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. Last year, the United States provided asylum and resettlement assistance for nearly 80,700 people from other countries, an increase from 71,300 individuals in 2007, according to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. University of Missouri health experts say the increase has made issues of immigrant and refugee violence and the need for effective intervention strategies more apparent. http://www.physorg.com/news177086638.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:20:03 EST news177086638 Project Safe Neighborhoods - a community-based policing effort launched in 2001 - has been largely successful in its goal of reducing violent crime, according to an analysis by Michigan State University, the national research and training partner of the federal initiative. http://www.physorg.com/news176996902.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:10:04 EST news176996902 Depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences may be exacerbated by the effects of head injuries, according to a study from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT), based in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Psychiatry. In the November 2009 Archives of General Psychiatry, the researchers report finding structural changes in the brains of former South Vietnamese political detainees who had suffered head injuries and clearly link those changes to psychiatric symptoms often seen in survivors of torture. http://www.physorg.com/news176734861.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:24:36 EST news176734861 Violence between couples is usually the result of a calculated decision-making process and the partner inflicting violence will do so only as long as the price to be paid is not too high. This is the conclusion of a new study by Dr. Eila Perkis at the University of Haifa. "The violent partner might conceive his or her behavior as a 'loss of control', but the same individual, unsurprisingly, would not lose control in this way with a boss or friends," she explains. http://www.physorg.com/news175173699.html Other Sciences Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:40:02 EST news175173699 China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally and featuring content deemed to be unhealthy, state media reported Friday, in the nation's latest Internet clean-up effort. http://www.physorg.com/news174317077.html Technology Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:25:01 EST news174317077 A new study from the University of New Hampshire finds that U.S. children are routinely exposed to even more violence and abuse than has been previously recognized, with nearly half experiencing a physical assault in the study year. http://www.physorg.com/news174110147.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:10:02 EST news174110147 (PhysOrg.com) -- A van that circled Vancouver streets frequented by sex trade workers made them feel safer and reduced their likelihood of being attacked, according to a University of British Columbia study. http://www.physorg.com/news174054789.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:40:04 EST news174054789 October 5, 2009 -A recent study from the latest issue of Personal Relationships shows that individuals who have experienced violence at an early age may have trouble adjusting to healthy, adult romantic relationships and are at a higher risk to experience marital difficulties. The research reveals that early exposure to a violent environment is likely to lead to domestic violence situations later in life. Feelings of insecurity, abandonment anxiety, and intimacy issues are also likely to plague these romantic connections. http://www.physorg.com/news173973997.html Other Sciences Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:20:01 EST news173973997 Children who eat sweets and chocolate every day are more likely to be violent as adults, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news173593023.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:17:29 EST news173593023 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study examines the rates of violence among homeless veterans and their partners and the significant results of group therapy. http://www.physorg.com/news173109814.html Medicine & Health Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:50:01 EST news173109814 The link between cyber-bullying and an increase in violence among young women will be featured in a new book published in November. http://www.physorg.com/news172918693.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:01 EST news172918693 Gun shows and the lack of uniform gun-control laws provide easy access to guns that can be used for criminal purposes, according to a new report released today from the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program. http://www.physorg.com/news171227313.html Other Sciences Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:09:25 EST news171227313 It's no secret that alcohol use among college students can cause a number of problems, including injury, violence and even death. A new study has examined the impact of drink discounts at college bars, finding that low alcohol prices at drinking establishments pose genuine threats to public health and safety. http://www.physorg.com/news171050129.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:00:02 EST news171050129 (PhysOrg.com) -- New research into domestic violence shows that men abuse more than women do but women are three times more likely to be arrested; men inflict more violence than women do and are more likely to instill fear in their victims; women are more likely to use weapons, often in order to protect themselves; the largest number of repeat incidents occur when both men and women inflict violence; the majority of cases involve alcohol abuse; and children are present in the majority of cases, with some incidents related to child contact. http://www.physorg.com/news170687988.html Other Sciences Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:21:12 EST news170687988 Being a victim of sexual assault and seeking help is difficult for anyone, but when the victim is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) the thought of reporting a crime may well be laced with added layers of uncertainty and mistrust, according to a study in Oregon. http://www.physorg.com/news169391411.html Other Sciences Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:12:02 EST news169391411 A study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine demonstrates that there is an association between schizophrenia and violence, but shows that this association is greatly increased by drug and alcohol abuse. Importantly, the study also finds that the risk of violence from patients with psychoses who also have substance use disorder is no greater than those who have a substance use disorder but who do not have a psychotic illness - in other words, schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses do not appear to be responsible for any additional risk of violence above the increased risk associated with substance abuse. http://www.physorg.com/news169188298.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:30:03 EST news169188298 Elderly individuals who have a report of self-neglect or abuse submitted to a social service agency have an associated increased risk of death, according to a study in the August 5 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights. http://www.physorg.com/news168624372.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:10:01 EST news168624372 Almost half of Bangladeshi women with young children experience violence from their husbands, and their children appear to have a higher risk of recent respiratory infections and diarrhea, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news168537932.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:50:01 EST news168537932 A school-based program that integrates information about healthy relationships into the existing ninth-grade curriculum appears to reduce adolescent dating violence and increase condom use two and a half years later, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The effects of the low-cost intervention appear stronger in boys. http://www.physorg.com/news168537991.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:10:02 EST news168537991 Guns smuggled from the US arm criminals in Canada and Mexico, contributing to a higher murder rate in Canada and more intense drug crime conflict near the Mexican border, according to a study published today in a special issue of Criminology and Criminal Justice, published by SAGE. http://www.physorg.com/news168072061.html Other Sciences Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:10:03 EST news168072061 (PhysOrg.com) -- An interactive computer questionnaire may give family doctors a better opportunity to identify and intervene with patients who are victims of domestic violence, according to a new study from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. http://www.physorg.com/news167575126.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:50:01 EST news167575126 (PhysOrg.com) -- While attending university, men are equally likely as women to have been victims of physical or emotional violence, and that violence is often linked to drinking, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia researcher Elizabeth Saewyc. http://www.physorg.com/news166877864.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:20:01 EST news166877864 The social class, the gender and the ethnic group are three essential dimensions, not only in the social differentiation, but also in the affective sexual education of the adolescents, where it is necessary to take part in order to promote sexual and gender equity and prevent gender violence. This is one of the main conclusions of the investigation Affective sexual policy: a sociological approach to affective sexual education", carried out by the researcher of the department of Sociology of the University of Granada Mar Venegas Medina and supervised by professor Francisco Fernández Palomares. http://www.physorg.com/news165057942.html Other Sciences Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:40:02 EST news165057942 Children who live in Afghanistan are particularly affected every day by a multitude of war time stressors which increase the likelihood of developing PTSD: trauma, child labor, and family and military violence. On a daily basis they are first-hand witnesses to the bombings, abuse, and the general upheaval of their home life and society as a result of war, including the effects of long-term poverty and familial turmoil. http://www.physorg.com/news164973652.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:10:01 EST news164973652 With children having easier access to media and a wider variety of content, the possible negative influence on health issues such as sex, drugs, obesity and eating disorders is increased, and warrants monitoring usage and limiting access if necessary, according to a commentary in the June 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on child and adolescent health. http://www.physorg.com/news163158667.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:51:43 EST news163158667 People with parents who were violent to each other are more likely to have mental health problems when they grow up, reveals research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://www.physorg.com/news162670960.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 19:23:30 EST news162670960 More than 10 million U.S. children witness domestic violence yearly, resulting in a range of emotional and behavioral problems. A new study suggests that the reason some of these children are resilient is because of their easy temperaments and because they have mentally healthy moms. http://www.physorg.com/news160213339.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:43:00 EST news160213339 School-aged children who witness violence in urban communities show symptoms of post-traumatic stress. They also suffer physiological effects with a disruption to their normal cortisol production pattern during the day, which may have long-term negative effects on their health. According to Dr. Shakira Franco Suglia, from the Harvard School of Public Health, and her team lead by Dr. Rosalind J. Wright from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, because these children are not diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, these abnormal physiological symptoms are unlikely to be picked up by their doctors. The study1 has just been published online in Springer's International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news159541020.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:57:58 EST news159541020 Decades spent studying mass media messages of fear led noted Arizona State University scholar David Altheide to examine how the Columbine High School shootings on April 20, 1999, were originally portrayed in the media and how those messages changed after 9/11 and leading up to the war in Iraq. http://www.physorg.com/news159190428.html Other Sciences Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:34:27 EST news159190428 A new UCLA-led study challenges the popular perception that ethnic diversity is to blame for sectarian conflicts in Iraq and Northern Ireland, recent tensions in Tibet, and ethnic violence in post-election Kenya. http://www.physorg.com/news159109717.html Other Sciences Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:09:28 EST news159109717