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. (AP) -- The United States ranks near the bottom in life expectancy among wealthy nations despite spending more than double per person on health care than the industrialized world's average, an economic group said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news179497953.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:33:08 EST news179497953 Top Japanese scientists, including four Nobel laureates, have criticised the new government for plans to slash research budgets, warning the country will loose its high-tech edge. http://www.physorg.com/news178476238.html Other Sciences Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:44:39 EST news178476238 (PhysOrg.com) -- With consumer spending dwindling over the past couple months, retailers are hoping to see it increase with the holiday shopping season. In order to seize the opportunity and boost sales, retailers need to ensure on-time product delivery from their suppliers. Now that more companies rely on global sourcing, they need to avoid disruptions in the supply chain and mitigate the various risks involved. http://www.physorg.com/news176736007.html Other Sciences Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:20:34 EST news176736007 (AP) -- Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it - not so much to protect their health as his own practice. http://www.physorg.com/news176565843.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:30:01 EST news176565843 (AP) -- Research group Gartner Inc. says the information technology industry is closing its worst year on record, with worldwide tech spending on track to decline 5.2 percent in 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news175176725.html Technology Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:30:01 EST news175176725 If you think choosing between a candy bar and healthy snack is totally a matter of free will, think again. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that the choices we make to indulge ourselves or exercise self-control depend on how the choices are presented. http://www.physorg.com/news174665930.html Other Sciences Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:40:17 EST news174665930 One of the more interesting developments in terms of technology is the virtual economy -- and how it translates into something that involves real money. http://www.physorg.com/news174660264.html Technology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:45:23 EST news174660264 H1N1 influenza could slow growth in key industries and stall already-weak GDP growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, says a health economist in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business. http://www.physorg.com/news172944778.html Other Sciences Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:00:01 EST news172944778 Wartime leaders have long sought to sway public opinion by "framing" bad news from the frontlines. They present inconvenient facts in an altered format in order to generate support for their policies. A new study from North Carolina State University shows that Bush administration attempts to "frame" casualties from the Iraq War bolstered support for the war effort among certain members of the U.S. public, but also produced a backlash that led to decreased tolerance for additional casualties and war spending among others. http://www.physorg.com/news172401386.html Other Sciences Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:40:14 EST news172401386 (PhysOrg.com) -- Consumer spending will lag rather than lead the recovery from the current recession, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin http://www.physorg.com/news172329438.html Other Sciences Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:10:01 EST news172329438 (PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to love and money, opposites really do attract, says a University of Michigan researcher. http://www.physorg.com/news170607685.html Other Sciences Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:02:04 EST news170607685 (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s 19 percent drop in quarterly profit shows that the company still relies heavily on printer ink and the troubled personal computer market, despite the aggressive transformation it's undertaking to branch out and encroach more on rival IBM Corp.'s turf. http://www.physorg.com/news169835835.html Technology Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:10:04 EST news169835835 (AP) -- The technology sector is often talked about as if it were a unified front, an easy-to-define monolith. People say technology stocks rose or technology stocks fell. Tech helped drive a huge boom in the 1990s, and when that collapsed in 2001, tech contributed to the last recession. http://www.physorg.com/news167162664.html Technology Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:05:12 EST news167162664 (AP) -- Research firm Gartner says worldwide spending on technology products and services is on track to decline 6 percent this year. http://www.physorg.com/news166191100.html Technology Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:11:58 EST news166191100 (AP) -- Nintendo Co. reported an 8.5 percent rise in annual profit as the video game maker shrugged off the global slowdown that has battered other Japanese manufacturers. http://www.physorg.com/news160893783.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 05:43:41 EST news160893783 (AP) -- The research firm Gartner says global spending on technology products and services will likely decline nearly 4 percent this year. The weak economy is to blame. http://www.physorg.com/news157728254.html Technology Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:24:56 EST news157728254 In Canada, campaign spending limits for candidates during a federal election are stipulated by the Canada Elections Act. A study recently published in the Canadian Journal of Economics uses these spending limits to evaluate the impact of candidate spending on voting outcomes. Results show that higher spending by candidates is found to lead to better chance of the candidate winning the election, and that spending limits are good for democracy. http://www.physorg.com/news156614956.html Other Sciences Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:09:45 EST news156614956 Few physicians are eager to discuss end-of-life care with their patients. Yet such conversations may result in better quality of life for patients and could lower national healthcare expenditures for cancer care alone by tens of millions dollars each year, according to a study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news155843159.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:46:48 EST news155843159 Public support is growing for expenditures on mass transit and infrastructure and remains high for education and health care, according to a National Opinion Research Center survey at the University of Chicago that has been following spending trends for 35 years. http://www.physorg.com/news153473403.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:30:45 EST news153473403 The 2008 Virginia Commonwealth University Life Sciences survey shows that eight in 10 adults nationwide favor making genetic testing easily available to all who want it, and 54 percent say that the benefits of conducting genetic research outweigh the risks. http://www.physorg.com/news148735626.html Other Sciences Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:27:06 EST news148735626 In this poor economic climate and period of lower growth is it time to consider limiting spending on healthcare budgets? Two experts debate the issue on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news141617293.html Medicine & Health Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:08:13 EST news141617293 A new study in the journal Financial Management explored whether abnormal analyst coverage influences the extent to which companies raise funds from external sources (e.g., issue bonds or sell stock) and the amount of new investments firms decide to undertake. http://www.physorg.com/news139754241.html Other Sciences Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:37:21 EST news139754241 A new study in the American Journal of Political Science reveals that increased campaign spending significantly improves citizen participation in State Supreme Court elections. http://www.physorg.com/news137940364.html Other Sciences Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:46:04 EST news137940364