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. As the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States continues, researchers are examining whether early parent and child behaviors contribute to the problem. A study from the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, published in the May/June 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior reports that mothers who miss signs of satiety in their infants tend to overfeed them, leading to excess weight gains during the 6 month to 1 year period. http://www.physorg.com/news161229069.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 May 2009 02:52:11 EST news161229069 California saw a 12-fold increase during the past two decades in the number of autistic people who are receiving services through regional centers, a new state study reveals. http://www.physorg.com/news160906373.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 09:13:22 EST news160906373 A study by the division of global child health at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine cautions adoptive parents not to rely solely on vaccination records when gauging their internationally adopted children's immunizations. http://www.physorg.com/news160753073.html Medicine & Health Tue, 05 May 2009 14:38:21 EST news160753073 (PhysOrg.com) -- One-third of all children born in the United States are the result of unintended pregnancies and not only do these children receive less attention and warmth from their parents than children whose births were planned, so do their older siblings, a new study shows. http://www.physorg.com/news160326614.html Other Sciences Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:11:14 EST news160326614 Children who are firstborn or breech or whose mothers are 35 or older when giving birth are at significantly greater risk for developing an autism spectrum disorder, University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have reported in a new study with Utah children. http://www.physorg.com/news160048134.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:49:29 EST news160048134 (AP) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to stop using the term "shaken baby syndrome" in favor of something more scientific. http://www.physorg.com/news160031354.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:09:52 EST news160031354 Teenagers who have a strong relationship with their parents may start drinking at a later age -- which may, in turn, lessen their risk of developing alcohol problems, a new study suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news159723603.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:40:55 EST news159723603 The happiest children in Europe are in the Netherlands and Scandinavia but Britain is among the worst places to grow up, according to new British research published Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news159521415.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:39:18 EST news159521415 (AP) -- Food stamps and child nutrition programs are expected to cost up to $900 million more this year because of increased ethanol use. http://www.physorg.com/news158569963.html Other Sciences Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:13:05 EST news158569963 Eustacia Cutler sat at a piano, practicing Bach. Her daughter, Temple Grandin, was on the floor -- lost in her own world. Lost inside her 2-year-old mind. http://www.physorg.com/news157979417.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:10:44 EST news157979417 A couple's sexual orientation determines whether or not they prefer to adopt a boy or a girl. Gay men are more likely to have a gender preference for their adopted child whereas heterosexual men are the least likely. What's more, couples in heterosexual relationships are more likely to prefer girls than people in same-gender relationships, according to Dr. Abbie Goldberg from Clark University in the US. These couples also have very different reasons for their preferences, depending on their sexuality. These findings1, from the first study to compare the child gender preferences of prospective adoptive parents according to their sexuality, are published online in Springer's journal Sex Roles. http://www.physorg.com/news157965165.html Other Sciences Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:13:20 EST news157965165 For years, researchers and physicians have known that infants' immune systems do not respond well to certain vaccines, thus the need for additional boosters as children develop. Now, in a new study from the University of Missouri, one researcher has found an explanation for that poor response. In the study, the MU scientist found evidence that the immune systems of newborns might require some time after birth to mature to a point where the benefits of vaccines can be fully realized. http://www.physorg.com/news157817036.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:04:22 EST news157817036 Medicine packages barrage consumers with information, some required to be "prominent" and "conspicuous." But marketing claims and brand names still overshadow critical fine print on nonprescription medications, Michigan State University researchers found. http://www.physorg.com/news157721768.html Medicine & Health Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:37:03 EST news157721768 Two-year-olds with autism lack an important building block of social interaction that prompts newborn babies to pay attention to other people. Instead, these children pay attention to physical relationships between movement and sound and miss critical social information. Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine report their results in the March 29 online issue of Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news157654287.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:52:54 EST news157654287 (AP) -- Australia's communications minister has defended a proposed Internet blacklist as necessary to combat child pornography but admitted that at least one site had been wrongly blocked during trials. http://www.physorg.com/news157371619.html Technology Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:32:24 EST news157371619 (PhysOrg.com) -- Your 7-year-old may understand that a positive attitude is an asset when taking a spelling test, doing a math problem or tackling a science lesson. But don't expect a kindergartner to make that link. http://www.physorg.com/news156624601.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:50:22 EST news156624601 Nearly four per cent of ACT kindergarten children have a peanut allergy and while the region's schools are well prepared to cope with this, some parents are taking inappropriate action when dealing with their child's allergy, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news156521107.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:05:19 EST news156521107 HIV/AIDS statistics for women and girls are startling. http://www.physorg.com/news155892869.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:36:12 EST news155892869 An international team of health researchers, writing in this week's PLoS Medicine, says that the number one research priority for reducing childhood deaths from diarrhoea is to find ways to improve the acceptability and effectiveness of oral rehydration solution (ORS). http://www.physorg.com/news155886401.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:47:54 EST news155886401 Despite India's economic and educational reform efforts in the last decade, the prevalence of child marriage remains high, fueling the risks of multiple unwanted pregnancies, pregnancy terminations and female sterilizations, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher. http://www.physorg.com/news155842614.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:37:20 EST news155842614 A new University of Central Florida study may explain why children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder move around a lot - it helps them stay alert enough to complete challenging tasks. http://www.physorg.com/news155818764.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:00:39 EST news155818764 Gifted youths already know what they want to be when they grow up. They usually choose to study applied sciences, but when they are asked why they made their choices, they are not able to explain. http://www.physorg.com/news155308786.html Other Sciences Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:21:02 EST news155308786 Children born to women who have low blood levels of vitamin B12 shortly before and after conception may have an increased risk of a neural tube defect, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, Trinity College Dublin, and the Health Research Board of Ireland. http://www.physorg.com/news155190673.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:32:20 EST news155190673 A study in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that a school-based sleep intervention is a promising model for addressing adolescent sleep problems, given its high retention rate, cost-effectiveness and potential for promoting healthy sleep knowledge and practice. http://www.physorg.com/news155142295.html Medicine & Health Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:06:47 EST news155142295 Cameroon is a sub-Saharan African country with high HIV rates yet many pregnant women do not know their HIV status. Research published in the open access journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth has shown that HIV testing during labour is a suitable way of improving detection rates and may help mothers and their infants receive appropriate antiretroviral treatment. http://www.physorg.com/news154938079.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:23:34 EST news154938079 Children who convey more meanings with gestures at age 14 months have much larger vocabularies at 54 months than children who convey fewer meanings and are accordingly better prepared for school, according to research at the University of Chicago published in the journal Science on Friday, Feb. 13. http://www.physorg.com/news153671431.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:30:55 EST news153671431 Millions of American teenagers participate in Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H, and other programs designed to develop responsibility in young people. A new study suggests that it's not the fun and games of these programs, but the tough tasks -those that ask young people to make sacrifices and do difficult things for the good of the group -that are most likely to foster responsibility and self-discipline. http://www.physorg.com/news153127961.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:33:13 EST news153127961 Each centimeter/inch counts for women in developing countries. This is the outcome of research by Christiaan Monden of Tilburg University and Jeroen Smits of Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, which was recently published online in American Journal of Human Biology. Data from 42 developing countries showed that babies and young children have better survival chances if their mothers are taller. http://www.physorg.com/news152808048.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:41:14 EST news152808048 Children in Niger who received a daily nutritional supplement for three months had a lower rate of weight loss and a reduced risk of wasting compared to children who did not receive the supplementation, according to a study in the January 21 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news151691572.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:35:51 EST news151691572 Maybe the Internet isn't just one massive predator preyground after all. Maybe our children are much safer in cyberspace than we thought. http://www.physorg.com/news151510052.html Technology Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:07:32 EST news151510052