Child & Teen Sex Health News Page 2

Failing students more likely to use drugs, sleep around, CDC study finds

By 18, more than half of adolescents were still virgins, new CDC survey reveals

Improving the lives of children around the world would reap huge returns, study says

Premature changes can have lasting effects, such as depression, higher risk of some cancers, study says

Product has unpredictable, potentially dangerous effects, doctors warn

Physicians need to be comfortable screening for it, offering additional help if needed

Early sex, stealing and dropping out of school are some of the consequences, study contends

Survey reveals reluctance of teens, young adults to talk to their doctor because parents might find out

International study finds courses often out of touch, too clinical

Only people born in the 1920s reported having less sex between the ages of 20 and 24

Small review finds high schoolers as young as 14 have had boyfriends who control their reproductive choices

Beliefs about risky sex, pregnancy, birth control foretell what kind of fathers they will be, researchers contend

Twenty percent of girls, 10 percent of boys say they have been victimized by a dating partner, agency says

Kids tend to delay sex if Mom and Dad keep an eye on what they're doing, who they're with

Discussions may help kids delay sexual activity, and use condoms or other birth control