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Roughly 20 percent of youth who have had HIV since birth did not know their HIV status when they first became sexually active, according to a study by a National Institutes of Health-supported research network.
The study also found that, of those youth who knew they had HIV and who were asked about...
read moreParents who closely monitor their teens’ behavior and friends can help counteract their...
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read moreAn experimental vaccine tested in rats largely protected the rodents from typical signs of...
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read moreA new study suggests drinking too much alcohol can interfere with men’s feelings of empathy...
read moreTeens who try menthol cigarettes are more likely to become smokers than those who start experimenting with regular cigarettes, a new study finds. The research included more than 47,000 students in middle school and high school,...
read moreBy Stanton A. Glantz, PhD; Anne Iaccopucci; Kori Titus; Jonathan R. Polansky
Suggested citation for this article: Glantz SA, Iaccopucci A, Titus K, Polansky JR. Smoking in Top-Grossing US Movies, 2011. Prev Chronic Dis 2012;9:120170. DOI: ...
read moreThe Center for Court Intervention has recently released a video version of its latest webinar, "From Drug Court to Classroom: Creating the Court to College Program."
The full series of webinars is available at drugcourtta.org.
read moreThe Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released three new installments in its underage drinking bulletin series. The three recent bulletins were adapted from the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) publication, Underage Drinking: Intervention Principles and Practice Guidelines for Community Corrections (Crowe et al., 2011), that was produced under a contract with PIRE to support the Judicial and Probation Outreach...
read moreA lack of nationally representative data describing the specialty workforce that serves individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) has inhibited the ability of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and other federal agencies to institute meaningful workforce development programs for SUD professionals. In response, SAMHSA instructed the 2007-2012 Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network to carry out a national workforce survey...
read moreThe 27th annual “Red Ribbon Week,” October 23-31, will raise awareness about drug prevention around the country. The week was created after parents, students and teachers began wearing red ribbons in commemoration of the 1985 murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Kiki Camarena.
The National Family Partnership has announced a Red Ribbon Week contest that families can enter to win a $1,000 grant for their school, and a new iPad for their home. The DEA is co-...
read moreThe National Institutes of Health's Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) (OBSSR), has released four videos highlighting outstanding behavioral and social science research on...
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A new study adds to evidence about the detrimental effects of secondhand smoke on children’s health. The study suggests exposure to cigarette smoke increases babies’ risk of developing asthma and other respiratory diseases.
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, exposed smooth muscle cells from the airways of deceased human fetuses to various levels of cigarette smoke,...
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