Child & Teen Sex Health News Page 4

40 percent who'd sent explicit messages or photos said they'd been sexually active, study finds

Girls are judged if they do, judged if they don't in small survey

CDC study tied practice to binge drinking, drug use and extreme weight control measures

Finding should reassure parents about the cervical cancer vaccine, doctors say

And they were more likely to have engaged in some type of sexual behavior, study says

Doctors are missing opportunities to educate teens about healthy sexual behaviors, researchers say

Violent pornography may be partially to blame, researcher says

Having children with multiple partners is increasingly common, researchers noted

Parents urged to watch for signs of behavior that affects 1 in 10 children

Many other factors contribute to young people having risky sex, experts say

Surveys find sexual intercourse, pregnancy more common at 14 and older

Study found childbirth rate 5 times higher than national average

And half of new infections each year are among young people, CDC says

But Dutch researchers find those at risk are in the minority

But whether one leads to the other isn't clear