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Why do people have sex?
07-31-2007 · EurekAlert!Many scientists assume people have sex for simple and straightforward reasons such as to experience sexual pleasure or to reproduce, but new research at the University of Texas at Austin reveals hundreds of varied and complex motivations that range from the spiritual to the vengeful.
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01-10-2008 · EurekAlert!
People with dementia survive an average of four and a half years after diagnosis, with age, sex and existing disability all having an influence on life expectancy, finds a study published online today.
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11-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
People who do not have HIV but seek antiretroviral medications following high-risk sexual encounters are very likely to complete the full month-long drug regimen, according to a new UCLA AIDS Institute study. Moreover, there is a strong demand for publicly available post-exposure prophylaxis among high-risk populations in Los Angeles County. Based on these findings, the researchers recommend that Los Angeles County make post-exposure HIV prophylaxis available to citizens who have engaged in high-risk sex.
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- Abstinence-plus programs for HIV prevention can reduce risk behavior
01-22-2008 · EurekAlert!
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- Fish devastated by sex-changing chemicals in municipal wastewater
02-16-2008 · EurekAlert!
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- Teenagers know about condoms ... so why don't they use them?
11-02-2006 · EurekAlert!
A review of research has revealed striking similarities in the influences on young people's sexual behavior across the world. The review of qualitative studies, published today in the Lancet, looked at 268 studies of the sexual behavior of under-25-year-olds from South Africa to Sweden. It reveals how, in all countries, social expectations of how men and women should behave frustrate campaigners' efforts to encourage safer sex.
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- Sex on the brain
05-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
New evidence on sex differences in people's brains and behaviors emerges with the publication of results from the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) Sex ID Internet Survey. Survey questions and tests focused on participants' sex-linked cognitive abilities, personality traits, interests, sexual attitudes and behavior, as well as physical traits. The Archives of Sexual Behavior¹ has devoted a special section in its April 2007 issue to research papers based on the BBC data.
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08-28-2007 · EurekAlert!
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A new study has discovered that the brains of people suffering from tone-deafness are in fact lacking in white matter. The study published in the current issue of Brain was conducted by a team of researchers from the Université de Montréal, the Montreal Neurological Institute and the Newcastle University Medical School.
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