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Teens look to parents more than friends for sexual role models

Teens look to parents more than friends for sexual role modelsThe results of a national online study show that 45% of teenagers consider their parents to be their sexuality role model. Shattering stereotypes that parents and society hold about teen sexuality, the survey also revealed that only 32% looked to their friends and just 15% took inspiration from celebrities. Dr. Jean-Yves Frappier will be presenting the survey results at the Canadian Paediatric Society's 88th Annual Conference on June 18, 2011. Frappier is a researcher at the University of Montreal's affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center (Health Outcomes Research Axis).
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Parkinson's Disease: Researchers Identify why Dopamine Replacement Therapy has a Paradoxical Effect on Cognition

Parkinson's Disease: Researchers Identify why Dopamine Replacement Therapy has a Paradoxical Effect on Cognition Dopamine replacement therapy, which is used to manage motor symptoms associated with Parkinson's dis...
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Family genetic research reveals the speed of human mutation

Family genetic research reveals the speed of human mutation

A team of researchers have discovered that, on average, thirty mutations are transmitted from each p...

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Naughty children - it's nature and nuture

Naughty children - it's nature and nuture

Disregarding the rules and confrontational behaviours are commonplace with young children and can ev...

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Drug may help overwrite bad memories

Drug may help overwrite bad memories

Recalling painful memories while under the influence of the drug metyrapone reduces the brain's abil...

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