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Many parents get stressed out due to constant arguments with their teen-aged children, and often wish their child was more of the quiet kind. However, a study has revealed that if teenagers argue a lot, it is a good sign. A latest has revealed that teenagers who argue with their parents are more likely to be able to resist drinks and drugs. It is due to the fact that once teens learn to express their opinion, chances are high, that they can resist peer pressure. Researchers have found that argu...
Cigarette smoking among drug dependent pregnant women is alarmingly high, estimated at 77 to 99%. Programs that treat pregnant patients for substance use disorders often fail to address cigarette smoking despite the clear risks to both mother and child, including ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, preterm delivery, low birth weight, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. However, programs to help people quit smoking do not seem to interfere with drug abuse treatment, and may actually improve dr...
Montreal, June 20, 2012 – Thanks to modern science, we know that love lives in the brain, not in the heart. But where in the brain is it – and is it in the same place as sexual desire? A recent international study is the first to draw an exact map of these intimately linked feelings.
When guys look at porn frequently, their female partners' self-esteem might be damaged, according to a new study.
More and more number of people are taken to hospital for alcohol related ailments each year with a steep increase of 10 per cent in the number of alcohol consumers every year in England. According to NHS figures, around 1.2million people were taken to hospitals for wither liver disease, alcohol poisoning, or due to injuries sustained while drunk. The figure does not even include patients who were treated at Emergency centers and released after some time. The figure is a representation of the num...
StopAdvisor is a new web-based smoking cessation program, which takes smokers from preparation for the target quit date to the quit date itself. It achieves this by offering expert advice through a combination of interactive menus and personalised sessions. Post quit date, it encourages users to report important information that the program will use to help them overcome the difficulties they encounter along the way. In their study¹ Robert West and Susan Michie from University College London and...
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The U.S. had the second-lowest proportion of students who used tobacco and alcohol compared to their counterparts in 36 European countries, a new report indicates.
Now whether you can kick the butt with the help of drug treatments will be predicted with the help of genes, say researchers.
African-American and Latino children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy are more likely to suffer from acute asthma symptoms in their teens than asthma sufferers whose mothers did not smoke, according to a new study led by a research team at UCSF.
Alcohol makes people more prone to committing suicide by violent methods like hanging, using a firearm or by falling to death, says a new study.
In a step toward understanding possible genetic differences in smoking behaviors, a team of researchers co-led by SRI International has identified a genetic marker associated with smoking quantity in people of African ancestry. The study's findings may help guide future public health decisions related to smoking, because the more people smoke, the higher their risk of lung cancer.
ATS 2012, SAN FRANCISCO – For more than three decades, researchers have warned of the potential health risks associated with exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), especially among children whose parents smoke. Now a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Arizona reports that those health risks persist well beyond childhood, independent of whether or not those individuals end up becoming smokers later in life.
Researchers have found evidence that early drug and alcohol use is associated with lower levels of educational attainment.
A research conducted by researchers at the eHealth International in Seattle, Washington says that smart phone applications and social networking sites help children and young people lose weight.
Teens between the ages of 14 and 15 are plugged in media more than 23 hours per day.
Young Flesh-Eating Bacteria Victim Reveals Her $200,000 Bionic Hands 
Bras Make Breasts "Saggier", 15-year French Study Reveals 
Russian Gymnast Has the World's Strongest Vagina 
Cell Phones May Raise Blood Pressure, but Yoga May Lower It 
Skydiving Never Gets Less Stressful 
Star Trek Into Darkness: How Would Your Body Feel in Space? 
Study Finds Brain Dictates Which Ear Cell Phones Go To 
CDC Announces One in Five Children Has a Mental Illness in the U.S. 
Being Physically Fit in Mid-life Could Protect Men from Cancer 20 Years Later 
PTSD Linked to Diabetes Risk, Study 
