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A new study by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine indicates that exposure to lyrics with strong sexual content is linked to high levels of sexual behavior in teenagers.

More teenagers should study practical courses such as information technology at university according to John Denham the Skills Secretary.

A A A' Taking B vitamins can prevent a common type of vision loss in older women, according to the first rigorous study of its kind.

Washington - Scientists hope to get a clearer picture of how the Earth reacts to carbon dioxide with the launch Tuesday of a new spacecraft designed to collect data on the climate-changing gas. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory launched early Tuesday f...

A new study from Taiwan links aggression in teens to heavy Internet use, but its findings are being questioned by some American researchers.

(Maharishi University of Management) This first random assignment study on college students, conducted at American University, looked at the effects of meditation practice on brain and physiological functioning. After 10 weeks of regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique, students reported less sleepiness, habituated quicker to a stressful stimulus, and measured higher on a brain integration scale than non-meditating controls. Transcendental Meditation may be an effective non-medicinal tool to help students buffer themselves against the stresses of college life.

A new study finds that kids who are allowed to watch R-rated movies are much more likely to believe it's easy to get a cigarette than those who aren't allowed to watch such films. 'We don't know why this is so. It may have to do with a parenting style that is permissive of activities that are not age-appropriate.

With governments around the world continuing to pump colossal sums of money into their plunging economies, a grand global experiment is under way: can the unprecedented spending provide not only a quick fix for the economic catastrophe but also the measures vital for dealing with global warming?Many hope so, and Barack Obama is foremost among them. He sees his presidency as a rare moment in history when crisis can be converted into opportunity, and his $787bn economic recovery plan is putting that theory to the ultimate test. His goal is to seize the opportunity to put in place the architecture of a low-carbon and sustainable economy.Calls for 'green new deals' are coming from every part of the world and the US plan presents a case study on an epic scale, one that is being carefully monitored by other governments. Environment ministers at a United Nations meeting in Nairobi last week saw the US plan as a powerful signal to other governments to raise the green quotient in the next round

Studies prove what women have always believed to be true -you can die of a broken heart.

(Michigan State University) Beginning teachers in urban school districts quit at an alarming rate -- often from lack of support -- and Michigan State University education experts are targeting the problem with an innovative mentoring program. The research-based initiative already has proven successful in the Lansing School District, based on a new study, and now is being replicated at a much larger district in Atlanta. It could ultimately serve as a national model.