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Does Child pornography lead to Child abuse?

... Scott said. And in a 1991 study of 160 adolescent males charged or convicted of sex crimes, 70 percent reported that pornography played no role in their illegal activity. Scott said the nature of the pornographic material is a key factor. Extreme porn depicting sadism, bestiality and the like may be "pa...

Breeding success by delving into the honey bee sex gene

...g two identical copies of csd develop into sterile males but are quickly eaten at the larval stage by femal... wasting precious energy and resources on abnormal males incapable of carrying out the all-important role of mating. But in bees raised for honey or for poll...

Rape – a Common Crime in South Afric

...'s Medical Research Council. Interviews of 1,370 males of ages of 15 to 26 years revealed about 8 per cent who admitted to sexually violent behavior towards their spouse or other intimate partners, while 16.3 per cent admitted to having raped a non-partner or participated in some form of gang rape. Sou...

Researchers Studying Novel Therapy For Prostate Cancer

...h among men in the United States. African-American males are at a higher risk for the disease than other men. Source-Newswise...

Decrease in AIDS prevalence rate in Kenya

...alence stands at 7.7 percent as opposed to that of males at 4.0 percent. Girls, women and children are the most vulnerable groups to HIV/AIDS infection." At present, 50% of the 1.27 million Kenyans infected with HIV, are women. "There is an increase in the number of children being born infected with HIV ...

Sexual Attitudes Help Explain Narcissists’ Relationship Problem

...ably low commitment to their partner. Typically, males are more narcissistic than females, who are known to place greater priority than men on personal relationships, Shrira said. “Narcissists tend not to value relationships unless it’s for self-serving purposes,” he said. In a separate cross-cultural ...

Obese kids at higher risk for Cardiovascular diseases

...ia in overweight children is high, with overweight males 11 years and older having a higher prevalence of these risk factors than females and younger males. This may explain the earlier appearance of cardiovascular disease in overweight adult males. Researchers from Wisconsin, lead by Dr. David K. Murdoc...

Women More Prone to Anxiety Disorders than Men

...nship. Girls and women are also more likely than males to be victims of physical or mental abuse, a known risk factor for PTSD. Childhood abuse also seems to cause long-term changes in brain chemistry and structure that may predispose individuals to anxiety disorders. While anxiety affects women in gre...

Big Bus, the ￡1.5m Cancer Bus Hits the roa

...onal service. "It also offers cancer services for males and females of all ages right on their doorstep." The unit also featured a new support scheme called the Listening Ear Service. In addition complementary therapies will also be offered to cancer patients, their care givers and families onboard the ...

Alcoholics Anonymous: A Blessing For The Addicted

...has been a decrease in the number of homicides. In males who consume beer and spirits, AA membership has br...cohol's violent effects seem more pronounced among males than females. Asbridge said that he was not particularly surprised by these gender findings. "Intu...

India may Lose Over $230 bn from Heart Diseases

...of heart diseases (per 100,000) increased from 145 males and 126 females in 1985 to 253 males and 204 females in 2000. "According to one estimate, more than 260 people are succumbing to the dise...

The need for cancer warnings on alcohol packaging

...4 % believe alcohol can cause brain damage.36 % of males aged 14 or over drank double (at least six to 10 drinks) or more in any one session. Almost 3/4ths of the respondents support health warnings on all alcohol products. "We're not saying if you drink alcohol, you get cancer, but there is an increase...

Environmental Toxin Causes Heritable Adult-Onset Diseases

...onset diseases. Despite their low fertility, those males were still able to produce offspring. When they were mated with females that had not been exposed to the toxins, their offspring had the same problems. The effect persisted through four generations, with about 85 percent of the offspring in each gene...

Factors Associated With Increased Risk of Cardiac Arrest For Adolescents

...diogram), and sex. Among those 10 to 12 years old, males had 4 times the risk of females of the same age, whereas there was no significant sex difference among those 13 to 20 years old. Compared with those with no syncopal events in the last 10 years, patients with 1 syncopal episode in the last 2 years ...

Call To Ban Use Of ATVs By Children

...l of Neurosurgery. The study found twice as many males as females suffered neurological injuries. Patients included both riders and drivers, and their ages ranged from 2 to 17 years. Many of the injured did not wear helmets, according to Park. 'In Missouri, there are currently very few regulations on c...

Statistics South Africa shows decline in homicides since 1990s

...micide rates are still very high, especially// for males in the age bracket of 35-39 years. It was obser...every five year age group for each sex, except for males age 15-19. Some of the increases in death rates were very large.”...

Greater g factor in men responsible for sex differences in general mental ability

... were congruent in excess of .99, and they favored males to an equivalent of 3.63 IQ points. The male-fem...en and women differ in their test "profiles," with males averaging higher on tests of "spatial ability" and females higher on tests of "verbal ability." Thes...

Chikungunya in the Capital

...re being awaited. 'Three of the six samples, two males and one female, submitted to us in August have tested positive. These patients had been to Andhra recently,' said NICD Director Dr. Shiv Lal. 'We had cases of what appeared to be patients with Chikungunya fever coming in for treatment and samples o...

Human Body Designed To Resist Weight Loss

...ek. The second study looked at weight loss in 200 males on a commercial weight loss program comprising exercise and dietary advice. "In the first study, the subjects' energy deficit was caused by exercise only which was fixed and imposed in contrast to the second study where subjects used diet and exerci...

Usage Of A Condom By A Teenager Varies With Their Perception Of Partners

...partner' group were more likely to be female while males were significantly more likely to report 'casual partners'. In addition, greater substance use and riskier attitudes were reported by teens in the 'casual partner' group. HIV intervention programs that do not target adolescents' attitudes and pract...

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