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. You might watch your daily calorie intake or glance over nutritional information on food packages, but do you do the same for your pet? http://www.physorg.com/news174218264.html Biology Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:10:03 EST news174218264 Most children who suffer from chronic daily headache may outgrow the disabling condition, according to research published in the July 15, 2009, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Nearly 1.5 percent of middle school children are affected by chronic daily headache, which includes chronic migraines and tension-type headaches. http://www.physorg.com/news166903240.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:01:06 EST news166903240 Progressive resistance strength training not only helps older adults become stronger but also makes their everyday life easier, a Cochrane Review suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news166252776.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:20:28 EST news166252776 A new study by a Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researcher reveals a linkage between elderly people's appetite and mortality rates, with those who report impaired appetite more likely to die sooner. http://www.physorg.com/news161365353.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 May 2009 16:42:50 EST news161365353 School children as young as 11 can benefit from a daily exercise programme in reducing their levels of several known risk factors for cardiovascular disease. An ongoing study, which began four years ago in the German city of Leipzig, shows already that children assigned to daily exercise lessons reduced their overall prevalence of obesity, improved their exercise capacity, increased their levels of HDL-cholesterol, and reduced their systolic blood pressure. http://www.physorg.com/news160985864.html Medicine & Health Fri, 08 May 2009 07:18:26 EST news160985864 The latest daily circulation figures for US newspapers provided more bad news on Monday for the embattled industry. http://www.physorg.com/news160057106.html Technology Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:18:59 EST news160057106 Life is hard for the children of a parent suffering from depression. Children take on an enormous amount of responsibility for the ill parent and for other family members. It is therefore important for the health services to be aware of this and have support functions in place for the whole family, and not just for the person who is ill. This is the conclusion of a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://www.physorg.com/news155557491.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:26:08 EST news155557491 (PhysOrg.com) -- Raising a child with a disability can cause more daily stress and long-range health problems than parenting a child without disabilities, according to a new study that looked at a clinical measure of stress along with parents` survey responses. http://www.physorg.com/news154110425.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:29:40 EST news154110425 A new Montana State University study says that weather, especially in late winter and early spring, is getting warmer in northwestern North America. http://www.physorg.com/news153671746.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:36:32 EST news153671746 There is hope that the drug rasagiline can do what no other medication for Parkinson's disease now does -- slow the progression of a devastating degenerative brain disease that eventually robs people of their ability to move and function. http://www.physorg.com/news152193298.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:56:51 EST news152193298 Two drugs approved as fallback therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) appear to outperform historical benchmarks of the frontline medication when used as a first treatment in separate clinical trials, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Hematological Society. http://www.physorg.com/news147979820.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:30:20 EST news147979820 Evidence that global warming is causing the worldwide declines of amphibians may not be as conclusive as previously thought, according to biologists. The findings, which contradict two widely held views, could help reveal what is killing the frogs and toads and aid in their conservation. http://www.physorg.com/news145707986.html Space & Earth Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:26:26 EST news145707986 A little exercise goes a long way toward helping severely obese individuals improve their quality of life and complete important daily tasks, according to researchers at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center. http://www.physorg.com/news142483576.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:46:16 EST news142483576 Half the residents of New Orleans were suffering from poor mental and physical health more than a year after their homes and community were devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, according to research published in the September issue of the UK-based Journal of Clinical Nursing. http://www.physorg.com/news139657858.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:50:58 EST news139657858