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. Teachers tend to spend more time speaking than most professionals, putting them at a greater risk for hurting their voices -- they're 32 times more likely to experience voice problems, according to one study. And unlike singers or actors, teachers can't take a day off when their voices hurt. http://www.physorg.com/news175782929.html Other Sciences Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:37:20 EST news175782929 I shaved 0.86 pounds of emissions from my carbon footprint and saved 0.646 kilowatt hours yesterday, and if the little widget on my PC can be believed, more than 22,000 people in 128 countries did roughly the same. http://www.physorg.com/news172916653.html Technology Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:50:03 EST news172916653 New recommendations to limit the work hours of medical residents could cost the nation's teaching hospitals about $1.6 billion annually to hire substitute workers, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation and UCLA. http://www.physorg.com/news162107475.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 06:51:57 EST news162107475 In London, motorists pay a fee to drive into certain parts of the city during peak traffic hours, and the idea has been considered for implementation in New York as well. Now Dr. Itai Ater, an economist from Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Management, is suggesting that introducing "congestion pricing" at airports could save travellers time and airlines money. http://www.physorg.com/news159630364.html Other Sciences Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:46:32 EST news159630364 (PhysOrg.com) -- While hundreds of thousands of American workers are losing jobs these days, many more are stressed out. For those fortunate to still have jobs in this down economy, however, companies can help alleviate workplace stress -and possible violence -among workers by providing complementary alternative benefits, say University of Michigan business professors. http://www.physorg.com/news152813301.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:09:06 EST news152813301 Individuals who get less than seven hours of sleep per night appear about three times as likely to develop respiratory illness following exposure to a cold virus as those who sleep eight hours or more, according to a report in the January 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news151000106.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:28:26 EST news151000106 Between the ages of six months and six years old, close to 90 percent of children have at least one sleep-related problem. Among the most common issues are night terrors, teeth-grinding and bed-wetting. http://www.physorg.com/news146231075.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:44:35 EST news146231075 Since the UK's move to 24-hour drinking, a large city centre hospital in Birmingham has seen an increase in drink-related attendances between the hours of 3am and 6am. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, shows no significant decrease in alcohol-related attendances after 24-hour drinking was introduced but a significant shift in the time of attendances. http://www.physorg.com/news144651443.html Medicine & Health Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:57:23 EST news144651443 In an editorial response to a report in the September 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine on the efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis treatment in the hours after acute ischemic stroke, Patrick Lyden, M.D., professor of neurosciences and director of the UC San Diego Stroke Center, cautions that the study should not be interpreted to mean that such therapy can be withheld for hours or even minutes. http://www.physorg.com/news141496134.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:28:54 EST news141496134 Increasing general practice opening hours would improve the opportunity for assessment and urgent referral to specialist care of patients with a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke, which could prevent over 500 recurrent strokes a year in England alone, concludes a study published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news141015950.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:05:50 EST news141015950 The time span in which treatment should be given for acute ischaemic stroke - i.e. stroke caused by a clot or other obstruction to the blood supply - can be lengthened. This according to a study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet, the results of which can bring about more effective and safer treatments for stroke sufferers. http://www.physorg.com/news140693224.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:27:04 EST news140693224 The number of patients assigned to medical residents and the complexity of care patients require has just as much impact on residents' training as the number of hours they work, according to a study published by researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center in the September 10 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news140203825.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:30:25 EST news140203825 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study shows female migrant workers may be more likely than any other group to be paid less than the national minimum wage. http://www.physorg.com/news137771530.html Other Sciences Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:52:10 EST news137771530 Americans work longer hours than ever. That not only hurts women's careers but also widens the gender gap and threatens to trigger a resurgence of the traditional homemaker/breadwinner family structure in dual-earner households, says a new Cornell study. http://www.physorg.com/news137082837.html Other Sciences Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:33:57 EST news137082837 Working overtime has a disproportionate impact on women in dual-earner households, exacerbating gender inequality and supporting the "separate sphere" phenomenon in which men are the breadwinners while women tend to the home, according to research to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. http://www.physorg.com/news136801018.html Other Sciences Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:16:58 EST news136801018 Postmenopausal women who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night may have an increased risk of ischemic stroke, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news135530364.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:19:24 EST news135530364 Research led by a team at the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School has found that reducing the hours of junior doctors does not compromise patients' safety and could even dramatically cut mistakes on wards but, there are some concerns about reduced educational opportunities for junior doctors which it affords. http://www.physorg.com/news134196090.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:41:30 EST news134196090 Severe brain injury due to blunt force trauma could be reduced by application of a simple polymer, Polyethylene glycol or PEG, mixed in sterile water and injected into the blood stream - as reported in BioMed Central's Journal of Biological Engineering. http://www.physorg.com/news133755715.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:21:55 EST news133755715