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Government-backed youth program pilot didn't reduce teenage pregnancies

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A government-backed youth development pilot programme in England, aimed at reducing teenage pregnancies, drunkenness or cannabis use, didn't reduce teenage pregnancies and other outcomes and might have increased pregnancies, ...





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Study: Parenthood makes moms more liberal, dads more conservative

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Parenthood is pushing mothers and fathers in opposite directions on political issues associated with social welfare, from health care to education, according to new research from North Carolina State University.


Teenage suicides: Study advocates greater family support

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 21, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Teenage suicide is often perceived as the result of rejection of family, significant others and of society. Families affected by teenage suicide often look back for warning signs and clues in order to make sense of the tragedy. ...


Repeat pregnancies among UK teenagers on the increase

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created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An expert in health services at The University of Nottingham is calling for urgent action to improve contraceptive advice and services to reduce the growing number of repeat teenage pregnancies in the United ...


Surrogacy still stigmatized, though attitudes changing among younger women

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created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although younger people are becoming more positive towards surrogate mothers, current day attitudes to surrogacy are still broadly negative, a scientist will tell the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human ...


Enjoying school key to tackling teenage pregnancy

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Youth development programmes that tackle deprivation and help children and young people enjoy school are successful in reducing teenage pregnancy rates, say researchers in BMJ today.


Is there really a 'mommy' gene in women?

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created Sep 21, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Basic principles of biology rather than women’s newfound economic independence can explain why fewer of them are getting married and having children, and why the trend may only be temporary, says a Queen’s researcher.


Family obligation in Chinese homes lowers teenage depression symptoms

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study of Chinese-American youth has found that family obligation, for example caring for siblings or helping elders, plays a positive role in the mental health of Chinese-American adolescents and may prevent symptoms ...


Teenage birth rates higher in more religious states

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Rates of births to teenage mothers are strongly predicted by conservative religious beliefs, even after controlling for differences in income and rates of abortion. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal ...


Depression and anger can plague recent university graduates: Study

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created May 13, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The post-university years can start out tough. The good news: it gets better. A new University of Alberta study of almost 600 of its graduates (ages 20-29 years old) tracked mental health symptoms in participants for seven ...


Teenage stress has implications for adult health

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created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Most of us remember our teenage years with a mix of fondness and relief. Fondness for the good memories, and relief that all that teenage stress, angst and drama — first love, gossip, SATs, fights with parents — is behind ...



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