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) -- Research shows that being taller means a fatter pay check and an increased risk of some cancers. http://www.physorg.com/news178358263.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:58:10 EST news178358263 Most of us are familiar with the term, Body Mass Index, or BMI, as an index to determine healthy body weight. But, calculating BMI involves a complex formula: weight in pounds is multiplied by 703, and then divided by height in inches squared. Charts or online calculators are then used to show a "healthy weight range" given an individual's height that corresponds to the "healthy range BMI." For example, a BMI chart indicates that a healthy range BMI of 19 to 24 translates to a "healthy weight range" of 120 to 150 pounds for a 5-foot, 6-inch individual. http://www.physorg.com/news172513655.html Medicine & Health Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:50:02 EST news172513655 Following a year of calibration and validation by an international team of scientists, fully-validated, research-quality sea surface height data from the NASA/French Space Agency Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 satellite are now available to the public. These "geophysical data record" products, as they are known, will be used primarily by climate researchers for climate monitoring and modeling. http://www.physorg.com/news168873482.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:18:27 EST news168873482 (PhysOrg.com) -- Taller men are able to earn more money than their shorter counterparts simply because taller people are perceived to be more intelligent and powerful, this according to a study published in The Economic Record by Wiley-Blackwell. http://www.physorg.com/news166721834.html Other Sciences Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:37:32 EST news166721834 Tall people earn higher wages than their vertically-challenged counterparts while being obese does not mean a slimmed-down pay packet, according to a new study in Australia. http://www.physorg.com/news161749568.html Other Sciences Sun, 17 May 2009 03:26:55 EST news161749568 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 Call her The Incredible Shrinking African-American Woman. In an age when the adult populations of most industrialized nations have grown significantly taller, the average height of black women in the U.S. has been receding, beginning with those born in the late 1960s. http://www.physorg.com/news149503893.html Medicine & Health Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:51:33 EST news149503893 Growth hormone treatment may significantly increase final height in children diagnosed with short stature, even in cases where the child is not growth hormone deficient, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). http://www.physorg.com/news145181549.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:12:29 EST news145181549 The Douglas-fir, state tree of Oregon, towering king of old-growth forests and one of the tallest tree species on Earth, finally stops growing taller because it just can't pull water any higher, a new study concludes. http://www.physorg.com/news137692385.html Biology Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:53:05 EST news137692385