Archive: 26/11/2013
Electronic cigarettes: New route to smoking addiction for adolescents
E-cigarettes have been widely promoted as a way for people to quit smoking conventional cigarettes. Now, in the first study of its kind, UC San Francisco researchers are reporting that, at the point in time they studied, ...
Nov 26, 2013
When the living and the deceased don't agree on organ donation
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the 2006 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) or enacted similar legislation giving individuals the "First Person Authorization" (FPA) to consent to organ donation ...
Nov 26, 2013
Elderly suicides in France stir euthanasia debate
Two couples in their 80s have committed suicide in Paris, reigniting a debate in France on euthanasia which is still illegal in the country.
Nov 26, 2013
Britain: One in six pregnancies are unplanned
One in six pregnancies among women in Britain are unplanned, and one in 60 women (1.5%) experience an unplanned pregnancy in a year, according to new results from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles ...
Nov 26, 2013
One in ten women in Britain report having experienced non-consensual sex
One in ten women (9.8%) and roughly one in seventy men (1.4%), when asked "Has anyone actually made you have sex with them, against your will?" said yes, according to new results published as part of the third Natsal survey, ...
Nov 26, 2013