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) -- University at Buffalo sociologist Sampson Blair says Tiger Woods' alleged rampant infidelities don't affect the status of marriage and the family because his lifestyle and wealth are regarded by most Americans as an exception to the rule, and his behavior is seen as attached to the lifestyle. http://www.physorg.com/news180371334.html Other Sciences Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:30:02 EST news180371334 Nancy Brueheim wishes she could break 100 pounds. Without working at it, Brueheim, who is 71 and stands 5-foot-2, fluctuates between 95 and 98 pounds. http://www.physorg.com/news180125109.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:40:01 EST news180125109 (PhysOrg.com) -- Many believe that 1950s cinema portrayed women as complacent, conservative housewives who liked nothing better than to rustle up a three-course meal for their hardworking husbands, but a new book has shown it was not so clear-cut. http://www.physorg.com/news180111787.html Other Sciences Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:30:05 EST news180111787 Despite the barbs of comedians and the spectacular bust-ups documented in the gossip magazines, marriage really is good for you, international research has found. http://www.physorg.com/news180084325.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:50:01 EST news180084325 (PhysOrg.com) -- Middle-aged parents are more involved in their grown children's lives than ever, according to new research from Purdue University. http://www.physorg.com/news179415794.html Other Sciences Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:44:48 EST news179415794 Married people in the United States are living longer these days, but the widowed are experiencing a higher mortality rate, according to new research by a Michigan State University sociologist. http://www.physorg.com/news178990448.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:00:04 EST news178990448 (PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular scholarship that attributes low rates of marriage among low-income mothers to their general distrust of men, a new study led by a Duke University sociologist finds that gender distrust may not be as influential in shaping these mothers` unions. http://www.physorg.com/news178822616.html Other Sciences Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:30:01 EST news178822616 (AP) -- The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and declared that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities. http://www.physorg.com/news177079927.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:20:04 EST news177079927 (AP) -- Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com hopes to raise about $100 million when it goes public this week. With more than a million paying subscribers, little competition, a small debt load and a record of increasing revenues, it may fare better than other IPOs that have recently priced below their filing ranges. http://www.physorg.com/news176556902.html Technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:01 EST news176556902 A new study from a recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that women who exit welfare (under TANF, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), are as likely to marry as women of similar socioeconomic backgrounds who were never on welfare. Marriage rates are lower while women receive TANF, but since most women receive welfare benefits for a short period of time, the overall effect of welfare participation on marriage rates is very small. http://www.physorg.com/news176388593.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:50:42 EST news176388593 Many people perceive gambling to be a harmless recreational activity. However, it is estimated that six to eight million people in the United States personally suffer from a gambling related problem. This problem seems to grow tentacles, extending out to wreak havoc and can profoundly impact the physical, emotional, and financial health of the family (spouses, children, extended). http://www.physorg.com/news175874565.html Other Sciences Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:20:02 EST news175874565 Having children improves married peoples' life satisfaction and the more they have, the happier they are. For unmarried individuals, raising children has little or no positive effect on their happiness. These findings by Dr. Luis Angeles from the University of Glasgow in the UK have just been published online in Springer's Journal of Happiness Studies. http://www.physorg.com/news175861714.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:29:01 EST news175861714 A 39-year-old widow asked a French court Wednesday to allow her to retrieve her late husband's frozen sperm so that she can be inseminated and have his child. http://www.physorg.com/news172934470.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:30:03 EST news172934470 Scientists in Taiwan said Thursday they have invented a male fertility home test kit that breaks new ground by measuring the efficiency of sperm cells -- a key factor in determining men's ability to father children. http://www.physorg.com/news172400660.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:20:01 EST news172400660 (PhysOrg.com) -- Young adults see living together as the best way to protect against divorce, not as an alternative to marriage, a University of Michigan researcher says. http://www.physorg.com/news169916546.html Other Sciences Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:24:11 EST news169916546 Fewer black women with postgraduate degrees are getting married and having children, according to research to be presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. http://www.physorg.com/news168967339.html Other Sciences Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:00:01 EST news168967339 (PhysOrg.com) -- "Money can`t buy me love," the Beatles famously sang. And now a new paper by University of Notre Dame economist Kasey S. Buckles and colleagues suggests money, or more precisely the price of marriage, can significantly affect the decision to marry. http://www.physorg.com/news168537143.html Other Sciences Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:10:01 EST news168537143 New research from the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that children born outside of marriage are less likely to be visited by their father when the mother is involved in a new romantic relationship. Many children born outside of marriage are born to parents in unstable relationships and often live apart from their fathers.  The study finds that a mother`s social decisions have a direct effect on the contact between a father and his child. http://www.physorg.com/news168528290.html Other Sciences Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:40:05 EST news168528290 (PhysOrg.com) -- According to a comprehensive new analysis of public opinion surveys conducted over the last 15 years, support for the legalization of same-sex marriage has grown substantially in the United States. Among other conclusions, two political science professors at Columbia University found reluctance among state and local policymakers to expand equal rights laws and protections even where majorities of voters support them. http://www.physorg.com/news168017458.html Other Sciences Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:50:02 EST news168017458 Divorce and widowhood have a lingering, detrimental impact on health, even after a person remarries, research at the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University shows. http://www.physorg.com/news167920195.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:40:02 EST news167920195 University of Denver (DU) researchers find that couples who live together before they are engaged have a higher chance of getting divorced than those who wait until they are married to live together, or at least wait until they are engaged. In addition, couples who lived together before engagement and then married, reported a lower satisfaction in their marriages. http://www.physorg.com/news166714990.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:43:37 EST news166714990 (PhysOrg.com) -- New York state residents are concerned about the obesity epidemic -- but only 24 percent support a junk food tax, and 39 percent support banning TV ads for junk food. http://www.physorg.com/news165163482.html Other Sciences Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:20:01 EST news165163482 In places where young women outnumber young men, research shows the hemlines rise but the marriage rates don't because the young men feel less pressure to settle down as more women compete for their affections. http://www.physorg.com/news163820932.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:50:24 EST news163820932 New research from North Carolina State University shows that gay and lesbian couples are forming long-term, committed relationships, even in the absence of the right to marry. However, couples surveyed for the study overwhelmingly said they would get married if they could in order to secure legal rights - such as retirement and healthcare benefits. http://www.physorg.com/news163071668.html Other Sciences Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:41:41 EST news163071668 (PhysOrg.com) -- You hear it all the time, especially in debates concerning same-sex marriage and polygamy: The biggest threat to the social order is the breakdown of monogamous marriage. http://www.physorg.com/news162652678.html Other Sciences Wed, 27 May 2009 14:18:34 EST news162652678 After a divorce or break-up, parents need to be very cautious about bringing new love interests into their homes, according to Andrew Cherlin, a professor in the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. http://www.physorg.com/news160160592.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:03:39 EST news160160592 (PhysOrg.com) -- Boredom, not only conflicts, causes couples to lose interest in their marriage, new findings indicate. http://www.physorg.com/news159720704.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:53:27 EST news159720704 The increase in single-parent families was a dramatic social change of the 20th century. However, relatively little is known about the evolution of attitudes toward single-parent families. A new study in the Journal of Marriage and Family shows ambivalent acceptance of divorce rather than a full embrace of it. http://www.physorg.com/news159623380.html Other Sciences Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:50:15 EST news159623380 Dating couples whose dreams include marriage would do well to step back and reflect upon the type of support they'll need from their partners when they cross the threshold, a new Northwestern University study suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news159610115.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:09:01 EST news159610115 The powerful Habsburg dynasty ruled Spain and its empire from 1516 to 1700 but when King Charles II died in 1700 without any children from his two marriages, the male line died out and the French Bourbon dynasty came to power in Spain. Reporting in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE, April 15, Gonzalo Alvarez and colleagues at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, provide genetic evidence to support the historical evidence that the high frequency of inbreeding (mating between closely related individuals) within the dynasty was a major cause for the extinction of its male line. http://www.physorg.com/news158994852.html Biology Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:14:33 EST news158994852