Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Doctors and Teens Rarely Have Conversations on Sex

Researchers at Duke Medicine say that doctors are missing a prime opportunity to share information about sex with their teenage patients by failing to broach the subject during checkups. The study, published Dec. 30, 2013, in iJAMA Pediatrics/i, found that less than two thirds of doctors and teenage patients talk about sex, sexuality or dating during annual visits, and the conversations that occur last less than a minute on average. "It''s hard ...

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