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Toward explaining why hepatitis B hits men harder than women

Toward explaining why hepatitis B hits men harder than women

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) sexually discriminates -- hitting ...


Researchers develop game for HIV+ youth

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health have developed a game for HIV-positive youth, +CLICK, designed to reduce secondary transmission of the virus.





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Substance abuse diagnostic test for teens can also predict high risk sexual behavior

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alcohol and drug use are known contributors to adolescents engaging in dangerous sexual activity; leading to substantial health risks such as unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted illnesses, drug overdoses and alcohol ...


Researchers reveal communication tactics used by sexual predators to entrap children

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A child’s innocence and vulnerability presents a target for a sexual predator’s abusive behavior. University of Missouri researchers are beginning to understand the communication process by which predators lure victims into ...


Women experience more sexual harassment in work groups with male, female balance

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Despite common assumptions, new research suggests that women are not more likely to be sexually harassed when they are the minority or majority in a work group. Instead, researchers found that in most cases, women were sexually ...


Sex offenders register provides limited protection for children

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 11, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The UK's Sex Offenders Register is failing to protect vulnerable children, according to a psychologist at the University of Liverpool.


Bisexuality not a transitional phase among women, according to new research

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 16, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Bisexuality in women appears to be a distinctive sexual orientation and not an experimental or transitional stage that some women adopt "on their way" to lesbianism, according to new research published by the American Psychological ...


New measure of sexual arousal found for both men and women

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 23, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

According to a new study published in the latest issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine and conducted in the Department of Psychology of McGill University, thermography shows great promise as a diagnostic method of measur ...


Sexually-active gay men vulnerable to new, highly infectious bacteria

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 14, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Sexually active gay men are many times more likely than others to acquire a new, highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the so-called MRSA bacteria widely know as the "superbug," a UCSF-led study shows.


London's HIV epidemic was driven by clusters of sexual contacts

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 18, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The rapid growth of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in London during the late 1990s was driven in part by transmission of the AIDS virus within clusters of sexual contacts, with individuals frequently passing the virus to others within ...


FDA recalls Axcil and Desirin

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created Sep 24, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of two sexual enhancement products -- Axcil and Desirin -- because of undeclared, ingredients.


Culture affects how teen girls see harassment

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created May 15, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Teenage girls of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds still experience sexism and sexual harassment – but cultural factors may control whether they perceive sexism as an environmental problem or as evidence of their own ...



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