Drinking

How parents can curb teenage drinking and driving

The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, found that the protective effect of parental monitoring and teen awareness of parents' attitudes about alcohol lasted as much as four years after leaving high school. Jan 15, 2020
Smoking

Sad people more prone to become chain smokers

A team of researchers based at Harvard University discovered that sadness plays an especially strong role in triggering addictive behaviour relative to other negative emotions like disgust. Jan 14, 2020
couple

Poor sexual health more common in women than men

Sexual health is an umbrella term that covers several different health risks, such as sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unplanned pregnancy, sexual function problems and sexual coercion Jan 10, 2020