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Parental Smoking Around Time Of Conception Linked To Reduction In Male Births (p 1407)
Couples who smoke around the time of conception could have a reduced chance of conceiving male offspring, suggest authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The male to female ratio of children has declined substantially over the past few decades. The reason for this reduction is not clear, but it has been suggested that... view more... (2002-04-17)
Abstinence programs fail to cut risk of HIV infection
Programmes that exclusively encourage abstinence from sex do not seem to affect the risk of HIV infection in high income countries, finds a review of the evidence in this week's BMJ. view more (2007-08-03)
Pitt study shows linkage between teen girls' weight and sexual behavior
A University of Pittsburgh study sheds new light on the relationship between race, body weight and sexual behavior among adolescent girls. view more (2009-10-30)
Fungus Found in Humans Shown To Be Nimble in Mating Game
Brown University researchers have determined that Candida albicans, a human fungal pathogen, pursues both same-sex and the more conventional opposite-sex mating. The findings are published in the August 2009 edition of the journal Nature. view more (2009-08-13)
Gender equality leads to better sex lives among people 40 and over
Older couples who live in Western countries and who enjoy more equality between men and women are most likely to report being satisfied with their sex lives. view more (2006-04-19)
One in five women sexually assaulted in North Carolina
Almost one in five women in the US state of North Carolina has been sexually assaulted, shows research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. There was a high rate of risk factors for serious ill health among the assaulted women, the findings show. Over 2000 women in North Carolina were interviewed about sexual assault, as part of a... view more... (2002-03-11)
Researching Education - Widening the Debate
The report brings research on schools, further and higher education into the necessary relationship with the wider educational scenario that the government has sought to promote. It is an interesting review of the field of educational research and one which illuminates the current intensive controversies surrounding the nature and status of... view more... (1999-07-15)
Geneticists tell ostrich farmers the secrets of sex
Research published in the online journal, BMC Biotechnology reports on a new, large-scale technique for distinguishing between male and female ostrich chicks using DNA extracted from feathers. This new technique will remove the need for invasive procedures currently in use to sex-type ostriches and allow breeders to discover the sex of their... view more... (2002-10-16)
Embryonic selection of sex avoids conceiving blind children
The Assisted Reproduction Unit at the Quirón Hospital in Donostia-San Sebastián has managed, for the first time in the Basque Country, to successfully carry out an embryonic sex selection in a woman who is a carrier of the disease Retinosis Pigmentaria, linked with the X chromosome - in order to avoid giving birth to a male child. view more (2006-12-19)
The ugly truth about one night stands
Men are far more interested in casual sex than women. While men need to be exceptionally attractive to tempt women to consider casual sex, men are far less choosy. view more (2009-08-11)
Education Being Compromised By Economic Fallacy
A mistaken belief that more educational spending automatically leads to greater economic success is damaging our children`s education, says Professor Alison Wolf of London University`s Institute of Education. In an attempt to fine-tune education spending to maximise the rate of growth, the government is pouring billions of pounds into... view more... (2002-05-28)
Fish with temperature-dependent sex determination face global warming
In vertebrates with separate sexes, sex determination can be genotypic (GSD) or temperature-dependent (TSD). TSD is very common in reptiles, where the ambient temperature during sensitive periods of early development irreversibly determines whether an individual will be male or female. view more (2008-07-30)
Study shows males are more tolerant of same-sex peers
Women have traditionally been viewed as being more social and cooperative than men. However, there is recent evidence that this may not be the case. In fact, studies have shown that men maintain larger social networks with other males compared to women and tend to have longer lasting friendships with members of the same-sex than do women. view more (2009-02-12)
Teens are heading in wrong direction: Likely to have sex, but not use contraception
Between 2003 and 2007, the progress made in the 1990s and early 2000s in improving teen contraceptive use and reducing teen pregnancy and childbearing stalled, and may even have reversed among certain groups of teens. view more (2009-06-18)
Are men in danger of extinction?
Despite having had most of the social determinants of health in their favour, men have higher mortality rates for all 15 leading causes of death and have a life expectancy about seven years shorter than women's. An editorial in this week's BMJ asks are men in danger of extinction? Men's reluctance to embrace preventive strategies has also... view more... (2001-10-31)
Does sex sell? New study shows how to make women respond to sexy ads
Do sexy images sell products? It depends, says a new study in Journal of Consumer Research. If marketers are determined to use sex in advertising, there may be ways to do it that can attract customers of both sexes. view more (2009-02-24)
'POZ parties' signal potential to spread HIV 'superinfection'
The emergence of "POZ Parties"-parties exclusively for HIV positive men to meet other HIV positive men for sex-signals the potential to spread HIV "superinfection,"suggests research in Sexually Transmitted Infections. view more (2005-09-29)
Sex-based prenatal brain differences found
Prenatal sex-based biological differences extend to genetic expression in cerebral cortices. The differences in question are probably associated with later divergences in how our brains develop. view more (2009-10-26)
Level of education can predict death in the United States BMJ Volume 324, pp 23-25
Education, income inequality, and mortality: a multiple regression analysis Lack of high school education is a powerful predictor of death in the United States, concludes a study in this week's BMJ. Using census statistics for the years 1989 and 1990 for all US states, Professor Andreas Muller tested whether the relation between income inequality... view more... (2002-01-02)
Lacewing species new to Britain unexpectedly detected in field trials of aphid sex pheromone
Scientists from IACR-Rothamsted1 and Imperial College were surprised to find large numbers of green lacewings in traps baited with a plant-derived compound aimed at improving natural biocontrol of aphid pests2. Close inspection by Stephen Brooks at the Natural History Museum identified these lacewings as Peyerimhoffina gracilis, a species new to... view more... (2001-12-17)
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