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. If you want to know how many people are killed in car accidents in a particular U.S. state, look to its prisons. Regions with higher murder rates also tend to have a greater number of traffic fatalities, according to a new analysis of government data. http://www.physorg.com/news179083886.html Other Sciences Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:50:01 EST news179083886 When Americans begin routinely complaining about how they hate their government and don't trust their leaders, it may be time to look warily at the homicide rate. http://www.physorg.com/news178892349.html Other Sciences Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:30:03 EST news178892349 International study led by Sydney researchers shows homicides of strangers by people with schizophrenia are exceptionally rare and unpredictable events http://www.physorg.com/news174545378.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:00:01 EST news174545378 The number of people killed by individuals suffering from mental illness in England and Wales increased between 1997 and 2005, figures released today show. The rise occurred in people who were not under mental health care and was not found in mental health patients. http://www.physorg.com/news168030377.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:06:44 EST news168030377 A rapid rise in unemployment can be linked to an increase in suicides, homicides, and alcohol abuse, but job programs can successfully mitigate these rates, according to a new study reported in the "Lancet" medical journal. http://www.physorg.com/news166269073.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:51:51 EST news166269073 People who commit filicide, the killing of their own child, are no more psychotically disordered than other homicide offenders. Research published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry has shown that prevention of filicide cannot remain the task of psychiatry alone, but health care and society at large must work to prevent the danger. http://www.physorg.com/news162797067.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 May 2009 06:25:22 EST news162797067 Researchers at Mayo Clinic compared two popular television shows, CSI and CSI: Miami, to actual U.S. homicide data, and discovered clear differences between media portrayals of violent deaths versus actual murders. This study complements previous research regarding media influences on public health perception. Mayo Clinic researchers present their findings today at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting in San Francisco. http://www.physorg.com/news161957774.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 13:17:01 EST news161957774 Gun-related homicide among young men rose sharply in the United States in recent years even though the nation's overall homicide rate remained flat, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Between 1999 and 2005, homicide involving firearms increased 31 percent among black men ages 25 to 44 and 12 percent among white men of the same age. The study is published in Online First edition of the Journal of Urban Health. http://www.physorg.com/news133698969.html Other Sciences Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:36:09 EST news133698969