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(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 (PhysOrg.com) -- In relationships built on trust, a bad first impression can be harder to overcome than a betrayal that occurs after ties are established, a new study suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news150563792.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:16:32 EST news150563792 In relationships built on trust, a bad first impression can be harder to overcome than a betrayal that occurs after ties are established, a new study suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news150559012.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:56:52 EST news150559012 Oxytocin, a hormone involved in child-birth and breast-feeding, helps people recognize familiar faces, according to new research in the January 7 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Study participants who had one dose of an oxytocin nasal spray showed improved recognition memory for faces, but not for inanimate objects. http://www.physorg.com/news150485262.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:27:42 EST news150485262 "Home"? seems like a project that everybody at Sony was afraid to cancel. Given how long the nebulous social-networking program has been in development and how much money Sony undoubtedly poured into it, it's not surprising that "Home" was launched.... http://www.physorg.com/news150463498.html Technology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:24:58 EST news150463498 In a pair of related studies released by Seattle Children's Research Institute and published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, researchers found that 54 percent of adolescents frequently discuss high-risk activities including sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence using MySpace, the popular social networking Web site (SNS). The studies, Adolescent Display of Health Risk Behaviors on MySpace, and Reducing At-Risk Adolescents' Display of Risk Behavior on a Social Networking Web Site, were led by research fellow Megan A. Moreno, MD, MPH, MSEd, and Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children's Research Institute, and the University of Washington. http://www.physorg.com/news150447571.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:59:31 EST news150447571 (PhysOrg.com) -- When there is a threat of disease during pregnancy, mothers produce less aggressive sons with more efficient immune systems, researchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered. http://www.physorg.com/news150373790.html Biology Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:29:50 EST news150373790 Online, the virtual "nurse-in" to protest Facebook's ban on breast-feeding photos took off, with hundreds joining a group that crept toward 70,000 members Saturday evening. http://www.physorg.com/news149840031.html Technology Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:13:51 EST news149840031 Not long ago, the simple, anonymous thrill of exposing chinks in American software was enough of a payoff for a Russian hacker. http://www.physorg.com/news149839691.html Technology Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:08:11 EST news149839691 Facial expressions of emotion are hardwired into our genes, according to a study published today in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The research suggests that facial expressions of emotion are innate rather than a product of cultural learning. The study is the first of its kind to demonstrate that sighted and blind individuals use the same facial expressions, producing the same facial muscle movements in response to specific emotional stimuli. http://www.physorg.com/news149750277.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:17:57 EST news149750277 As the party season approaches, a timely reminder of the issues surrounding the binge drinking culture are again highlighted by research into 'young people and alcohol' a team lead by Professor Christine Griffin, at the University of Bath. The research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) suggests several considerations for future policy. http://www.physorg.com/news149660366.html Medicine & Health Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:19:26 EST news149660366 (PhysOrg.com) -- When there is a threat of disease during pregnancy, mothers produce less aggressive sons with more efficient immune systems, researchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered. http://www.physorg.com/news149347543.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:25:43 EST news149347543 A groundbreaking study of popularity by a Michigan State University scientist has found that genes elicit not only specific behaviors but also the social consequences of those behaviors. http://www.physorg.com/news149142491.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:28:11 EST news149142491 In everyday social exchanges, being mean to people has a lot more impact than being nice, research at the University of Chicago has shown. http://www.physorg.com/news148707528.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:38:48 EST news148707528 Facebook and other social networking sites aren't just online spaces where students can connect, they're the frontier of self-definition and identity to the first generation raised with the Internet, according to a new book about online campus life by Boston College Professor Ana M. Martinez Aleman. http://www.physorg.com/news148562329.html Other Sciences Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:18:49 EST news148562329 Just days after the head of Ofsted, Christine Gilbert, promised an overhaul of child protection inspection services in the wake of the death of Baby P, a new study claims that the IT-based procedures used by staff working at the 'front door' of local authority children's services could be putting the very children which they are designed to help at increased risk. http://www.physorg.com/news148559395.html Other Sciences Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:29:55 EST news148559395 A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly finds that women who present themselves as confident and ambitious in job interviews are viewed as highly competent but also lacking social skills. Women who present themselves as modest and cooperative, while well liked, are perceived as low on competence. By contrast, confident and ambitious male candidates are viewed as both competent and likable and therefore are more likely to be hired as a manager than either confident or modest women. http://www.physorg.com/news148132246.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:50:46 EST news148132246 Much more cross-gender bullying - specifically, unpopular boys harassing popular girls - occurs in later elementary school grades than previously thought, meaning educators should take reports of harassment from popular girls seriously, according to new research by a University of Illinois professor who studies child development. http://www.physorg.com/news148065117.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:11:57 EST news148065117 Is race defined by appearance, or can a person also be colored by socioeconomic status? A new study finds that Americans who are unemployed, incarcerated or impoverished today are more likely to be classified and identified as black, by themselves or by others, regardless of how they were seen -- or self identified -- in the past. http://www.physorg.com/news147980419.html Other Sciences Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:40:19 EST news147980419 Most studies examining the impact of alcohol-dependence (AD) treatment on quality-of-life (QOL) have looked at psychosocial treatments. This study looked at the impact of pharmacotherapy on QOL, specifically, the effects of extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX), a once-a-month injectable formulation for the treatment of AD. Results showed significant improvements in the QOL areas of mental health, social functioning, general health, and physical functioning. http://www.physorg.com/news147373080.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:58:00 EST news147373080 Fifteen years after they completed an intervention program designed to help their social development in elementary school, young adults reported better mental health, sexual health and higher educational and economic achievement than a control group of young adults who didn't receive the intervention, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news147371759.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:35:59 EST news147371759 (PhysOrg.com) -- The popular assumption that most suicides are the result of depression or other mental illness has been challenged by a study of male suicide which will be launched later today by researchers at the University of Western Sydney. http://www.physorg.com/news147362753.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:05:53 EST news147362753 Racial prejudice in Britain has been declining sharply in Britain since the 1980s thanks to the greater tolerance of younger generations - according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news146746099.html Other Sciences Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:48:19 EST news146746099 Students are creating idealized versions of themselves on social networking websites - Facebook and MySpace are the most popular - and using these sites to explore their emerging identities, UCLA psychologists report. Parents often understand very little about this phenomenon, they say. http://www.physorg.com/news146249706.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:55:06 EST news146249706 Online support communities for high survival rate cancers contain a greater amount of emotional support content than online support communities for cancers with low survival rates, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Health System and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. http://www.physorg.com/news146230873.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:41:13 EST news146230873 New research in mice suggests that high levels of social support may provide some protection against strokes by reducing the amount of damaging inflammation in the brain. http://www.physorg.com/news146228810.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:06:50 EST news146228810 An ingenious social behavior that mobilizes yeast cells to cooperate in protecting each other from stress, antibiotics, and other dangers is driven by the activity of a single gene, scientists report this week in the journal Cell. The cooperating cells use the same gene, dubbed FLO1, as a marker for detecting "cheaters," cells that try to profit from the group's protection without investing in the group's welfare. http://www.physorg.com/news145798754.html Biology Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:39:14 EST news145798754 (PhysOrg.com) -- Although members of the same species share more than 99 percent of their genetic makeup, individuals often have small differences, such as in their appearance, susceptibility to disease, and life expectancy. Another difference, one that has gone overlooked from the evolutionary perspective, is personality variation. Even identical twins can have personality types at opposite ends of the spectrum. http://www.physorg.com/news145793087.html Other Sciences Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:04:47 EST news145793087 Commercial broadcasters are doing the "bare minimum and not much more" for children's educational programming, according to University of Illinois communication professor Barbara Wilson, one of two lead researchers on a study released today (Nov. 12) by the organization Children Now. http://www.physorg.com/news145719087.html Other Sciences Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:31:27 EST news145719087 With the days getting shorter (and colder) and the Holidays quickly approaching, many of us start thinking back to days gone by. This sentimentality and desire for the past is known as nostalgia. All of us are struck with nostalgic feelings from time to time but a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, indicates that nostalgia may serve a greater purpose than just taking us back to the good old days. http://www.physorg.com/news145715301.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:28:21 EST news145715301