Abstinence

Abstinence From Alcohol With The Help Of An Injection

Naltrexone, also known as ReVia, is an approved drug for the treatment of alcohol dependence. But one of the problems with the drug is it is taken orally, which can reduce medication compliance and can be absorbed // differently in the body. A new study looks at an injection of naltrexone and the benefit of its use for alcoholics. For the study 315 alcoholics participated and they were...

HIV Prevention through Abstinence-only Programs

Abstinence-only programs help to reduce sexual activities among young teens as well as delay first sexual encounters without interfering in future condom use, according// to a recent study of the controversial HIV prevention strategy.The study was conducted on 662 African-American Grade 6 and 7 students from inner-city middle schools in Philadelphia and it was found that those who were taught a...

‘Comprehensive Sex Education’ Favored Against ‘Abstinence-Only’ Progams

A national survey was conducted to gauge the nature of school based sex education that was most effective, and it was found that mere abstinence based approaches did not meet with the desired results. //Infact Americans feel that youngsters in schools need to know much more than just avoiding sex , which includes methods to prevent pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. "A...

'Red'y to Fight HIV – 'AbstinenceBehaviorCondom', Sacrosanct to AIDS Preventio

A previously unknown immunodeficiency disease was discovered by scientists about twenty-five years ago, which came to be known broadly as 'AIDS'. //Ever since, 'Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome' or AIDS, has spread dangerously, taking the world by storm; according to the latest figures enabled by the UNAIDS/WHO 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update, nearly 39.5 million people across the world are grapplin...

Abstinence from Alcoholism Pays Off, Says New Study

Alcoholics must stop tippling if they want to recover from brain damage caused by the drinks, says a study that researched the brain's capacity to regenerate.// The study by German, British, Swiss and Italian researchers provides evidence that excessive drinking for a long period risks loss of the brain's regeneration capacity, reported science portal EurekAlert. During ab...

Sex Abstinence Programs Targeting School-goers may Not Produce Desired Effect , Study

Washington – A study conducted recently has shown that students who participate in sexual abstinence programs may portray similar sexual tendencies // like those who did not participate in the program. The study showed that the program did not create the desired positive impact. Critics have always felt that the $176 million being spent by the Federal government annually on the ‘abs...

Alcoholics by All Means Should Avoid Stress During Early Abstinence

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is a hormonal system that defends against stress, starvation and illnesses//. New findings of alterations in adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol secretion in alcoholic patients, which reflect changes in the HPA axis, prompt recommendations that alcoholics avoid excessive stress – both physical and psychological – during early abstinence. <...

Teenagers Do Not Heed to Sex Abstinence Talks

Telling teenagers not to have sex until they get married is a waste of breath, a US expert told a 'World Congress for Sexual Health' meeting in Sydney. // William Smith, the vice president of the Sexuality, Information and Education Council of the US, told delegates that a six-year study commissioned by the US Congress found that the hundreds of millions of dollars the government had s...

Teenage Birthrate Declining in US Both Abstinence and Awareness Called for to Maintain the Trend

Teenage birthrate in US has dropped to a 65-year low. According to a report released recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions National Center for Health Statistics, the birth rate for teenagers declined 2 percent in 2005, falling to 40.4 births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 years, a 35-percent drop compared with the most recent peak in 1991 (61.8), and the lowest ever...

Smoking Hampers Alcoholics' Neurocognitive Recovery During Abstinence

A new study has found that smoking may hamper alcoholics neurocognitive recovery during their first six to nine months period of alcohol abstinence . About 50 to 90 percent of individuals in North America who take alcoholism treatment are chronic smokers. The new findings show that smoking may interfere with the neurocognitive recovery of these people during their first six to nine...