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) -- 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- Clinical trials comparing a spray-on skin product with skin grafts will start in the US in December. The trials, which are partly funded by a US army grant of $1.4 million, will last about a year and will involve 106 patients with second degree burns. The product, ReCell, has been available for some time in Europe, Australia, Malaysia and elsewhere, and was approved for use in China earlier this year. http://www.physorg.com/news178271249.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:02 EST news178271249 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has signed a patent license agreement with a California company to improve the medical community's access to hyperbaric chambers used to treat many medical conditions and emergencies. http://www.physorg.com/news174670134.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:00:11 EST news174670134 How can rescue units be better protected during disaster operations or avalanche victims be found quicker? A new localization system connects satellite-based positioning systems with terrestrial locating aids and situation-dependent sensory systems. http://www.physorg.com/news166793127.html Technology Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:40:03 EST news166793127 Rape trial juries need better guidance in the courtroom -- and a better understanding of rape victims -- to help them reach their verdict. http://www.physorg.com/news165145684.html Other Sciences Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:50:15 EST news165145684 (AP) -- A change to stroke treatment guidelines is expanding the time that some patients can get clot-busting drugs. Current recommendations limit the use of the medicine to within three hours after the start of stroke symptoms. That treatment window is now being lengthened to 4 1/2 hours for some patients. http://www.physorg.com/news162753476.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 18:18:36 EST news162753476 Once symptoms start, there's only a tiny window of time for stroke victims to get life-saving treatment. Now, research from the Stanford University School of Medicine has cracked that window open a bit wider. http://www.physorg.com/news162749242.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 17:07:44 EST news162749242 Researchers at Mayo Clinic compared two popular television shows, CSI and CSI: Miami, to actual U.S. homicide data, and discovered clear differences between media portrayals of violent deaths versus actual murders. This study complements previous research regarding media influences on public health perception. Mayo Clinic researchers present their findings today at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting in San Francisco. http://www.physorg.com/news161957774.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 13:17:01 EST news161957774 Stroke victims tend to do worse if they also have diagnosed or undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea prior to having the stroke, according to a study presented April 28, 2009, at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual meeting in Seattle. http://www.physorg.com/news160141724.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:49:35 EST news160141724 Contrary to common stereotypes, individuals with major mental disorders are more likely to become victims of violent crimes when they are experiencing an increase in symptoms than they are to commit crime, according to a new study by Brent Teasdale, an assistant professor of criminal justice at Georgia State University. http://www.physorg.com/news158929220.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:01:18 EST news158929220 Rush University Medical Center is participating in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study to determine the best course of treatment to reduce the risk of stroke patients suffering another stroke. The study will determine if aggressive treatment of stroke victims for high blood pressure and cholesterol, along with placing a stent to widen a narrowed artery in a patient's brain, is better than intensive medical therapy alone. http://www.physorg.com/news155324657.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:44:57 EST news155324657 (Physorg.com) -- A Brown University study of stroke victims has produced evidence that the frontal lobe of the human brain controls decision-making along a continuum from abstract to concrete, from front to back. http://www.physorg.com/news155210763.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:06:46 EST news155210763 More than 20% of sexual assaults in a sample of 882 victims were drug-facilitated sexual assaults, found a new study published in CMAJ. Victims of drug-facilitated sexual assault were more likely than others to present to a large urban centre and to be employed, and to have consumed over-the-counter medications, street drugs, and alcohol before the assault. http://www.physorg.com/news155204510.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:22:47 EST news155204510 Why would women give more to the victims of Hurricane Katrina than to the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research sheds light onto the way gender and moral identity affect donations. http://www.physorg.com/news154630206.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:50:27 EST news154630206 (PhysOrg.com) -- McGill University and Douglas Institute scientists have discovered that childhood trauma can actually alter your DNA and shape the way your genes work. This confirms in humans earlier findings in rats, that maternal care plays a significant role in influencing the genes that control our stress response. http://www.physorg.com/news154627743.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:09:31 EST news154627743 Girls targeted by bullies at primary school are two and a half times more likely to remain victims than boys, according to research from the University of Warwick and University of Hertfordshire. http://www.physorg.com/news150976603.html Other Sciences Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:56:43 EST news150976603 Childhood sexual abuse victims with a strong religious upbringing often report feeling terrible guilt about their assault, which doesn't surprise Jean-Guy Nadon. A professor of theology and religious sciences at the Université de Montréal, Nadon has conducted dozens of interviews with women who were sexually abused as children and found the impact of religious beliefs can produce varying reactions. http://www.physorg.com/news147975534.html Other Sciences Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:18:54 EST news147975534 Psychology Professor Mireille Cyr has adapted an interview protocol from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) that will enable child victims of sexual abuse to provide better testimony in Quebec courts. http://www.physorg.com/news145190899.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:48:19 EST news145190899 Researchers have identified specific damages to the brain that may occur when heart attack victims are socially isolated from others. The study in mice found that those animals that lived alone before undergoing a heart attack showed five to eight times more damage to neurons in one part of the brain than did similar animals that lived with others. http://www.physorg.com/news140959883.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:31:23 EST news140959883 People tend to be more sympathetic to people suffering from the same misfortune as a friend. But friendship with a victim does not make people generally more sympathetic, according to the authors of a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news138629224.html Medicine & Health Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:07:04 EST news138629224 (PhysOrg.com) -- Victims of teen dating violence are more likely to talk about the violence if a friend witnesses the incident, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news136650880.html Other Sciences Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:34:40 EST news136650880