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. More than 40 percent of women ages 18-59 experience sexual dysfunction, with lack of sexual interest - hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or HSDD - being the most commonly reported complaint, according to medical researchers. While some question the validity of this diagnosis, a multidisciplinary team from the Stanford University School of Medicine is devoted to objective investigation of such problems. http://www.physorg.com/news155225336.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:14:51 EST news155225336 Outdoor temperature and blood pressure appear to be correlated in the elderly, with higher rates of hypertension in cooler months, according to a report in the January 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news151000723.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:38:43 EST news151000723 Glaucoma appears to be associated with slower spoken reading and increased reading impairment in older adults, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news151000246.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:30:46 EST news151000246 (PhysOrg.com) -- Marketing statements influence us subliminally more than was ever assumed. Even when you are not aware of being exposed to advertising material, it can still affect your actions. This emerged from research by Marieke Fransen of the University of Twente, Netherlands, who obtained her doctorate from the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences on 19 December. http://www.physorg.com/news150388664.html Other Sciences Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:37:44 EST news150388664 Evaluation of chronic abdominal pain of luminal etiology is a challenging problem for the primary care physicians and gastroenterologists. The exact localization of lesion to either small or large bowel remains an elusive identity in many subjects. http://www.physorg.com/news149775591.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:19:51 EST news149775591 Cognitive neuroscientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet (KI) have succeeded in making subjects perceive the bodies of mannequins and other people as their own. The findings are published in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, December 3. http://www.physorg.com/news147443968.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:39:28 EST news147443968 Have you ever felt as if your brain was so full of information that you couldn't process another thing? Mental overload creates confusion and frustration, and for airline pilots, the consequences can be disastrous. http://www.physorg.com/news146926514.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:55:14 EST news146926514 People with even minimally symptomatic obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease because of impaired endothelial function and increased arterial stiffness, according to a study from the Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine in the UK. http://www.physorg.com/news144044856.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:27:36 EST news144044856 (PhysOrg.com) -- Made up your mind who to vote for? Maybe it's because you like the looks of the candidate. Or maybe it's because the candidate looks a little like you, even if you don't realize it. http://www.physorg.com/news143905469.html Other Sciences Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:44:29 EST news143905469 (PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of Princeton psychology researchers has developed a computer program that allows scientists to analyze better than ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them look either trustworthy or fearsome. In doing so, they have also found that the program allows them to construct computer-generated faces that display the most trustworthy or dominant faces possible. http://www.physorg.com/news137164573.html Medicine & Health Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:13 EST news137164573 Psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis, led by Richard A. Abrams, Ph.D., professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, have shown that to see objects better, you should take the matter into your own hands. http://www.physorg.com/news134837593.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:53:13 EST news134837593 Smokers suffer more chronic back pain. This was the result of the analysis of a questionnaire performed by Monique Zimmermann-Stenzel and her colleagues and published in the current edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int, 2008; 105[24]: 441-8). http://www.physorg.com/news134129561.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:12:41 EST news134129561