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) -- To a certain extent, just about everyone has some sort of social anxiety -- from the reluctance to chat with an airplane seat mate to the nervousness that comes with public speaking. http://www.physorg.com/news168192749.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:30:03 EST news168192749 (PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, drinking is an essential part of a night out with friends. Alcohol is widely considered to be a social lubricant, so it's not surprising that social phobia, or extreme shyness, and drinking, frequently go together. http://www.physorg.com/news167324373.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:10:02 EST news167324373 In 18 years as the Mets' team psychiatrist, Dr. Allan Lans witnessed player insecurities, depressions and griefs "all the time." But this recent wave of major-leaguers becoming so stressed that they have been assigned to the disabled list has moved Lans, now a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, to call social anxiety disorder "the swine flu of baseball; it's crazy." http://www.physorg.com/news167210850.html Medicine & Health Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:30:01 EST news167210850 With Mother's Day, Father's Day and high school and college graduations upcoming, there will be plenty of gift-giving and well wishes. When those start pouring in, let yourself be grateful -it's the best way to achieve happiness according to several new studies conducted by Todd Kashdan, associate professor of psychology at George Mason University. http://www.physorg.com/news156162304.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:26:21 EST news156162304 (PhysOrg.com) -- See something disturbing? Maybe it's a scene from the nightly news of someone being beaten in a riot, or a person scowling at you in a crowd. http://www.physorg.com/news152900462.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:21:57 EST news152900462 A genetic variation involving the brain chemical serotonin has been found to shape the social behavior of rhesus macaque monkeys, which could provide researchers with a new model for studying autism, social anxiety and schizophrenia. Humans and macaques are the only members of the primate family to have this particular genetic trait. http://www.physorg.com/news151141265.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:41:05 EST news151141265 (PhysOrg.com) -- Women on welfare who suffer from social anxiety find it harder to work -and leave welfare -than women without the disorder, according to a new University of Michigan study. http://www.physorg.com/news150649318.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:01:58 EST news150649318