News tagged with perspectives on sexual and reproductive health
Unplanned pregnancies in U.S. at 40 percent
About 40 percent of pregnancies across the United States were unwanted or mistimed, according to the first-ever state-by-state analysis of unintended pregnancies.
May 20, 2011 |
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Study points out risks of nonromantic sexual relationships
A University of Iowa study found that one-third of sexual relationships in the Chicago area lack exclusivity. One in 10 men and women reported that both they and their partner had slept with other people.
Apr 01, 2010 |
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A mating dance with Popeye arms
A research team at Bielefeld University headed by the evolutionary biologist Dr. Holger Schielzeth is now studying how far a comparable mechanism is involved in mate choice among locusts. The male Siberian ...
May 25, 2012 |
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Psychology professor's book explores everyday feminism
Social psychologist Aaronette M. White believes in living feminism not just talking about it.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2011 |
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National study: Abortion does not cause depression or low self-esteem in adolescents
A new study has determined that teenagers who have abortions are no more likely to become depressed or have low self-esteem than their peers whose pregnancies do not end in abortion.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2010 |
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Women: Hope to marry young? Head to Alaska, steer clear of Alabama
When men outnumber women, females marry younger and the age gap between spouses grows, a University of Michigan study shows.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Study shows behaviors and attitudes towards oral sex are changing
University of Alberta researcher Brea Malacad says results from a study on oral sex indicate there is little doubt that oral sex is becoming a more common activity for young women. Study results show the act has become a ...
Aug 11, 2010 |
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Limited long-term effects of school based sexual health education
An intensive sexual health education programme in schools had only a small effect on reported sexual behaviors among African adolescents and no effect on the prevalence of HIV and genital herpes (HSV2) 9 years after the start ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Why do sexually experienced girls resume sexual activity after abstinence?
An Indiana University School of Medicine study provides a better understanding of why sexually experienced girls resume sexual activity after periods of abstinence, information key to dealing with sexually transmitted diseases ...
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Researchers to perform sex change operation on papaya
The complicated sex life of the papaya is about to get even more interesting, thanks to a $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will fund basic research on the papaya sex chromosomes ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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BPA chemical leaches from plastic drinking bottles into people
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that participants who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles, the popular, hard-plastic drinking bottles and ...
May 21, 2009 |
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New study points to agriculture in frog sexual abnormalities
A farm irrigation canal would seem a healthier place for toads than a ditch by a supermarket parking lot. But University of Florida scientists have found the opposite is true. In a study with wide implications for a longstanding ...
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Jul 03, 2008 |
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