http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimisation and bullying at school, according to researchers at the University of Warwick. http://www.physorg.com/news177018428.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:40:06 EST news177018428 The link between cyber-bullying and an increase in violence among young women will be featured in a new book published in November. http://www.physorg.com/news172918693.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:01 EST news172918693 A study in the Sept.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that current or past exposure to workplace bullying is associated with increased sleep disturbances. Associations also were found between observed bullying and sleep disruption, indicating that bullying has detrimental effects even when it is experienced indirectly. http://www.physorg.com/news171000035.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:01:04 EST news171000035 One in ten 16 year olds in Northern Ireland have self-harmed in the past year, according to new research by ARK at Queen`s University and the University of Ulster. http://www.physorg.com/news168156373.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:07:21 EST news168156373 Federal prosecutors are asking a federal judge to send Lori Drew to prison for three years for her role in the online harassment of a teenage girl in Dardenne Prairie, Mo., who killed herself. http://www.physorg.com/news160906247.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 09:12:00 EST news160906247 Girls targeted by bullies at primary school are two and a half times more likely to remain victims than boys, according to research from the University of Warwick and University of Hertfordshire. http://www.physorg.com/news150976603.html Other Sciences Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:56:43 EST news150976603 Much more cross-gender bullying - specifically, unpopular boys harassing popular girls - occurs in later elementary school grades than previously thought, meaning educators should take reports of harassment from popular girls seriously, according to new research by a University of Illinois professor who studies child development. http://www.physorg.com/news148065117.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:11:57 EST news148065117 A new study in the Journal of School Health reveals that cyberbullying is common among teens who are frequent internet users, with 72 percent of respondents reporting at least one incident during the past year. http://www.physorg.com/news142162459.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:34:19 EST news142162459 A shove, a taunt or name-calling on the playground or in the hall, away from the eyesight, earshot and authority of the teacher - childhood bullying can involve physical contact, spreading rumors and other negative behaviors committed over and over again to intimidate, humiliate and isolate the receiver of the behavior. http://www.physorg.com/news137075973.html Other Sciences Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:39:33 EST news137075973 Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found signs of an apparent connection between bullying, being bullied and suicide in children, according to a new review of studies from 13 countries published in the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. http://www.physorg.com/news135532893.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:01:33 EST news135532893