The Roundup contains information about all of the latest news, commentary, reports, surveys, issue briefs, charts, and fact sheets related to boys' issues collected by our staff during the preceding week.

News Clips

• Sons of Absent or Abusive Fathers May Pick More Bar Fights: Survey
  Men whose fathers were abusive or absent are more likely to get into bar fights, a new study reveals.
  These findings about alcohol-related aggression are from a survey of 137 men, aged 18 to 25, in Australia, and appear online in advance of publication in the September print issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
  HealthFInder.gov
  April 19, 2013

• Boy Scout leaders recommend allowing gay boys into the ranks
  Top officials of the Boy Scouts of America have unanimously recommended allowing gay boys into the ranks of one of the nation’s oldest and most traditional youth groups while continuing to exclude homosexual adults as leaders.
  Los Angeles Times
  April 19, 2013

• Viewpoint: The Boys Scouts Stoop to a New Low
  ...the compromise that will be voted on in May is sure to appease no one: it allows gay scouts but not gay or lesbian leaders. This calls to attention the sexual orientation of what is essentially a membership of underage boys while at the same time reinforcing the scientifically incorrect and blatantly homophobic stereotype of adult gays and lesbian as pedophiliac predators.
  Time
  April 21, 2013

• Nearly Half of Adolescents Lack a Patient-Centered Medical Home
  UC San Francisco Study Highlights Need for Medical Homes to Identify Mental Health Disorders at Young Age
  Adolescence is a unique period of change when many mental health disorders are known to first emerge. According to experts, approximately 20 percent of adolescents report symptoms of mental health problems, and half of lifetime cases of mental health disorders begin showing symptoms by age 14.
  UCSF.edu
  April 19, 2013

• ADHD Meds May Not Cut Risk For Drug Abuse in Teens
  Children with ADHD are at increased risk of substance use, particularly of tobacco and marijuana, and despite anecdotal reports to the contrary, ADHD treatments may not counter that risk.
  Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and six other medical centers say that contrary to previous findings, medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not counter the risk for substance use and abuse among teenagers.
  Psychiatric News
  April 19, 2013

• HPV Vaccination Sends Genital Wart Cases Plummeting: Study
  In the same timeframe Australia has seen a 39 percent drop in genital wart cases among heterosexual men as well.
  MedlinePlus
  April 18, 2013

• Drunk Driving Not the Only Way Alcohol Leads to Teen Deaths: Study
  Two-thirds of underage drinking-related fatalities have nothing to do with a car, MADD reports
   Less than one-third of the 4,700 annual underage drinking-related deaths in the United States result from road crashes, according to a new study. The findings show the importance of preventing underage drinking even if there is no risk of drinking and driving, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).
  MedlinePlus
  April 17, 2013

• Coaches Devise Game Plan to Mentor Boys and Young Men to Create a Healthy and Respectful Manhood
  Verizon Foundation, A CALL TO MEN Team Up With Baltimore Ravens Defensive Lineman Chris Canty and CBS Sportscaster James Brown to Help Coaches Develop Young Men of Character 
  Verzon News
  April 16, 2013

• UC's new MENtorship pilot aims to develop male nurses
  As our aging population grows, they're asking more of our healthcare providers.
  Nurses increasingly are being asked to fill healthcare needs and are growing their skills and knowledge through higher education. Still, an untapped resource of nursing talent remains: men. About 94 percent of nurses are women, and that creates challenges for men who are entering the field, as well as patients who aren't always comfortable receiving treatment from a male nurse.
  SoapBoxMedia.com
  April 16, 2013

• Study May Explain How Circumcision Reduces HIV Risk
  A new study reveals that circumcision affects the type of bacteria that live on the penis, which could explain why circumcised men have a 50 percent to 60 percent reduced risk of being infected by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
  HealthFinder.gov
  April 16, 2013

• Age of Autism Diagnosis May Depend on Symptoms: Study
  Specific symptoms influence the age at which children are diagnosed with autism, according to a new study. Children who displayed only seven of 12 recognized autism symptoms were diagnosed more than four years later on average than kids with all 12 symptoms, researchers found.
  MedlinePlus
  April 15, 2013

• Parents Who Veto Vaccinations Often Seek Like-Minded Opinions
  Friends and family may be key in parents' decisions on whether to vaccinate their young children, a small study suggests.The study, of about 200 parents, found that those who had opted not to follow the standard vaccine schedule often sought advice from anti-vaccine friends and family.
  HealthFinder.gov
  April 15, 2013

• Do Teens Who Sleep In Stay Slimmer?
  The more sleep teens get, the less likely they are to be overweight, a new study finds. Researchers followed more than 1,000 Philadelphia-area teenagers from their freshman through senior years of high school. Every six months, the teens reported their sleep patterns.
  MedlinePlus
  April 13, 2013

• To Stop Smoking, Teens Should Start Moving
  A small amount of daily exercise can help teen smokers cut down on or quit their harmful habit, according to a new study. Researchers looked at 233 teens at 19 high schools in West Virginia, which has one of the highest smoking rates in the nation. Nearly 13 percent of people under age 18 in the state are smokers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  MedlinePlus
  April 12, 2013

• Smoking in Youth-Rated Movies Doubles: Report
  On-screen tobacco use encourages kids to start habit, CDC says
  Smoking scenes in youth-rated movies doubled in number between 2010 and 2012, and have returned to the same level as a decade ago, according to a new report. The researchers said the increase -- which comes just a year after the U.S. Surgeon General warned that watching movies with smoking scenes causes youngsters to start smoking -- is a setback for national youth tobacco prevention goals.
  HealthDay.com
  April 9, 2013

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