http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Study results presented today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections by the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) show that a series of community efforts can increase the number of people who get tested and know their HIV status, especially among men and young people with HIV who might otherwise transmit the virus to others. The study was also able to demonstrate a modest 14% reduction in new HIV infections in the intervention communities compared to the control communities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-ways-hiv-infection.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:00:07 EST news281624141 More than a third of the adult population in Indiana who consume alcohol admit to regular binge drinking, a habit that may cause severe neurological and physiological damage, says a new report from Ball State University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-hoosiers-alcohol-bingeing.html Addiction Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:00:01 EST news277116095 As youth infected at birth with HIV reach adolescence and young adulthood, a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases underscores the need to promote healthy behaviors as some of these young people become sexually active. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-interventions-healthy-behaviors-perinatally-hiv-infected.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:49:59 EST news271565387 Starting HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy reduces food insecurity and improves physical health, thereby contributing to the disruption of a lethal syndemic, UCSF and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have found in a study focused on sub-Saharan Africa. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-antiretroviral-therapy-hiv-infected-africans-nutrition.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:15:59 EST news268406147 Same-sex partners and inconsistent condom use were among the major risk factors for HIV infection among U.S. Navy and Marines personnel during the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) era, reports a study in the October 1 issue of JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-factors-hiv-navy-marines-dont.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:45:16 EST news267882310 (HealthDay)—Teens who "sext" sexually explicit texts or images are probably taking other sexual risks as well, with new research indicating these adolescents are seven times more likely to be sexually active and significantly more apt to be having unprotected sex. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-sexting-hand-in-hand-unprotected-sex-teens.html Pediatrics Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:16:24 EST news267095757 A Rhode Island Hospital researcher has found that emergency department patients prefer technology-based interventions for high-risk behaviors such as alcohol use, unsafe sex and violence. ER patients said they would choose technology (ie text messaging, email, or Internet) over traditional intervention methods such as in-person or brochure-based behavioral interventions. The paper by Megan L. Ranney, M.D., is available now online in advance of print in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-emergency-patients-technology-based-interventions-behavioral.html Health Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:07:12 EST news261662821 Teens are sexting -- and at higher rates than previously reported. In the first study of the public health impact of teen sexting, researchers found that close to 30 percent are engaging in the practice of sending nude pictures of themselves via email or text. Further, the practice is indicative of teens' sexual behavior overall and, particularly, girls' participation in risky sexual behaviors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-percent-teens-involved-sexting-bothered.html Health Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:00:16 EST news260456742 When mothers engage in frequent sexual discussions with their teenagers but fail to express clear disapproval of teenagers’ sexual involvement, their efforts are more likely to result in greater risky sexual involvement by their teen, according to a new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The study was conducted by Atika Khurana, postdoctoral fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center and Elizabeth C. Cooksey, Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Center for Human Resource Research at the Ohio State University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-maternal-sexual-adolescent-risky-behaviors.html Pediatrics Tue, 22 May 2012 07:35:14 EST news256890870 (Medical Xpress) -- Children who go through puberty at a faster rate are more likely to act out and to suffer from anxiety and depression, according to a study by researchers at Penn State, Duke University and the University of California, Davis. Theresults suggest that primary care providers, teachers and parents should look not only at the timing of puberty in relation to kids' behavior problems, but also at the tempo of puberty -- how fast or slow kids go through puberty. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-faster-puberty-linked-behavior-problems.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:32:39 EST news234088349 A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and elsewhere shows that methamphetamine use can fuel HIV infection risk among teenage boys and young men who have sex with men (MSM), a group that includes openly gay and bisexual men, as well as those who have sex with men but do not identify themselves as gay or bisexual. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-meth-fuels-higher-unsafe-sex.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:00:02 EST news231496227