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. Most countries throughout the world participate in the $40-million-per-year culinary trade of frog legs in some way, with 75 percent of frog legs consumed in France, Belgium and the United States. Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and colleagues have found that this trade is a potential carrier of pathogens deadly to amphibians. The team's findings are published in the scientific journal Frontiers in Ecology, Thursday, Nov. 19. http://www.physorg.com/news177858095.html Biology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:20:02 EST news177858095 Almost 24 centuries after the Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote his book, "On the Movement of Animals," modern scientists are still struggling to understand how, why, when and where living creatures move. http://www.physorg.com/news177342087.html Biology Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:42:17 EST news177342087 A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no performance advantage over counterparts who use their biological legs. http://www.physorg.com/news176565385.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:50:01 EST news176565385 New research shows that Caucasian women may suffer from restless legs syndrome (RLS), a sleep disorder characterized by the strong urge to move the legs, up to four times more than African-American women. The study, presented at CHEST 2009, the 75th annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), found that, overall, non-African-American (NAA) patients experienced RLS four times more often than African-Americans (AA). Furthermore, 2 out of 5 Caucasian women were found to have RLS, nearly four times the incidence of RLS in African-American women and the highest incidence among all groups. http://www.physorg.com/news176395037.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:37:52 EST news176395037 Gabapentin, a drug initially used to treat seizures, improves sleep quality in menopausal women with hot flashes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report online and in the September issue of the Journal of Women's Health. http://www.physorg.com/news171625215.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:40:41 EST news171625215 An international team of researchers led by scientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found what they believe is the first mutated gene linked to restless legs syndrome, a common neurologic disorder. http://www.physorg.com/news167406997.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:20:05 EST news167406997 A drug widely used to treat seizures and anxiety appears to be an effective treatment for restless legs syndrome (RLS) and helps people with the disorder get a better night's sleep, according to a study that will be presented as part of the Late-breaking Science Program at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, April 25 - May 2, 2009. RLS affects up to one in ten people. http://www.physorg.com/news160235292.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:48:31 EST news160235292 A new study conducted at Mayo Clinic reports that one in six patients receiving therapeutic doses of certain drugs for Parkinson's disease develops new-onset, potentially destructive behaviors, notably compulsive gambling or hypersexuality. http://www.physorg.com/news158417143.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:46:06 EST news158417143 A new study shows both obesity and a large belly appear to increase the risk of developing restless legs syndrome (RLS), a common sleep disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to move your legs. The research is published in the April 7, 2009, print issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news158254550.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:36:14 EST news158254550 (PhysOrg.com) -- Warm summers are dramatically reducing populations of daddy long legs, which in turn is having a severe impact on the bird populations which rely on them for food. http://www.physorg.com/news157284812.html Biology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:16:33 EST news157284812 In 2005, a woman who had trouble sleeping asked Siong-Chi Lin, M.D., for help. Dr. Lin, a sleep disorders specialist at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida, diagnosed restless legs syndrome. This common neurologic disorder interrupts sleep because of unpleasant sensations in the legs at rest, especially in the evening, that are temporarily relieved by movement. http://www.physorg.com/news152898967.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:56:54 EST news152898967 A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that the elevation in estradiol levels that occurs during pregnancy is more pronounced in pregnant women with restless legs syndrome (RLS) than in controls. http://www.physorg.com/news152723117.html Medicine & Health Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:06:20 EST news152723117 (PhysOrg.com) -- Penn State Assistant Professor of Biology Tracy Langkilde has shown that native fence lizards in the southeastern United States are adapting to potentially fatal invasive fire-ant attacks by developing behaviors that enable them to escape from the ants, as well as by developing longer hind legs, which can increase the effectiveness of this behavior. http://www.physorg.com/news151688677.html Biology Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:45:03 EST news151688677 Pterosaurs have long suffered an identity crisis. Pop culture heedlessly - and wrongly - lumps these extinct flying lizards in with dinosaurs. Even paleontologists assumed that because the creatures flew, they were birdlike in many ways, such as using only two legs to take flight. http://www.physorg.com/news150483980.html Other Sciences Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:06:20 EST news150483980 When hyperventilating sometimes seems the only option to stress, Petri Brill has a healthier suggestion: yoga. http://www.physorg.com/news150398526.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:22:06 EST news150398526 Ten million Americans have peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and research shows that the highest risk populations include African-Americans (twice as likely to develop clogged leg arteries), seniors (12-20 percent develop PAD) and diabetics (one in three who are over the age of 50 develop PAD). Legs for Life(R) -a community health and public information program -recommends that older Americans take its free, online self-assessment quiz. http://www.physorg.com/news139677489.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:18:09 EST news139677489 (PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past two decades, Michael Dickinson has been interviewed by reporters hundreds of times about his research on the biomechanics of insect flight. One question from the press has always dogged him: Why are flies so hard to swat? http://www.physorg.com/news139142949.html Biology Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:49:09 EST news139142949 Throughout history, elephants have been thought of as 'different'. Shakespeare, and even Aristotle, described them as walking on inflexible column-like legs. And this myth persists even today. Which made John Hutchinson from The Royal Veterinary College, London, want to find out more about elephants and the way they move. Are they really that different from other, more fleet-footed species? Are their legs as rigid and 'columnar' as people had thought? Traveling to Thailand and several UK zoos, Hutchinson and his team investigated how Asian Elephants move their legs as they walk and run and publishes his results in The Journal of Experimental Biology. http://www.physorg.com/news138591764.html Biology Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:42:44 EST news138591764