News tagged with same sex peers

Study shows males are more tolerant of same-sex peers

Women have traditionally been viewed as being more social and cooperative than men. However, there is recent evidence that this may not be the case. In fact, studies have shown that men maintain larger social networks with ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1




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Online dating research shows cupid's arrow is turning digital

Online dating has not only shed its stigma, it has surpassed all forms of matchmaking in the United States other than meeting through friends, according to a new analysis of research on the burgeoning relationship ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early intervention may curb dangerous college drinking

The first few weeks of college are a critical time in shaping students' drinking habits. Now Penn State researchers have a tailored approach that may help prevent students from becoming heavy drinkers.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Incoming college students more liberal on hot-button political, social issues, survey finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- First-year college students' political and social views shifted in a more liberal direction in 2011, according to the CIRP Freshman Survey, UCLA's annual survey of the nation's entering students at four-year ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New fermented soy ingredient containing S-equol significantly reduced hot flash frequency

Daily doses of a soy germ-based nutritional supplement containing S-equol significantly improved menopausal symptoms, including significantly reducing hot flash frequency after 12 weeks according to a placebo-controlled study ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Researchers suggest unconventional approach to control HIV epidemics

(Medical Xpress) -- A new weapon has emerged to prevent HIV infection. Called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, it is a strategy of providing medications to at-risk people before they are exposed to the virus. Having shown ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Turtle embryos speed up development to hatch in the safety of a group

Australian freshwater turtle embryos can sense how developed other babies are in their eggs and then speed up their own growth to hatch with the most advanced of their siblings, according to new research.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Common form of autism recreated in a new mouse model

Over the past decade, new technologies have revealed that autism spectrum disorder has a substantial genetic component. But determining exactly which genes are involved has been like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

I'd love to smash the Ritz...

The riots weren’t funny. Let’s get that straight right from the start. But for those who tuned in on YouTube, they did have some comic moments. In Tottenham, on the opening night, a group of hoodies ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Reclassify films depicting smoking, 'incompetent regulators' and 'insouciant politicians' urged

Smoking in films remains a "major and persistent driver" of smoking uptake among kids and young people, which all the responsible parties -- film makers, regulators, and politicians -- are "abjectly failing to control," write ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Childhood and the driving force of fashion

Are children as young as five years old so driven by consumerism and fashion that they are in danger of 'losing' their childhood?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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