News tagged with social partner
Black gay men may be at increased HIV risk
Black gay men have less choice when it comes to sexual partners than other groups and, as a result, their sexual networks are closely knit. These tightly interconnected networks make the rapid spread of HIV more likely. In ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Partner status influences women's interest in men
A study by Indiana University neuroscientist Heather Rupp found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in the opposite sex.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 28, 2009 |
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Mothers give interloper's offspring a head start in life
A new study has revealed that mother birds can provide an early advantage to the chicks that they have sired with their non-social partner (known as extra-pair offspring).
May 14, 2009 |
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Study fuels debate about why female birds seek extra mates
When female birds mate with males other than their social partners and have broods of mixed paternity, the offspring sired by these "extra-pair" fathers may often get a head start in life, according to a new report published ...
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Genetic Risk for Anxiety Does Not Have to be Destiny
A growing body of basic animal research and studies of abused and neglected children provide a strong basis of support for the hypothesis that individuals with particular genotypes are at greater risk for depression, anxiety ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Close relationships can perpetuate individual health problems
Human problems rarely occur in a vacuum, but persist as part of ongoing social interaction in which causes and effects are interwoven. One person's behavior can set the stage for what another does. A new study in the journal ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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