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. Employees with disabilities are twice as likely to be attacked at work and experience much higher rates of insults, ridicule and intimidation, a new study has found. http://phys.org/news281688805.html Other Sciences Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:30:02 EST news281688805 124 + 329 = tummy ache. According to a recent study by Rose Vukovic, NYU Steinhardt professor of teaching and learning, math gives some New York City students stomachaches, headaches, and a quickened heartbeat. In short, math makes these children anxious. http://phys.org/news281688163.html Other Sciences Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:44:24 EST news281688163 Researchers from North Carolina State University, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and a host of other institutions have developed a safety testing system to help chemists design inherently safer chemicals and processes. http://phys.org/news274023693.html Chemistry Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:41:44 EST news274023693 (Phys.org) -- Students with cognitive and learning disabilities that engaged in a self-directed learning program were more likely to access mainstream instruction and achieve their academic or other goals, suggests research by Karrie A. Shogren, a special education expert at the University of Illinois. http://phys.org/news262419597.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:50:01 EST news262419597 Research from North Carolina State University shows that utilizing a freely available literacy tool results in significant advances in fundamental reading skills for elementary school students, without requiring schools to drastically overhaul existing programs. The research focused on children who were characterized as "struggling readers" at risk for a learning disability in reading. http://phys.org/news233837145.html Other Sciences Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:46:02 EST news233837145 A new study published today in the journal Child Development (e-publication ahead of print) finds that having a poor "gut sense" of numbers can lead to a mathematical learning disability and difficulty in achieving basic math proficiency. This inaccurate number sense is just one cause of math learning disabilities, according to the research led by Dr. Michele Mazzocco of the Kennedy Krieger Institute. http://phys.org/news227501711.html Other Sciences Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:55:29 EST news227501711 Children who have hypertension are much more likely to have learning disabilities than children with normal blood pressure, according to a new University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) study published this week in the journal, Pediatrics. In fact, when variables such as socio-economic levels are evened out, children with hypertension were four times more likely to have cognitive problems. http://phys.org/news208533201.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:54:03 EST news208533201 A group of researchers at the University of Bristol have sequestered the potentially fatal breath holding episodes associated with the autistic-spectrum disorder Rett syndrome. http://phys.org/news205425548.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:39:24 EST news205425548 (PhysOrg.com) -- Dyslexia is usually associated with persistent reading, spelling, and sometimes speech difficulties that are hard to overcome. One theory proposed to explain the condition is that people with dyslexia suffer from a more fundamental deficit in auditory processing than just interpretation of the spoken or written word, but this idea has produced much debate. Now scientists in Europe have shown that adults with dyslexia do have a specific auditory processing impairment that is not specific to speech sounds. http://phys.org/news194589535.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:50:01 EST news194589535 Stress, sickness and depression can generate inflammation in the brain, which is detrimental to learning. According to a new study that will appear online on May 3rd in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, T cells level the learning curve by producing a protein that combats inflammation, establishing a more learning-conducive environment in the brain. http://phys.org/news192112371.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 May 2010 13:33:02 EST news192112371 Perception of second language speech is easier when it is spoken in the accent of the listener and not in the 'original' accent of that language, shows a new study from the University of Haifa. The study was published in the prestigious Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. http://phys.org/news185543105.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:00:03 EST news185543105 Intel Corporation today announced the Intel Reader, a mobile handheld device designed to increase independence for people who have trouble reading standard print. http://phys.org/news177146151.html Electronics Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:30:02 EST news177146151 Rutgers University Professor Dipak Sarkar has received a $3.5 million MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue researching the damaging effects of alcohol on the nervous systems of the unborn. http://phys.org/news170600128.html Medicine & Health Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:30:01 EST news170600128 Mayo Clinic researchers have found that children exposed to anesthesia during Cesarean section are not at any higher risk for learning disabilities later in life than children not delivered by C-section. These findings are reported in the current issue of the journal Anesthesiology. http://phys.org/news167935433.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:20:01 EST news167935433 Doctors may get a new arsenal for meningitis treatment and the war on drug-resistant bacteria and fungal infections with novel peptide nanoparticles developed by scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of Singapore and reported in Nature Nanotechnology. http://phys.org/news165419576.html Nanotechnology Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:54:00 EST news165419576 Children who have high blood pressure are more likely to have learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than children who are not hypertensive. They are also more likely to have a higher body mass index (BMI), an indicator of body fat. http://phys.org/news160673994.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 16:40:27 EST news160673994 (PhysOrg.com) -- A collaboration between more than 70 researchers across the globe has uncovered nine new genes on the X chromosome that, when knocked-out, lead to learning disabilities. The international team studied almost all X chromosome genes in 208 families with learning disabilities - the largest screen of this type ever reported. http://phys.org/news159371223.html Medicine & Health Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:47:53 EST news159371223 Mayo Clinic researchers have found that children who require multiple surgeries under anesthesia during their first three years of life are at higher risk of developing learning disabilities later. Several studies have suggested that anesthetic drugs may cause abnormalities in the brains of young animals. This is the first study in humans to suggest that exposure of children to anesthesia may have similar consequences. The finding is reported in the current issue of the journal Anesthesiology. http://phys.org/news157107831.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:04:15 EST news157107831 By peering into the brains of people with dyslexia compared to normal readers, a study published online on March 12th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, has shed new light on the roots of the learning disability, which affects four to ten percent of the population. The findings support the notion that the reading and spelling deficit—characterized by an inability to break words down into the separate sounds that comprise them—stems in part from a failure to properly integrate letters with their speech sounds. http://phys.org/news156084126.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:42:47 EST news156084126 A new study in the October 31st issue of Cell, a Cell Press journal, has revealed the molecular and cellular underpinnings of one of the most common, single gene causes for learning disability in humans. The findings made in learning disabled mice offer new insight into what happens in the brain when we learn and remember. http://phys.org/news144587295.html Biology Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:08:15 EST news144587295