The long-distance relationship has plagued college students and people relocated for work for ages.
These relationships are seen as destined to fail, but are they actually creating stronger bonds than a geographically closer relationship? A recent paper published in the Journal of...
The genetic malady known as Fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of inherited autism and intellectual disability. Brain scientists know the gene defect that causes the syndrome and understand the damage it does in misshaping the brain’s synapses — the connections between neurons. But how...
Explore current research and Identify the prevalence of risk trends in the health behaviors of young people
Please include a bibliography so i can do my own looking into :)
Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University's School of Medicine (BUSM) and School of Public Health (BUSPH) have found that in Russian HIV-infected risky drinkers, marijuana use is associated with other increased risky behaviors involving drug use and sex. These findings...
There's a girl I like who is very on and off with me. She has some weird, confident, ignoring phase one day where she seems to talk to everyone but me. And then some really friendly phase another. I wondered in the past whether she was interested but now she's acting different than she used to...
There's a girl I like who is very on and off with me. She has some weird, confident, ignoring phase one day where she seems to talk to everyone but me. And then some really friendly phase another. I wondered in the past whether she was interested but now she's acting different than she used to...
Scientists from the University of Leicester have hit upon unique forms of spinal nerve activity that shape output of nerve cell networks controlling motor behaviours. The breakthrough in the Department of Biology at the University of Leicester was announced in the journal Current Biology. The...
Parents with social anxiety disorder are more likely than parents with other forms of anxiety to engage in behaviors that put their children at high risk for developing angst of their own, according to a small study of parent-child pairs conducted at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Authors of...
Functional somatic symptoms (FSS) are physical complaints, such as headaches, pain, fatigue, and dizziness, that cannot be explained medically. These symptoms affect 10-30% of children and adolescents and account for 2-4% of all pediatric doctor visits. A new study scheduled for publication in...
HIV prevention must be better targeted, according to David Holtgrave from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US, and colleagues. Health care professionals need a more detailed analysis and understanding of the interplay between HIV risk behavior, access to treatment and...
According to a study on 948 Texas teens, published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, more than 1 in 4 adolescents have sent a nude picture of themselves through electronic means. The authors found that "sexting" - the practice of electronically sending sexually explicit images...
Schoolteachers who underwent a short but intensive program of meditation were less depressed, anxious or stressed - and more compassionate and aware of others' feelings, according to a UCSF-led study that blended ancient meditation practices with the most current scientific methods for...
Sometimes animals display behaviors that appear to reduce their fitness. Using our species as an example, offer an explanation as to why humans may feel compelled to help other people that we may have never met.
I didn't ask this question and delete it.
Do sexualized lyrics in popular music have an impact on the sexual behavior and attitudes of adolescents? Researchers Cougar Hall, Joshua H. West, and Shane Hill from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, take a look at the trend of increasing use of sexually explicit lyrics in music. Their...
Often when mother's birth big babies, many feel it is a sign of strength, exceptional health and promises of a long term survival. However, sometimes larger babies never lose the "baby weight" and go on to be quite obese. There are things parents can do by instilling habits that can lead to...
don't just say you're gay lol? So I'm a girl and it started in 5th grade. There was this teacher, who was my field hockey coach. I dunno why..i mean i didn't have any attraction to her or any sexual feelings toward her but i always wanted to come across as cool and mysterious toward this...
nutrition? I have to write a few paragraphs on the elderly perspective of exercise and nutrition, but can't really find any information online. So i need help, does anyone know any answers with sources?
Researchers and the general public have a new resource for information on the health and intimate relationships of older people, thanks to a new supplemental issue of The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences (Volume 64B, Supplement 1)...
More...
Researchers and the general public have a new resource for information on the health and intimate relationships of older people, thanks to a new supplemental issue of The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences (Volume 64B, Supplement 1)...
More...