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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from a researcher at Harvard University finds that gay men are most attracted to the most masculine-faced men, while straight men prefer the most feminine-faced women. http://www.physorg.com/news176055134.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:12:45 EST news176055134 Privacy advocates have long warned that users of Facebook and other social networks who seek amusement from quizzes like "What Simpsons Character Are You?" might be mortified by the way creators of such applications can access and potentially "scrape" personal information -- not just about the quiz-takers, but their friends as well. http://www.physorg.com/news170614271.html Technology Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:00:01 EST news170614271 Research indicates that the social stigma that surrounds lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) teens leads to a variety of health risks such as substance use, risky sexual behaviors, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, and victimization. An editorial in the September issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health calls on clinicians and health researchers to lead the charge in improving the health and well-being of U.S. LGBT teens. Clinicians can start by providing LGBT teens with high-quality, preventive care in a regular, private, and confidential environment. Health researchers can start by including information on sexual orientation and gender identity in health surveys and assessments. http://www.physorg.com/news169885779.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:30:14 EST news169885779 Members of 'sexual minorities' are around twice as likely as heterosexuals to seek help for mental health issues or substance abuse treatment. A model of treatment-seeking behavior, described in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry supports the idea that lesbian, gay and bisexual people may have specific treatment needs. http://www.physorg.com/news169411281.html Medicine & Health Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:10:01 EST news169411281 US psychologists are slamming therapies treating homosexuality as an illness, and warning mental health workers against promising patients their sexual orientations might be changed. http://www.physorg.com/news168803274.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:50:01 EST news168803274 In the decade since the Implicit Association Test was introduced, its most surprising and controversial finding is its indication that about 70 percent of those who took a version of the test that measures racial attitudes have an unconscious, or implicit, preference for white people compared to blacks. This contrasts with figures generally under 20 percent for self report, or survey, measures of race bias. http://www.physorg.com/news164464686.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:58:55 EST news164464686 Same-sex behavior is a nearly universal phenomenon in the animal kingdom, common across species, from worms to frogs to birds, concludes a new review of existing research. http://www.physorg.com/news164376975.html Biology Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:46:24 EST news164376975 A couple's sexual orientation determines whether or not they prefer to adopt a boy or a girl. Gay men are more likely to have a gender preference for their adopted child whereas heterosexual men are the least likely. What's more, couples in heterosexual relationships are more likely to prefer girls than people in same-gender relationships, according to Dr. Abbie Goldberg from Clark University in the US. These couples also have very different reasons for their preferences, depending on their sexuality. These findings1, from the first study to compare the child gender preferences of prospective adoptive parents according to their sexuality, are published online in Springer's journal Sex Roles. http://www.physorg.com/news157965165.html Other Sciences Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:13:20 EST news157965165 A significant minority of psychiatrists and therapists are still attempting to help lesbian, gay and bisexual clients become heterosexual despite lack of evidence that such treatment is beneficial or even safe, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust. http://www.physorg.com/news157274295.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:19:17 EST news157274295 For the first time, researchers have established a clear link between family rejection of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents and negative health outcomes in early adulthood. The findings will be published in the January issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in a peer-reviewed article entitled "Family Rejection as a Predictor of Negative Health Outcomes in White and Latino Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Young Adults." http://www.physorg.com/news149748964.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:56:04 EST news149748964 Gay and bisexual black men are less likely to be tested for prostate cancer than men of any other racial and ethnic backgrounds regardless of their sexual orientation, according to a recent study by a researcher at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science. http://www.physorg.com/news149344384.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:33:04 EST news149344384 The landmark "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" report revealed major insights into bisexual behavior and orientation -- without even using the word "bisexual" -- when it was published 60 years ago by pioneering sex researcher Alfred Kinsey and his research team at Indiana University. http://www.physorg.com/news148627720.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:28:40 EST news148627720 Homosexual behaviour is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world`s largest study of twins. http://www.physorg.com/news134052249.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:44:09 EST news134052249 Homosexual behaviour is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world's largest study of twins. http://www.physorg.com/news133928602.html Medicine & Health Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:23:22 EST news133928602