Survey Uncovers Surprising Attitudes Towards HIV Vaccine Research
A survey of U.S. adults has found that a majority believe that HIV vaccines are the best hope for controlling the global AIDS epidemic and are confident such vaccines can be made. But while most of those surveyed felt it personally important to help support HIV vaccine research, a majority expressed reluctance to support a friend or family member’s participation in an HIV vaccine clinical trial.<...UW study examines public attitudes on nanotechnology
"The message to scientists is: The public is not going to come to you. You have to take your work to the public, and make it availa...In public attitudes about taxes and spending, Wisconsin is Jekyll and Hyde
For all the talk-show chatter about cutting government spending and holding the line on taxes in Wisconsin, do state policymakers or the people they represent really want to bite the bullet? Based on what happened last week in the Wisconsin Assembly, and what is likely to happen this week in the state Senate, the answer is a tepid "maybe." Perhaps ambivalence in the Capitol accu...Risk Attitudes And Consequences Of College Drinking
A new study conducted to analyze the risk attitudes and consequences of college drinking has found that males turn out to be risk takers compared to women// who are inclined to use protective strategies to avoid it. Such protective measures include, drinking in the company of friends, counting the number of drinks, eating before drinking and restricting the amount of money spent on drinking....Attitudes About Aging Different from Reality
A recent study has shown that reality was different from several misconceptions that people had about aging. A popular misconception among both the young// and the old is that the happiest days of people's lives occur when they're young in spite of research having shown the opposite While old age was equated with unhappiness for other people, individuals tend to think they'll be happier...Sexual Attitudes Help Explain Narcissists’ Relationship Problem
When Robert Browning wrote “grow old along with me, the best is yet to be,” he had no inkling of a future University of Florida study showing// that narcissists are more interested in sexual pleasure than lasting intimacy. The new study found that narcissists are more likely to philander and dump their partners than people who view closeness and commitment as the most important parts o...Men and Women Change Attitudes to Sex When in an Intimate Relationship
From time and again men have been dubbed as being preoccupied with the physical aspect sex, but a new study has found that both men and women change their gender roles when they are in an intimate relationship. The University of Florida study demonstrates that men are under a lot of pressure to have sex with a number of different partners, and women are regarded as porters of sexua...High-risk Sexual Behavior Adolescents Attract Peers With Similar Attitudes
High-risk sexual behavior in adolescents appears to be influenced by the sexual attitudes of peers, and young people select friends whose attitudes about sex are consistent with their own attitudes. The study addressed issues of peer influence. Researchers sought to determine how adolescents come to resemble their peers in risky attitudes and behaviors, attempting to learn whether...