Use of condoms is a proven strategy for reducing HIV. New research finds that among adolescents, condoms are often used selectively. Prior studies have shown that adolescents use condoms significantly more often with casual partners ...

A new study finds that students displaying violent behaviors often have untreated learning disorders and psychiatric illnesses. The findings reflect the need for health care professionals, caregivers, and teachers to be able to identify potentially dangerous ...

A survey of 15 and 16 year old girls in England discovered the incidence of self-harm to be much higher than previously estimated. In a survey of more than 6,000 15 and 16-year-old school ...

Princeton researchers have discovered that when we see a new face, our brains decide whether a person is attractive and trustworthy within a tenth of a second. The finding that people respond intuitively to faces ...

A world of only happy people sounds like a scene from the paranormal cable show "Charmed". Yet researchers have developed a new breed of permanently 'cheerful' mice with the hope that the knowledge gained by ...

A three-week sniper attack on Washington-area residents in October 2002 caused residents to avoid public places, not go to work and revert to a sheltered home-bound state. We learn now that some residents suffered from ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advises families to create a disaster plan to help their children cope with hazardous situations. The position statements comes as the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches and as the ...

Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have a "callous-unemotional" temperament are less responsive to discipline, such as time-out, compared to children without these traits. The finding derived from an evaluation ...

Everyone knows that stopping smoking is difficult. Nicotine is a powerful drug that causes release of neurotransmitter chemicals such as epinephrine (adrenaline) and dopamine providing stimulation and a feeling of pleasure. New research discovers the ...

A study by the Yale School of Medicine finds children who experience anxiety before a surgical procedure are more likely to experience a more painful, slow, and complicated postoperative recovery. The five-year study supported by the ...