http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Downhill from the I.M. Pei-designed, Ponce de Leon-inspired and worm-saturated Buck Institute for Age Research lies the rustically tony downtown of this Marin County, Calif., city. http://phys.org/news150733147.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:19:07 EST news150733147 As children transition from preschool-age to school-age, they may develop eating habits and leisure-time patterns that may not meet current recommendations and may contribute to childhood obesity. In a study published in the January/February 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers report that parents perceived that their pre-school children (2 to 5 years) had relatively good eating habits and physical activity levels, but that parents of school-aged children (6 to 12 years) felt their children had less healthful diets and leisure-time activities. http://phys.org/news150695788.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:56:28 EST news150695788 New research indicates that the ocean could rise in the next 100 years to a meter higher than the current sea level - which is three times higher than predictions from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC. The groundbreaking new results from an international collaboration between researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, England and Finland are published in the scientific journal Climate Dynamics. http://phys.org/news150645386.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:56:26 EST news150645386 Only 17 percent of Spanish-speaking women of childbearing age in the United States are taking a multivitamin containing folic acid daily, according to the first- nationally representative folic acid awareness survey to focus on this population. http://phys.org/news150388862.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:41:02 EST news150388862 Passage graves are mysterious barrows from the Stone Age. New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen indicates that the Stone Age graves' orientation in the landscape could have an astronomical explanation. The Danish passage graves are most likely oriented according to the path of the full moon, perhaps even according to the full moon immediately before a lunar eclipse. The results are published in the scientific journal Acta Archaeologica. http://phys.org/news148829398.html Other Sciences Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:29:58 EST news148829398 New studies from Tel Aviv University suggest that waiting until a man can give his son "all the advantages" may have a disadvantage, too. http://phys.org/news148566004.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:20:04 EST news148566004 Airline pilots who have flown for many years may be at risk of DNA damage from prolonged exposure to cosmic ionising radiation, suggests a study published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. http://phys.org/news148193274.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:47:54 EST news148193274 Older people tend to feel about 13 years younger than their chronological age. That is one of the findings of a study forthcoming in the Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Science. The researchers analyzed the responses of 516 men and women age 70 and older who participated in the Berlin Aging Study, tracking how their perceptions about age and their satisfaction with aging changed over a six-year period. http://phys.org/news147452737.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:05:37 EST news147452737 (PhysOrg.com) -- A 4,000-year-old amber necklace has been discovered at a dig organised by a team of archeologists in Manchester. http://phys.org/news147363832.html Other Sciences Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:23:52 EST news147363832 Scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research have identified for the first time biomarkers of aging which are highly predictive of both chronological and physiological age. Biomarkers are biochemical features that can be used to measure the progress of disease or the effects of treatment. http://phys.org/news146335154.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:39:14 EST news146335154 (PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have discovered an Iron Age chiseled stone slab that provides the first written evidence in the region that people believed the soul was separate from the body. http://phys.org/news146220322.html Other Sciences Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:45:22 EST news146220322 A new study confirms that exercise can reverse the age-related decline in the production of neural stem cells in the hippocampus of the mouse brain, and suggests that this happens because exercise restores a brain chemical which promotes the production and maturation of new stem cells. http://phys.org/news146219732.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:35:32 EST news146219732 In recent years, women, particularly younger women, experienced larger improvements in hospital mortality after myocardial infarction than men, according to a new study. http://phys.org/news145722576.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:29:36 EST news145722576 The neck arteries of obese children and teens look more like those of 45-year-olds, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008. http://phys.org/news145640407.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:40:07 EST news145640407 Age is not an independent factor in cancer survival rates and should not influence decisions about how to treat older patients, according to a study in the November issue of IJCP, the Independent Journal of Clinical Practice. http://phys.org/news145189395.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:23:15 EST news145189395 Blood stored for 29 days or more, nearly 2 weeks less than the current standard for blood storage, is associated with a higher infection rate in patients who received transfusions with the blood. In a new study presented at CHEST 2008, the 74th annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), researchers found that patients who received transfusions with blood stored for 29 days or more were twice as likely to suffer from nosocomial infections, including pneumonia, upper respiratory infections, and sepsis, with the oldest blood being associated with the most infections. Currently, federal regulations allow red blood cells to be stored up to 42 days, after which they must be discarded. http://phys.org/news144407866.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:17:46 EST news144407866 What stands a better chance of surviving 50 years from now, a framed photograph or a 10-megabyte digital photo file on your computer's hard drive? http://phys.org/news144343006.html Technology Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:16:46 EST news144343006 During this year's baseball playoffs, Chicago White Sox outfielder Ken Griffey Jr., 38, threw a picture-perfect strike from center field to home plate to stop an opposing player from scoring. The White Sox ultimately won the game by a single run and clinched the division title. http://phys.org/news143470424.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:53:44 EST news143470424 (PhysOrg.com) -- I think I can, I think I can. Believe. You can fly if you just believe. I won't die if you just believe. http://phys.org/news143391516.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:58:36 EST news143391516 People who began drinking and using marijuana regularly prior to their 15th birthday face a higher risk of early pregnancy, as well as a pattern of school failure, substance dependence, sexually-transmitted disease and criminal convictions that lasts into their 30s. http://phys.org/news143379525.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:38:45 EST news143379525 New research published in the October issue of Journal of the American College of Surgeons challenges the current opinion that patients in their eighties, who are often deemed "high-risk" due to their advanced age, should not undergo carotid endarterectomy – a stroke-preventing surgical procedure that clears blockages from the neck's carotid arteries. http://phys.org/news142848300.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:05:00 EST news142848300 Older and younger patients with renal cancer derive similar benefit from sorafenib therapy and tolerate the drug equally well, according to a study published online October 7 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://phys.org/news142617074.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:51:14 EST news142617074 New findings from a Decision Analysis for the US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) suggest that routine colorectal cancer screenings can be stopped in patients over the age of 75. The results are based on patients who began screenings at age 50 and have had consistently negative screenings up to the age of 75. Lead author Ann Graham Zauber, PhD, Associate Attending Biostatistician in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and her colleagues' findings are published in the October 7, 2008 online edition of [i]Annals of Internal Medicine[/i] and will appear in a forthcoming issue. http://phys.org/news142565004.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:23:24 EST news142565004 Use of the influenza vaccine was not associated with preventing hospitalizations or reducing physician visits for the flu in children age 5 and younger during two recent seasons, perhaps because the strains of virus in the vaccine did not match circulating strains, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://phys.org/news142528840.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:20:40 EST news142528840 A screening program for colon cancer in patients starting ten years prior to Medicare eligibility, at age 55 instead of Medicare's 65, would save at least two dollars for every dollar spent, according to a new study presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting in Orlando. http://phys.org/news142523002.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:43:22 EST news142523002 Astronomers who count sunspots have announced that 2008 is now the "blankest year" of the Space Age. http://phys.org/news142091818.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:56:58 EST news142091818 Eight-year-old children have a radically different learning strategy from twelve-year-olds and adults. Eight-year-olds learn primarily from positive feedback ('Well done!'), whereas negative feedback ('Got it wrong this time') scarcely causes any alarm bells to ring. Twelve-year-olds are better able to process negative feedback, and use it to learn from their mistakes. Adults do the same, but more efficiently. http://phys.org/news141554842.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:47:22 EST news141554842 An infant diet that includes fish before the age of 9 months curbs the risk of developing eczema, indicates research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. http://phys.org/news141537129.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:52:09 EST news141537129 People who hope to keep their age a secret won't want to go near a computer running this software. Like an age-guesser at a carnival, computer software being developed at the University of Illinois can fairly accurately estimate a person's age. But, unlike age-guessers, who can view a person's body, the software works by examining only the person's face. http://phys.org/news141394850.html Technology Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:20:50 EST news141394850 National size guidelines for all-terrain vehicles (ATV) are inadequate to ensure the safety of young riders, according to preliminary results from a study by researchers at the University of Kentucky. http://phys.org/news140866063.html Other Sciences Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:27:43 EST news140866063