Promoting multidisciplinary and inter-sector participation in the discussion on sexuality is the purpose of the 4th Sexual Health -HIV Scientific Conference that will be held in Ciego de ávila in June 26-27, being education and sexual orientation among the main topics.
The theoretical debate and the presentation of work experiences in the fields of sexual health [...]
Wounds and mental disabilities of troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq can mess up their sex lives too, health experts said Wednesday. But those wounds often go untreated because the topic is taboo and has gone unstudied.
Whatever the reason, failed sexual intimacy can contribute to higher suicide and divorce rates among returning troops, specialists told [...]
Wounds and mental disabilities of troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq can mess up their sex lives too, health experts said Wednesday. But those wounds often go untreated because the topic is taboo and has gone unstudied.
Whatever the reason, failed sexual intimacy can contribute to higher suicide and divorce rates among returning troops, specialists told [...]
But new research suggests that ordinary children can benefit from play that gives a mental workout to their faculties of “executive control,” as psychologists call it. One study from last November found that preschool-age kids who spent most of their school hours playing games designed to improve self-control scored better than other kids on a [...]
OTTAWA–Junk-food hawkers manipulate the minds of young children to get to their mouths. There was little disagreement about that at a conference here this week sponsored by the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada.In hot dispute, however, was just how much the intensive marketing of fast foods and soft drinks was contributing to the obesity [...]
In a classroom in South Tyneside, a small group of 11-year-olds is considering the finer points of Stoic philosophy. The teacher, Mrs Carrahar, points helpfully at the blackboard. %26ldquo;Come on now, kids, remember your ABC: Adversity, Belief, Consequence. Sometimes how we feel about things depends on … what? It begins with P … Yes, Darren? [...]
Managing behaviour
While a toddler’s tears and tantrums are distressing, this type of behaviour
is a crucial part of learning to grow up. If your child does not get angry
and learn to manage his rage at an early stage, he will find it harder to
express his true feelings and act appropriately as he gets older.
There is no [...]
A Californian woman divorced her husband last month because he played computer
games at night and slept during the day; another faced jail after stabbing
and beating her husband because of his snoring. Both examples are
tragic-comic glimpses into a serious but rarely discussed minefield for
couples: sleep incompatibility.
Research by the Sleep Council has found that half of us [...]
The headlines this week were not kind about Heather Mills. %26ldquo;Lady liar was
one. They followed publication of Mr Justice Bennett’s damning 58-page
judgment in the McCartney divorce case. The judgment said that her case was
%26ldquo;devoid of reality and the phrase %26ldquo;serial fantasist was a recurrent theme
in the media coverage.
Human beings are born to lie, with lying [...]
“I’ve been devastated, heartbroken, disappointed and very sad,” Robnett, 35, said of her reasons for turning to Internet message boards rather than meeting with psychotherapists. “In therapy, you don’t get opinions. It’s like, ‘What do you think about that?’ What’s cool about being on the message boards [...]
