http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The Obama administration and federal courts are wrangling over changes to the regulations governing access to emergency contraceptives. The administration supports new rules that would allow girls as young as 15 to purchase the drug without a prescription, while a New York judge has ordered it be made available to anyone, regardless of age. With those changes pending, Northeastern University news office asked Todd Brown, vice chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, to explore the issue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-future.html Medications Tue, 14 May 2013 07:00:01 EST news287732980 (HealthDay)—Danish scientists testing a novel HIV treatment in human trials contend that they're confident their strategy will result in a cure for the AIDS-causing virus, according to news reports. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-hiv-danish-scientists-contend.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:10:01 EST news286459297 Teenagers are risk-takers—they're more likely than children or adults to experiment with illicit substances, have unprotected sex, and drive recklessly. But research shows that teenagers have the knowledge and ability to make competent decisions about risk, just like adults. So what explains their risky behavior? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-teens-brains-sensitive-rewarding-feedback.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:03:22 EST news285429794 (HealthDay)—The number of U.S. women using the "morning-after" contraception pill has risen dramatically in the last decade, federal health officials report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-morning-after-pill-cdc.html Health Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:20:01 EST news280073398 Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University's School of Medicine (BUSM) and School of Public Health (BUSPH) have found that in Russian HIV-infected risky drinkers, marijuana use is associated with other increased risky behaviors involving drug use and sex. These findings, published online in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, may aid clinicians and public health experts in detecting individuals at a higher risk of transmitting HIV. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-marijuana-hiv-infected-russians-sex-drug.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:05:48 EST news279993924 How far would you go to get the attention of the one you love? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-men-biggest-takers.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:10:01 EST news279794832 (HealthDay)—Obstetricians and gynecologists should screen women and teens for signs that their partner is sabotaging their birth control, forcing them to have unprotected sex or otherwise trying to control their reproductive choices, says a leading group of U.S. doctors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-women-victims-contraceptive-sabotage-experts.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:50:01 EST news278262770 (HealthDay)—Physicians from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), together with other health organizations, are urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reconsider the age limit for access to Plan B One-Step emergency contraception. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-acog-hhs-reconsider-age-limit.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:50:01 EST news274541164 (AP)—Brazil is using an indigenous language for the first in a campaign aimed at curbing violence against women and the spread of HIV. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-brazil-anti-aids-effort-indigenous-language.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:04:03 EST news269201032 (AP)—New York City is handing out the morning-after pill to girls as young as 14 at more than 50 public high schools, sometimes even before they have had sex. The campaign is believed to be unprecedented in its size and aggressiveness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-nyc-schools-morning-after-pill-girls.html Medications Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:03:28 EST news267811400 (Medical Xpress)—Reliance on supernatural explanations for major life events, such as death and illness, often increases rather than declines with age, according to a new psychology study from The University of Texas at Austin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-people-merge-supernatural-scientific-beliefs.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:31:45 EST news265552293 Heterosexual men make up a small but growing number of people infected with HIV in Canada. Yet a new study has found that many of them feel existing HIV-related programs and services don't meet their needs and are geared primarily or exclusively toward gay men and heterosexual women who are living with the virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-gaps-heterosexual-men-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:40:48 EST news262604438 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study from the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) has found a link between the consumption of caffeinated energy drinks mixed with alcohol and casual -- often risky -- sex among college-age adults. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-links-alcoholenergy-casual-risky-sex.html Addiction Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:09:23 EST news262422547 (Medical Xpress) -- For young adults today who were weaned on iPods and the Internet, the practice of "sexting," or sending sexually explicit photos or messages through phones, may be just another normal, healthy component of modern dating. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-sexting-dating-internet.html Health Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:40:01 EST news262365878 Black gay couples tend to practice safe sex but don't talk about it, while white gay couples discuss safety but are less likely to use condoms, according to new findings presented at the 19th International AIDS Conference. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-gay-couples-condom-decision-making-varies.html HIV & AIDS Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:31:39 EST news262189738 (HealthDay) -- Similar racial disparities are seen in HIV infection for men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States and the United Kingdom, according to a study published online July 20 in The Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-hiv-racial-disparities-men-sex.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:30:01 EST news262008283 Gay parents face many of the same challenges as straight parents when it comes to sex and intimacy after having children, according to a new study of gay fathers published in the journal Couple and Family Psychology. The findings suggest that gay male couples who are raising children may experience lifestyle changes that could reduce their HIV risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-parenthood-affects-gay-couples-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:36:53 EST news260030205 US health advisers on Thursday urged regulators to approve Truvada, made by Gilead Sciences, as the first preventive pill against HIV/AIDS instead of just a treatment for infected people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-health-advisors-mull-aids-pill.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 10 May 2012 11:29:00 EST news255868134 Chinese researchers said Monday they have discovered an HIV-blocking agent that could be developed into a gel to limit the sexual transmission of AIDS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-chinese-eye-anti-aids-gel.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:15:44 EST news254391335 Young males who have been sexually abused are five times more likely to cause teen pregnancy compared to those with no abuse history, according to University of British Columbia research. Sexually abused boys are also three times more likely to have multiple sexual partners and twice as likely to engage in unprotected sex. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-sexually-abused-boys-unsafe-sex.html Health Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:35:37 EST news252761724 Boys who are victims of sexual abuse are far more likely to engage in unsafe sexual behavior as teenagers, finds a new review in the current Journal of Adolescent Health. Sexually abused boys were twice as likely to engage in unprotected sex, three times as likely to have multiple sexual partners and five times as likely to cause pregnancy compared to boys with no sexual abuse history. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-sexually-abused-boys-engage-unsafe.html Health Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:10:01 EST news250245701 Young women whose boyfriends are their primary source of spending money are more likely to report that their boyfriends never use condoms, according to a study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-girls-boyfriend-money-condoms.html Health Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:44:47 EST news249651882 Sexually active adults aged 45 and over are being encouraged to pay more thought to safe sex in line with recent figures showing that STIs in 50-90 year olds have doubled in the past ten years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-sexually-transmitted-infections-older-population.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:22:17 EST news247465313 Behavioral interventions aimed at reducing sexual risk behaviors, such as unprotected sex, are effective at both promoting condom use and reducing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) long after the initial intervention, according to a new report in the December 15 issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-behavioral-interventions-condom-sexually-transmitted.html Health Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:51:26 EST news243175859 Women's health advocates said Tuesday they will sue the US government for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of young teens by denying them over-the-counter access to emergency contraception. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-court-fray-morning-after-pill.html Medications Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:40:01 EST news242998156 US regulators on Wednesday rejected a drug company's request to make emergency contraception available over the counter to consumers of all ages instead of by prescription to those under 17. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-restrictions-morning-after-pill-sales.html Medications Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:49:23 EST news242484543 US regulators are considering whether to grant a drug company's request to make emergency contraception available over the counter to people of all ages instead of by prescription. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-mulls-easier-access-emergency-contraception.html Medications Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:20:01 EST news242419563 British women are being offered free supplies of the emergency "morning-after" contraceptive pill over the Christmas and New Year holidays, the country's leading abortion agency said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-british-women-free-contraception-pill.html Health Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:38:23 EST news242375892 In a recent study conducted by scientists at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions involving 154 heavy-drinking college students whose sexual behavior put them at risk for HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), there were two expected findings and one surprise. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-ways-college-risky-sex.html Addiction Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:00:01 EST news238406392 The number of young people having unprotected sex in the West has risen sharply over the past two years, a survey said Monday, with health professionals concerned the safe sex message is falling on deaf ears. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-young-people-unprotected-sex.html Health Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:18:28 EST news236247497