wife's role in parenting
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain said his wife assumed a major role in raising their four children in Arizona while he has spent...
Looking vs. Seeing
The superior colliculus has long been thought of as a rapid orienting center of the brain that allows the eyes and head to turn swiftly either toward or away from...
Animal Myths Debunked
Every animal has its rep. Rats are dirty; monkeys are cheeky; bats are blind. As anyone who's known an incurious cat can verify, though, these stereotypes are often false. Here, modern...
World's Shortest Man, Leggiest Woman Meet
Trafalgar Square routinely serves as a stage for mimes, jugglers and other acts, but the tourist attraction drew an exceptionally curious crowd Tuesday when the shortest man who can walk...
Hazardous homes cause injuries
Many houses are filled with accidents waiting to happen, according to New Zealand research that found 40 per cent of homes contain a large number of hazards.
Absent fathers hasten menstruation
Girls who have an absent father early in life are likely to have their first period earlier, which previous studies have linked with health problems.
South L.A. sees big shifts but continues to struggle, report shows
A new report on South Los Angeles by the UCLA School of Public Affairs indicates that the area, once mostly African American, now has a Latino majority and continues to...
Putting pictures into words
(PhysOrg.com) -- Visual images can contain a wealth of information, but they are difficult to catalogue in a searchable way. European researchers are generating and combining scraps of information to...
Size and fitness levels of NHL players have improved, study shows
Imagine taking a picture of your favourite sports team every year for a generation. Looking back over a quarter of century, the changes you'd see are significant.
Baby eyes are taking in the world, applying self-experience to other people
Those wide-eyed babies are taking in and using more information than previously believed. In fact, new research by psychologists at the University of Washington's Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences...
Can nutrients improve behaviour?
A new trial will test the theory that nutritional supplements can improve behaviour among prison inmates.
TRAVEL/CULTURE PHOTOS WEEKLY: Fire Ritual, Festivals ..
Hindus honor the elephant god Ganesh, Japanese Buddhists celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary, and more in our weekly roundup of culture photos.
Carrots and sticks to promote a healthy lifestyle?
When it comes to deciding whether paying people to make healthier lifestyle changes is a good thing, it seems patient opinion is split right down the middle. Unsurprisingly perhaps, those...
Israeli city uses DNA to fight dog poop
PETAH TIKVA, Israel (Reuters) - An Israeli city is using DNA analysis of dog droppings to reward and punish pet owners.
Elementary students need help with math, tests show
Many elementary students in Nova Scotia are struggling with math, the latest assessments show.
Some Charlottetown daycares turn away allergic children
One in five daycares in Charlottetown either refuses or is reluctant to take children with life threatening allergies, a CBC survey has found.