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1. Relationship Violence Common in College
   

   July 8, 2008 -- More than four in 10 college students have been the victim of relationship violence by a partner, friend, or acquaintance, according to a new study. "All forms of relationship violence are prevalent among male and female college students; almost half of the students had experienced r

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2. Sex After 70 Getting Better
   

   July 8, 2008 -- Satisfying sex lives among people aged 70 and older are now more common, Swedish researchers report. They studied four groups of men and women aged 70 and older in Gothenburg, Sweden. Nurses or doctors interviewed one group of participants in the early 1970s, a second group in the mi

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3. Facebook Benefits Extroverts Most
   

   June 25, 2008 -- People who are more socially isolated in real life tend to be more isolated in the virtual world of social networking web sites like Facebook, new research suggests. Facebook users in the study who reported feeling anxiety and fear in their face-to-face relationships spent more time

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4. Survey Debunks Myths About Teen Sex
   

   May 21, 2008 -- A new government survey detailing sexual activities among America's adolescents dispels the notion that teens often substitute oral sex for intercourse. "There is a widespread belief that teens engage in nonvaginal forms of sex, especially oral sex, as a way to be sexually active whi

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5. Bridging the Distance in a Commuter Marriage
   

   Is there any truth to the adage "absence makes the heart grow fonder?" Living separate lives isn't what most couples have in mind when they marry. But shift work, job relocations, or demanding travel schedules can wreak havoc with domestic routines. When one partner is often absent, how do you keep

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6. Love's Little Blind Spots
   

   By Tim Jarvis Think he's not listening to you? Your partner may have an excuse for missing what's going on - it's called attentional blink. The power of your partner's self-absorption - how he or she can sit so cheerfully through dinner, oblivious to the fact that you're visibly upset, for example -

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7. I'm the Other Woman
   

   By Lisa Ling Lisa Ling journeys to the secret world of polygamy - it's not what you think. What if your husband came to you and said, "I want another wife?" Even though polygamy is illegal in America, experts say there are 30,000 to 50,000 people living in plural families across the country. For mos

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8. Go Retro: 12 Tips for a Happy Marriage
   

   Would you take relationship tips from your grandfather or your mom to make your marriage happier? Modern married couples just might do well to emulate some of the successful strategies of their happily married parents and grandparents -- from sleeping in separate beds to maintaining same-sex friends

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9. Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Loses Steam
   

   April 23, 2008 -- Health and medical groups on Wednesday called for federal "abstinence-only" sex education funding to be scrapped, saying the programs have not helped lower teens' rates of pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. The calls come as Democrats in Congress consider trying to suspend

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10. Almost Perfect
    

    By Hugh O'Neil One husband learns he's not the stuff his wife's fantasies are made of. Will his pride (and their marriage) survive? My wife and I were in bed one night, watching folksinger James Taylor on the tube, when my world was changed forever. "Now, he's my type," Jody purred hungrily. "Pardon

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