Sex Ed for 9-Year-Olds in NZ

by Administrator on January 6, 2010

Nine-year-old children are being targeted for more detailed sex education in New Zealand schools in 2009. The new resource by Family Planning called The Sexuality Road are geared for teachers of late-primary and intermediate-age children. It has ….

NC Senate Panel Approves Sex Ed Bill Changes

by Administrator on January 6, 2010

The state Senate of North Carolina reworked a public school sex education bill that has been approved in the Senate Mental Health & Youth Services Committee. The bill would require all school systems to “offer information to students in ….

Game Developed for HIV Positive Youth

by Administrator on January 6, 2010

+CLICK, a game geared towards HIV- positive youth, was developed by several researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health. HIV-positive youth at a Texas Children’s Hospital clinic assessed the game’s usability and credibility. The ….

“Pulling Out” Rivals Condom As Contraception Method

by Administrator on January 6, 2010

A study that appeared in the June 2009 edition of the journal Contraception revealed that there are only minor differences in pregnancy rates between withdrawal and the use of condoms as method of contraception. This means that withdrawal before ….

Antidepressants May Be Bad for Sex Lives

by Administrator on January 6, 2010

Studies published as articles in medical and psychological journals in 2008 reveal that “sexual numbness, lack of libido, and stalled arousals” are the most common side effects of Prozac class antidepressants. This is sometimes true even after a ….