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. Obesity and arthritis that take root during early and middle age significantly contribute to women's decreased quality of life during their senior years, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news160546374.html Medicine & Health Sun, 03 May 2009 05:13:37 EST news160546374 Crops and other plants are constantly confronted with adverse environmental conditions, lowering yield and costing farmers billions of dollars annually. Plants use specialized signals, called stress hormones, to sense difficult times and adapt to stressful conditions to enhance survival. http://www.physorg.com/news160319874.html Biology Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:18:50 EST news160319874 Sublingual immunotherapy for the treatment of allergy symptoms caused by a wide variety of environmental inhalants has been effectively used in Europe. It should be employed to further treatment of allergies in the United States, where allergic symptoms are largely undertreated, according to an invited article in the April 2009 issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. A response to the article, published in the same journal issue, expresses cautious optimism, but calls for additional research. http://www.physorg.com/news160224166.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:43:11 EST news160224166 A preliminary study on the use of stem cells obtained from a patient's own adipose tissue in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has shown promising results. The three case studies, described in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Translational Medicine support further clinical evaluation of stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells in MS and other autoimmune conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news159776574.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:23:23 EST news159776574 In a new study, published in the May issue of Elsevier's Experimental Neurology, scientists at the University of British Columbia have discovered that drugs commonly used to treat ulcers have significant neuroprotective properties, which appear to be enhanced when used in combination with ibuprofen, a widely used anti-inflammatory drug. http://www.physorg.com/news159648436.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:48:03 EST news159648436 (AP) -- A second try is about to get under way at sending a little yellow submarine gliding across the Atlantic Ocean to collect scientific data from beneath the waves. http://www.physorg.com/news159345965.html Space & Earth Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:46:39 EST news159345965 Chinese officials claimed they prevented rain on the first day of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by launching rockets into the rain clouds the night before. Emeritus professor of meteorology Charles L. Hosler asserts that the good weather that day was coincidental. While the impact that humans can have on the weather is currently negligible, Hosler predicts that in the future we will be able to alter precipitation patterns in a predictable manner. http://www.physorg.com/news159123630.html Space & Earth Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:00:59 EST news159123630 (PhysOrg.com) -- A reservoir of briny liquid buried deep beneath an Antarctic glacier supports hardy microbes that have lived in isolation for millions of years, researchers report this week in the journal Science. http://www.physorg.com/news159111927.html Space & Earth Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:46:18 EST news159111927 Scientists are celebrating the first successful deployment and retrieval in Australia of a remotely controlled, deep ocean-going robotic submarine destined to play a central role in measuring changes in two of Australia's most influential ocean currents. http://www.physorg.com/news159109865.html Space & Earth Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:12:19 EST news159109865 (PhysOrg.com) -- If Mark Twain were alive today he might rephrase his frequently cited observation about everyone talking about the weather but not doing anything about it to say, "Everyone reads or watches weather forecasts, but many people don't understand them." http://www.physorg.com/news158936143.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:56:50 EST news158936143 (PhysOrg.com) -- A UQ researcher has revealed a new treatment for a speech disorder that commonly affects those who have suffered a stroke or brain injury. http://www.physorg.com/news158911013.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:58:13 EST news158911013 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has chosen the material for a heat shield that will protect a new generation of space explorers when they return from the moon. After extensive study, NASA has selected the Avcoat ablator system for the Orion crew module. http://www.physorg.com/news158337577.html Space & Earth Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:40:44 EST news158337577 Most males who commit suicide or need hospital care for suicide attempts during their teen or early adult years appear to have high levels of psychiatric problems at age 8, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, later suicide attempts in females are not predicted by mental health issues at this age. http://www.physorg.com/news158254753.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:40:03 EST news158254753 Micro-organisms occurring naturally in coastal mudflats have an essential role to play in cleaning up pollution by breaking down petrochemical residues. Research by Dr Efe Aganbi and colleagues from the University of Essex, presented at the Society for General Microbiology's meeting at Harrogate today (Monday 30 April), reveals essential differences in the speed of degradation of the chemicals depending on whether or not oxygen is present. http://www.physorg.com/news157616643.html Biology Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:25:44 EST news157616643 Scientists in China are reporting development of a low-calorie, low-sugar vegetable juice custom-designed for millions of individuals with diabetes and pre-diabetic conditions that involve abnormally high blood sugar. They reported on the new drink here at the 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. http://www.physorg.com/news157289022.html Chemistry Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:24:30 EST news157289022 (PhysOrg.com) -- The space shuttle Discovery's crew is expected to complete its mission to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:43 p.m. EDT on Saturday, March 28. The return to Earth will conclude a 13-day flight. Nine of those days were spent docked to the station. http://www.physorg.com/news157224348.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:26:26 EST news157224348 (AP) -- Skip Ryan has worked the same channel into Boston Harbor for 50 years, setting and hauling his lobster traps so often that he is certain of one thing. http://www.physorg.com/news157052902.html Biology Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:49:27 EST news157052902 A plane set off Wednesday during a break in bad weather to re-supply three stranded British researchers, who are trapped and fighting to survive in the North Pole, organizers of the aid effort said. http://www.physorg.com/news156611094.html Space & Earth Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:05:30 EST news156611094 Planting soybean on the optimum date produces maximum yield and profit without increasing production costs. Unfortunately, the optimum planting date is hard to indentify, because it varies from year to year, depending on the weather and how much it rains and when it rains. http://www.physorg.com/news156426113.html Biology Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:43:15 EST news156426113 A newly published dissertation by Linda Ampel from the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology at Stockholm University in Sweden examined how rapid climate changes during the most recent ice age affected ecosystems in an area in continental Europe. http://www.physorg.com/news155830602.html Biology Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:17:31 EST news155830602 Children of older fathers perform less well in a range of cognitive tests during infancy and early childhood, according to a study published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine. In contrast, the study finds that children with older mothers gain higher scores in the same tests - designed to measure the ability to think and reason, including concentration, learning, memory, speaking and reading skills. http://www.physorg.com/news155813766.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:36:42 EST news155813766 A large-scale study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has identified the type and frequency of hazardous conditions found in the home healthcare (HHC) setting. An anonymous survey of over 700 home healthcare RNs employed in New York City provided the most complete assessment of homecare hazardous household conditions to date. The most common hazardous conditions found in households were environmental and physical hazards, including animal hair, cigarette smoke, excessive dust, and mold/dampness. Physical hazards, such as loose rugs, were also common. http://www.physorg.com/news155387948.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:20:10 EST news155387948 Here's another reason to eat your broccoli: UCLA researchers report that a naturally occurring compound found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables may help protect against respiratory inflammation that causes conditions like asthma, allergic rhinitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. http://www.physorg.com/news155229657.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:21:16 EST news155229657 Geothermal energy is increasingly contributing to the power supply world wide. Iceland is world-leader in expanding development of geothermal utilization: in recent years the annual power supply here doubled to more than 500 MW alone in the supply of electricity. And also in Germany, a dynamic development is to be seen: over 100 MW of heat are currently being provided through geothermal energy. http://www.physorg.com/news154960844.html Space & Earth Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:41:47 EST news154960844 (PhysOrg.com) -- A "pre-existing condition" in the North Indian Ocean stoked the sudden intensification of last year's Tropical Cyclone Nargis just before its devastating landfall in Burma, according to a new NASA/university study. The cyclone became Burma's worst natural disaster ever and one of the deadliest cyclones of all time. http://www.physorg.com/news154892083.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:35:25 EST news154892083 Two-thirds of patients referred for psychiatric services following an emergency room visit are likely to reach only an answering machine when they call for help, compared to about 20 percent of patients calling medical clinics with physical symptoms. Only 10 percent of all calls to mental health clinics in nine U.S. cities resulted in an appointment scheduled within two weeks, according to a new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news154779867.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:24:51 EST news154779867 High summer temperatures, pushed higher by global climate change, may bring with them a spike in hospitalizations for respiratory problems, according to an analysis of data from twelve European cities, from Dublin to Valencia. The data comes from the "Assessment and Prevention of Acute Health Effects of Weather Conditions in Europe" (PHEWE), a multi-center, three-year collaboration between epidemiologists, meteorologists and experts in public health collaboration that investigated the short-term effects of weather in Europe. http://www.physorg.com/news154341716.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:42:34 EST news154341716 In landlocked South Dakota, hundreds of miles and 1,600 feet of elevation from the nearest ocean, South Dakota State University professor Francis Ting studies the structure of breaking waves like those that pound the world`s coastlines. http://www.physorg.com/news154275025.html Technology Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:11:14 EST news154275025 Doctors can use a patient's genetic information to more accurately prescribe doses of a commonly used blood-thinning drug whose potency and side effects vary greatly from one person to the next, reports an international team of medical scientists including researchers from the University of Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news154200075.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:21:44 EST news154200075 In recent years researchers have found hundreds of new planets beyond our solar system, raising questions about the origins and properties of these exotic worlds -not to mention the possible presence of life. Speaking at a symposium titled "The Origin and Evolution of Planets" held at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, two Carnegie Institution scientists will present their perspectives on the new era of planetary exploration. http://www.physorg.com/news153833101.html Space & Earth Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:26:27 EST news153833101