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. Children as young as 12 have a strong sense of their personal futures and can reflect thoughtfully on what life might hold for them, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by Professor Paul Croll of Reading University and Professor Gaynor Attwood of the University of the West of England. http://www.physorg.com/news177493714.html Other Sciences Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:00:01 EST news177493714 Many parents of preschoolers struggle with their children's fears of real and imaginary creatures. A new study offers some ideas on how they can better manage their children's worries. http://www.physorg.com/news177318356.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:10:02 EST news177318356 A study at Johns Hopkins Children's Center found that girls diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) who watched a short educational video were three times more likely to discuss their condition with their partners and to ensure partner treatment than girls diagnosed and treated without seeing the film. http://www.physorg.com/news176636714.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:45:34 EST news176636714 (PhysOrg.com) -- When Glenn Ellison`s daughters started middle school in a Boston suburb in 2007, Ellison decided to become a volunteer coach of the school`s math team. While his squad was earning a place in the state finals, Ellison noticed something distinctive about his students. http://www.physorg.com/news176577899.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:30:02 EST news176577899 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Internet has become a popular socializing tool for adolescents and a new study shows those with chronic health conditions might rely on it more heavily than their peers do. http://www.physorg.com/news176574795.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:33:55 EST news176574795 According to research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, a preschooler's gender determines how he or she is treated and responded to in play and learning activities, and when the children's possibilities become expanded, it is usually a result of the children's and not the teachers' initiative. http://www.physorg.com/news176465003.html Other Sciences Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:50:09 EST news176465003 A University of Pittsburgh study sheds new light on the relationship between race, body weight and sexual behavior among adolescent girls. The results suggest that a girl's ethnicity and her actual weight or perception of her weight may play a role in her participation in risky sexual behaviors. The study results are published in the November issue of Pediatrics, now available online. http://www.physorg.com/news176033215.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:07:22 EST news176033215 (PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly 80% of girls say that having the HPV vaccine makes them think twice about the risks of having sex, according to a University of Manchester study published in the British Journal of Cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news175857987.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:00:01 EST news175857987 Young people mainly select their friends according to the image they have of another person, irrespective of whether the person concerned actually satisfies that image. Dutch researcher Maarten Selfhout has demonstrated that young people consider themselves to be the most important factor in a friendship. Nevertheless friendship can still exert a significant influence: boys become criminal and girls become depressed. http://www.physorg.com/news175507272.html Other Sciences Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:20:01 EST news175507272 (PhysOrg.com) -- Injections of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine appear to be no more painful than other shots that prevent disease, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.physorg.com/news175364897.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:10:01 EST news175364897 (AP) -- A second kind of vaccine against cervical cancer may be added to the recommended list for girls and young women after a federal advisory panel voted Wednesday to support it. http://www.physorg.com/news175339571.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:10:01 EST news175339571 Contrary to concerns that the human papillomavirus vaccine might promote promiscuity, a national survey of girls and young women found that the majority of respondents did not believe the HPV vaccine protected them against other sexually transmitted infections. http://www.physorg.com/news174832257.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:32:02 EST news174832257 Teenage boys in Sweden take less responsibility than girls for preventing the spread of chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections, according to a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://www.physorg.com/news174661763.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:10:06 EST news174661763 Persistent infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus, is known to be a cause of cervical cancer. Current guidelines prioritize HPV vaccination of pre-adolescent girls, which has been shown to be cost-effective in previous studies, but the value of vaccinating boys in the United States has been unclear. In a new study, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that if vaccine coverage and efficacy are high in girls, a universal recommendation to vaccinate young boys is unlikely to provide comparatively good value for resources, compared with vaccinating girls only. http://www.physorg.com/news174286325.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:30:01 EST news174286325 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 Many indoor tanning businesses require parental consent for teenagers to use their facilities, but most would allow young tanners more than the government-recommended amount of exposure during the first week, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Dermatology. Facilities with specific state laws regarding parental consent or accompaniment were more likely to require these steps. http://www.physorg.com/news172770238.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:00:02 EST news172770238 (AP) -- A new government report shows one in three teenage girls have rolled up their sleeves for a relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, but vaccination rates vary dramatically between states. http://www.physorg.com/news172413295.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:50:04 EST news172413295 (PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of St. Andrews in Scotland has discovered that teenage girls are attracted by deep male voices, while younger girls feel intimidated by them. http://www.physorg.com/news172304097.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:20:01 EST news172304097 A nurse intervention program that helps sexually exploited runaway girls re-connect to family, school and health care reduces trauma and restores healthy behaviors, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia researcher Elizabeth Saewyc and Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota nurse practitioner Laurel Edinburgh. http://www.physorg.com/news170494322.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:32:52 EST news170494322 The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends the human papillomavirus vaccination for all 11- and 12-year-old girls, but results of a recent survey showed that more than half of Texas physicians do not follow these recommendations. http://www.physorg.com/news168764784.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:30:01 EST news168764784 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), including a Georgia State University scientist, have found differences between girls and boys in how parts of the brain develop in responding to peer judgments - with girls becoming more preoccupied with how peers view them, while boys become more focused on their place in groups. http://www.physorg.com/news167580730.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:50:06 EST news167580730 Parents who value strenuous team sports are more likely to influence their children to join a team or at least participate in some kind of exercise, and spend less time in front of the TV or computer, a new study says. http://www.physorg.com/news166081560.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:46:46 EST news166081560 Greater influence over everyday life, emotional support, and cultural and recreational activities help to enable teenage girls to withstand stress. Those were the results of a dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://www.physorg.com/news164974939.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:10:01 EST news164974939 Both boys and girls have issues, but boys seem to be the ones getting the raw deal. According to Judith Kleinfeld, professor of psychology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the US, issues affecting boys are more serious than those affecting girls, but they have been neglected by policy makers. Her review (1) of issues characterizing American boyhood, how they compare to those affecting girls, and the lack of initiatives in place to address them has just been published in the June issue of Springer's journal Gender Issues. http://www.physorg.com/news163680614.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:50:40 EST news163680614 (PhysOrg.com) -- Indonesian women born into rural communities in rainy years grow taller, stay in school longer and live in households with greater wealth than women born in years with lower rainfall, a new University of Michigan study suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news163178133.html Other Sciences Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:16:16 EST news163178133 The transition from basic education to upper secondary school is a challenge for many young people. According to a study of school burnout at different stages of school and higher education, upper secondary school is a particularly challenging stage for many young people. Success-oriented female upper secondary school pupils are at the greatest risk: up to 20 cent of them suffer from school burnout. Burnout is a phenomenon to be taken seriously, as it can lead to depression. http://www.physorg.com/news161515403.html Medicine & Health Thu, 14 May 2009 10:24:01 EST news161515403 (PhysOrg.com) -- Most parents understand the importance of keeping their kids active in a time when childhood obesity is becoming a serious problem. But one University of Alberta researcher wants to go a step further and find out how sports also teach social skills. http://www.physorg.com/news161358345.html Other Sciences Tue, 12 May 2009 14:46:27 EST news161358345 Young children think about gender in the same way they think about species of animals. They believe, for example, that a boy's preference for football is innate, as is a girl's preference for dolls, just as cats' behavior is innately different from dogs'. http://www.physorg.com/news160213396.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:43:58 EST news160213396 A new longitudinal study of children's personality traits and interests tells us that sex-typed characteristics develop differently in girls and boys. The study, by researchers at The Pennsylvania State University, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Purdue University, appears in the March/April 2009 issue of the journal Child Development. http://www.physorg.com/news160213035.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:37:55 EST news160213035 (AP) -- Twin 5-year-old girls living with a rare disease are among the first in the country being treated for their condition at a Reno hospital after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted special permission to use an experimental drug. http://www.physorg.com/news159099877.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:25:10 EST news159099877