Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: childhood sexual abuse http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Mindfulness therapy might help veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder Mindfulness exercises that include meditation, stretching, and acceptance of thoughts and emotions might help veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder find relief from their symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-mindfulness-therapy-veterans-combat-related-post-traumatic.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:34:44 EST news285417275 UK study shows abuse may affect cancer-related well-being in female patients A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows evidence that certain forms of abuse negatively influence women cancer patients' quality of life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-uk-abuse-affect-cancer-related-well-being.html Cancer Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:50:28 EST news278347818 Street youth more likely to trade sex for food, shelter if they were abused as children, study finds New research led by Ryerson scientists have found that street youth who have been sexually abused as children are far more likely to engage in trading sex for food, shelter and other basic necessities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-street-youth-sex-food-abused.html Health Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:01:09 EST news278323261 Childhood sexual abuse linked to later heart attacks in men (Medical Xpress)—Men who experienced childhood sexual abuse are three times more likely to have a heart attack than men who were not sexually abused as children, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Toronto. The researchers found no association between childhood sexual abuse and heart attacks among women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-childhood-sexual-abuse-linked-heart.html Health Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:00:53 EST news266151645 Women happier in relationships when men feel their pain Men like to know when their wife or girlfriend is happy while women really want the man in their life to know when they are upset, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-women-happier-relationships-men-pain.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:49:38 EST news250170568 Group sex among adolescents a public health concern, new study says One in 13 teenage girls, aged 14 to 20, reported having a group-sex experience, with those young women more likely to have been exposed to pornography and childhood sexual abuse than their peers, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-group-sex-adolescents-health.html Health Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:46:29 EST news243251179