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Teens' Failure To Use Condoms Linked To Partner Disapproval, Fear Of Less Sexual Pleasure
Approximately one in four teens in the United States will contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts believe a major contributing...
Opinion: China too must confront obesity
China must confront changing diets, more sedentary lives, and a 'plump is prosperous' culture to halt obesity, say Rachel Huxley and Yangfeng Wu.
Acupuncture May Hold Promise For Women With Hormone Disorder Who Experience Fertility Challenges
Researchers believe that acupuncture could be an important alternative, non-drug therapy for women with polycystic ovary syndrome, which causes a hormonal imbalance, interfering with ovulation and ultimately, fertility.
Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior
Without a way to measure religious beliefs, anthropologists have had difficulty studying religion. Now, two anthropologists from the University of Missouri and Arizona State University have developed a new approach...
Boss’ Gender Impacts Employee Stress Levels
Worker mental and physical well-being are influenced by gender in the workplace, according to a study that analyzed the impact of supervisor and subordinate gender on health.
Over 1 In 4 South African Men Report Using Physical Violence Against Their Female Partners
A first-ever, national study conducted in South Africa found that 27.5 percent of men who have ever been married or lived with a partner report perpetrating physical violence against their...
Immaturity Of The Brain May Cause Schizophrenia
The underdevelopment of a specific region in the brain may lead to schizophrenia in individuals. According to research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Brain, dentate gyrus,...
Why Delaying Gratification Is Smart
If you had a choice between receiving $1,000 right now or $4,000 ten years from now, which would you pick? Previous research suggests that higher intelligence is related to better...
Abuse of painkillers can predispose adolescents to lifelong addiction
No child aspires to a lifetime of addiction. But their brains might. In new research to appear online in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology this week, Rockefeller University researchers reveal that adolescent...
A New Addiction: Internet Junkies
While compulsive gambling is only beginning to be addressed by mental health professionals, they must now face a new affliction: Internet addiction.
Study tracks 'pathways to terror'
Psychologists believe they have a clearer idea of what makes a terrorist after interviewing a group of Islamic extremists in Pakistan.
Brazil invests US$12 million in biodiesel research projects
The Brazilian government seeks to minimise the potential impact of biodiesel on the environment and public health, among other goals.
Brazil pushes PhDs – but needs to create new jobs
Brazil places tenth in the worldwide ranking of new PhDs per year, but still has just 4.4 doctors per 100,000 habitants, says a study.
Harmonize rules for internet, TV, CRTC told
A background report commissioned by the federal broadcast regulator concludes that new media broadcasting should have the same regulatory treatment as television broadcasting.
Real-world, virtual word behavior the same
EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests computerized virtual world avatars respond to social cues and reveal racial biases in the same way people do...
Palin, Religion, The 2008 Election
Although Sarah Palin's entry into the 2008 presidential race has energized the religious right within the Republican Party, don't expect religion to be a major issue in this year's election,...
Study finds link between a mother's stress and her child becoming overweight
A mother's stress may contribute to her young children being overweight in low income households with sufficient food, according to a new Iowa State University study published in the September...
Pharmacy uses kickbacks and threat of eviction to keep methadone clients
A CBC News investigation into pharmacists that paid kickbacks to drug addicts discovered one outlet with a troubled past used a different tactic to get and keep methadone users coming...
Tribal war drove human evolution of aggression
Wars are costly in terms of lives and resources - so why have we fought them throughout human history? In modern times, states may fight wars for a number...
Job loss increases divorce risk
LONDON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A study suggests married men and women in Britain who lose their jobs are more likely to divorce within a year than other...
Students plan corn, soybean competition
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Purdue University's Student Soybean and Corn Innovation Contests this year will provide students with educational opportunities and perhaps a lot of...
The rise of Facebook activism
The success of online petitions in attracting large groups of people raises questions about how much weight should be given to a protest that's as easy to join as a...
Poll: UK losing 60,000 scientists a year
As children get older, their attitudes to science become more negative, possibly dampened by uninspiring teaching
Instant insight: Lovely bubbly
Gérard Liger-Belair, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France, celebrates what give champagne its sparkle
Darian Leader on cognitive behavioural therapy
The government is promoting cognitive behavioural therapy as a cost-effective, no-nonsense remedy for our psychological ills. It's the triumph of a market-driven view of the human psyche, says Darian...
Infidelity dissected: New research on why people cheat
The probability of someone cheating during the course of a relationship varies between 40 and 76 percent. "It's very high," says Geneviève Beaulieu-Pelletier, PhD student at the Université de Montréal's...
59-year-old in France gives birth to triplets
(AP) -- Hospital officials in France say a 59-year-old woman has given birth to triplets after going abroad to get donated eggs.
Fathers need their children
Single fathers should never be prevented from seeing their children. Even in the toughest family conflicts, interaction should always continue between father and child according to sociologist Germain Dulac, a...