News tagged with intercourse

US teens, young adults 'doing it' less, study says

Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they're doing it less. Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually spread ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 22

Low-income kids report first sexual intercourse at 12 years old in new study

(PhysOrg.com) -- As a new mother herself, Brenda Lohman admits to being shocked by the results of a new study she co-authored. It found that among nearly 1,000 low-income families in three major cities, one in four children ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (11) | comments 6

The mating game is far more complicated than X and Y

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Adelaide research reveals that a man's sperm does far more than fertilise an egg in the womb.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Teenage birth rates higher in more religious states

Rates of births to teenage mothers are strongly predicted by conservative religious beliefs, even after controlling for differences in income and rates of abortion. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Long sexual duration could be period of male choice

(PhysOrg.com) -- The duration of sexual intercourse differs wildly across the animal kingdom. Now researchers seeking to understand the evolutionary significance of lengthy copulation duration have found evidence ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Sex between adolescents in romantic relationships is often harmless to their academics

The context in which adolescent sexual activity occurs can substantially moderate the negative relationship between sexual intercourse and education, according to research to be presented at the 105th Annual Meeting of the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 15, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Sex, drugs more common in hyper-texting teens

(AP) -- Teens who text 120 times a day or more - and there seems to be a lot of them - are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol and drugs than kids who don't send as many messages, according to provocative new research.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Social networking sites may provide clues to teens' sexual intentions

For parents wondering when they should talk to their children about sex, the writing may be on the wall — or on their child's Facebook page.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Girls' early puberty linked to unstable environment via insecure attachment in infancy

Girls are hitting puberty earlier and earlier. One recent study found that more than 10 percent of American girls have some breast development by age 7. This news has upset many people, but it may make evolutionary sense ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Sexual lyrics in popular songs linked to early sexual experiences

With sexual activity among adolescents in the United States resulting in over 750,000 teenage pregnancies each year and reports of up to 25 percent of all female adolescents in the US having sexually transmitted infections, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Continuing racial differences in HIV prevalence in US

HIV prevalence among African Americans is ten times greater than the prevalence among whites. This racial disparity in HIV prevalence has persisted in the face of both governmental and private actions, involving many billions ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sperm may play leading role in spreading HIV

Sperm, and not just the fluid it bathes in, can transmit HIV to macrophages, T cells, and dendritic cells (DCs), report a team led by Ana Ceballos at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. By infecting ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Roll-out of proven HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention with teens by community groups successful

An approach designed to reduce HIV/STDs previously used exclusively by academic researchers has successfully been implemented by community-based organizations (CBOs), an important component in national strategies to curtail ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Targeting amyloid to stop HIV

(PhysOrg.com) -- Amyloid protein structures are best known for the troubles they pose in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Now researchers are trying to exploit their presence in a very different place - ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

School-based program reduces risky sexual behaviors in South African teens

A school-based, six-session program targeting sexual risk behaviors appeared to reduce rates of unprotected sex and sex with multiple partners among South African sixth-graders, according to a report in the October issue ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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