News tagged with risky sexual

Testosterone does not induce aggression

New scientific evidence refutes the preconception that testosterone causes aggressive, egocentric, and risky behavior. A study at the Universities of Zurich and Royal Holloway London with more than 120 experimental subjects ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 11

New study shows linkage between teen girls' weight and sexual behavior

A University of Pittsburgh study sheds new light on the relationship between race, body weight and sexual behavior among adolescent girls. The results suggest that a girl's ethnicity and her actual weight or perception of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1

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

Gay, bisexual men who have social anxiety tend to engage in risky sex

A Ryerson University HIV researcher has found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities among gay and bisexual men, some of whom are HIV-positive.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Unhappy children turn to sex and alcohol

Young children who don't like school are more likely to be involved in underage drinking and sexual activity. A study reported in BioMed Central's open access journal Substance Abuse, Treatment, Prevention and Policy, has fo ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Runaway girls reap strong benefits from nurse interventions

A nurse intervention program that helps sexually exploited runaway girls re-connect to family, school and health care reduces trauma and restores healthy behaviors, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Childhood sexual abuse and social shaming linked to health issues later

Gay and bisexual men enrolled in a long-term study of HIV who reported sexual abuse and social shaming in childhood experience psychosocial health problems later in life that could put them at greater risk for HIV, report ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

All may not be as it seems: College students, alcohol and sex

College students are less likely to let their female friends engage in risky sexual behavior after a night of drinking alcohol. Recent findings in the journal Communication Education examine how and why college students protec ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New survey device gets better information on teenage sexual behavior

Brown University sociologists have developed a device to gather more reliable data about risky sexual behavior among Ethiopian teenagers and young adults than conventional face-to-face interviews can produce. ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First sex linked to better body image in men, not women

Having sex for the first time can improve or degrade your self-image depending on whether you are male or female, according to Penn State researchers. On average, college-age males become more satisfied with their appearance ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0