News tagged with sexual risk
HPV vaccine makes girls more cautious about sex
Oct 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly 80% of girls say that having the HPV vaccine makes them think twice about the risks of having sex, according to a University of Manchester study published in the British Journal of ...
Middle school youth as young as 12 engaging in risky sexual activity
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Middle school youth are engaging in sexual intercourse as early as age 12, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health.
Trends in sexual behaviors similar for teens who take few health risk and those who take many
Dec 19, 2008 |
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Adolescent health risk behaviors often occur together, suggesting that youth involvement with one risk behavior may inform understanding of other risk behaviors, but in a study to examine the association between involvement ...
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New study shows linkage between teen girls' weight and sexual behavior
Oct 29, 2009 |
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A University of Pittsburgh study sheds new light on the relationship between race, body weight and sexual behavior among adolescent girls. The results suggest that a girl's ethnicity and her actual weight or perception of ...
Study finds higher prevalence of early menarche among survivors of childhood sexual abuse
May 18, 2009 |
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African-American women who were younger at menarche, or the onset of their menstrual periods, were more likely to report a history of childhood sexual abuse, according to a new study led by a researcher at Boston University's ...
Substance abuse diagnostic test for teens can also predict high risk sexual behavior
Oct 16, 2009 |
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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 ...
Black gay men may be at increased HIV risk
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 29, 2009 |
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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 ...
Researchers study psychological impact of casual sex
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2009 |
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University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens (EAT) researchers have found that young adults engaging in casual sexual encounters do not appear to be at increased risk for harmful psychological outcomes as compared to ...
Adult circumcision reduces risk of HIV transmission without reducing sexual pleasure
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 26, 2009 |
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Two studies presented at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) show that adult circumcision reduces the risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the risk of ...
Sexual lyrics in popular songs linked to early sexual experiences
Feb 24, 2009 |
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With sexual activity among adolescents in the United States resulting in over 750,000 teenage pregnancies each year and reports of up to 25 percent of all female adolescents in the US having sexually transmitted infections, ...
Relatives of boys with sexual birth defects not at risk for testicular germ cell cancer
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Boys with the sexual birth defects known as hypospadias and cryptorchidism are at risk for developing testicular germ cell cancer, but their relatives are not, according to a new study published online December 21 in the ...
Frequent self-cutting linked to risky sexual behavior in teens
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Teens who repeatedly cut themselves are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, increasing their chances of possibly contracting HIV, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pe ...
Frequent sex and masturbation in 20s and 30s linked to higher prostate cancer risk
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Men who are very sexually active in their twenties and thirties are more likely to develop prostate cancer, especially if they masturbate frequently, according to a study of more than 800 men published in the January issue ...
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