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. America's elderly population will nearly double by 2050, according to a Pew Research report. As baby boomers enter retirement, concern exists as to who will care for them as they age. Traditionally, children have accepted the caregiving responsibilities, but those caregiving roles are becoming blurred as more families are affected by divorce and remarriage than in previous decades. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found that relationship quality trumps genetic ties when determining caregiving obligations. http://phys.org/news238163365.html Other Sciences Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:29:31 EST news238163365 If you think teenagers prefer social media over the telephone, you may want to think again, at least when it comes to teens involved in research studies. http://phys.org/news232196066.html Other Sciences Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:20:01 EST news232196066 Consumers who are in a positive mood make quicker and more consistent judgments than unhappy people, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. http://phys.org/news229873927.html Other Sciences Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:00:01 EST news229873927 Consumers react strongly to their product choices being copied, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. They really dislike it when the copycat is someone similar to them. http://phys.org/news227359168.html Other Sciences Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:19:46 EST news227359168 Every time consumers spend money on a purchase, they are giving up other consumption down the road. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research looks at the factors that lead consumers to consider these "opportunity costs." http://phys.org/news224157654.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 May 2011 11:50:01 EST news224157654 Researchers need to proactively engage lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in health studies and collect data on these populations to identify and better understand health conditions that affect them, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The scarcity of research yields an incomplete picture of LGBT health status and needs, which is further fragmented by the tendency to treat sexual and gender minorities as a single homogeneous group, said the committee that wrote the report. http://phys.org/news220795962.html Medicine & Health Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:14:38 EST news220795962 Despite a long-standing requirement for medical device makers to include women in studies they submit to the Food and Drug Administration for device approval, only a few include enough women or analyze how the devices work specifically in women, according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. http://phys.org/news218221436.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:30:02 EST news218221436 Obtaining consent for genetic studies can be an opportunity for researchers to foster respectful engagement with participants, not merely to mitigate legal risk. This shift is proposed in a policy forum appearing tomorrow, Jan. 21, in Science, the journal of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. http://phys.org/news214767557.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:39:28 EST news214767557 One reason antidepressant medication treatments do not work as well in real life as they do in clinical studies could be the limited type of study participants selected, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. http://phys.org/news161367241.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 May 2009 17:14:31 EST news161367241