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. A study by the University of Southampton has shown that women are having children later in life mainly because they are spending longer in education. http://phys.org/news266493270.html Other Sciences Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:54:35 EST news266493270 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers and educators have long tried to encourage young women to consider science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, as career fields in an effort to address the shortage of females in those areas. Two University of Kansas professors have published a study showing that ability alone simply isn’t enough for women to excel in the STEM fields, and that how far women are from privilege makes a much bigger difference. http://phys.org/news250240541.html Other Sciences Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:30:01 EST news250240541 Teenagers are under pressure to send nude photos of themselves and other sexual images from their mobile phones as "sexting" becomes more widespread, new Australian research shows. http://phys.org/news236574984.html Other Sciences Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:16:35 EST news236574984 (AP) -- When AIDS counselor Patience Ncusani urges teens in her Soweto neighborhood to wait to have sex, or cautions young women that an older boyfriend can be deadly, she has special rapport. http://phys.org/news226140115.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:42:12 EST news226140115 A study published in Journal of Women's Health shows a rapid increase in the number of hospitalizations due to diabetes for young adults – particularly young women. http://phys.org/news206098882.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:41:37 EST news206098882 University of Alberta researcher Brea Malacad says results from a study on oral sex indicate there is little doubt that oral sex is becoming a more common activity for young women. Study results show the act has become a fundamental part of what Malacad calls the "sexual revolution of the 21st century". And she concludes that researchers, sex educators and marketers of safer-sex paraphernalia need to catch up with the trend. http://phys.org/news200755360.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:26:13 EST news200755360 (AP) -- In a sharp reversal, more young women are now embracing online communities than their male counterparts, a new study says. http://phys.org/news189778721.html Technology Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:40:02 EST news189778721 At a time when more and more young women are surviving breast cancer and delaying childbirth, it is important to take their needs and wishes about their future fertility into consideration when deciding on treatment, the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) in Barcelona will hear today (Wednesday). Dr. Anne Armstrong, from the Department of Medical Oncology, the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK, will say that, although survival remains the most important priority for most women, many are also concerned about being able to make choices concerning their fertility and potential to become pregnant. http://phys.org/news188638458.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:10:02 EST news188638458 (PhysOrg.com) -- A fictional television drama may be more effective in persuading young women to use birth control than a news-format program on the same issue, according to a new study. http://phys.org/news184861117.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:30:01 EST news184861117 A new study led by LSTM will investigate whether long-term weekly iron and folic acid supplementation can reduce anaemia without increasing the risk of contracting malaria. The information provided by the study, based in Burkina Faso and running until 2014, will strengthen adolescent health services and develop effective preventative programmes for anaemia control in young women. http://phys.org/news184414671.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:40:01 EST news184414671 Visits to a gynaecologist or midwife are generally associated with different tests and/or prescriptions for contraceptives, but could offer so much more. Women, doctors and midwives are agreed that gynaecological visits presents great opportunities for dialogue about sexual health, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://phys.org/news180095889.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:30:04 EST news180095889 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that despite the size zero trend, boys really do prefer 'normal' girls of an average weight and build. http://phys.org/news175866872.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:10:01 EST news175866872 The link between cyber-bullying and an increase in violence among young women will be featured in a new book published in November. http://phys.org/news172918693.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:01 EST news172918693 A new study finds that young women with early-stage ovarian cancer can preserve future fertility by keeping at least one ovary or the uterus without increasing the risk of dying from the disease. The study is published in the September 15, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. http://phys.org/news169103878.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:00:02 EST news169103878 (PhysOrg.com) -- Drug and alcohol problems and psychiatric disorders are more likely in women who have had an abortion or miscarriage, a University of Queensland study has found. http://phys.org/news148837563.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:46:03 EST news148837563 Insufficient vitamin D can stunt growth and foster weight gain during puberty, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Even in sun-drenched California, where scientists from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and the University of Southern California conducted their study, vitamin D deficiency was found to cause higher body mass and shorter stature in girls at the peak of their growing spurt. http://phys.org/news148134167.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:22:47 EST news148134167 Young women with DCIS, a common form of early breast cancer that arises in and is confined to the mammary ducts, are presumed more likely to have recurrences than older women with the same diagnosis. But a new study from Fox Chase Cancer Center rebuffs this conventional thinking. http://phys.org/news141483264.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:54:24 EST news141483264 Happiness and optimism may play a role against breast cancer while adverse life events can increase the risk of developing the disease, according to a study by Professor Ronit Peled, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. An article on the study titled "Breast Cancer, Psychological Distress and Life Events among Young Women," was just published in the British journal BMC Cancer (8:245, August 2008). http://phys.org/news138725805.html Medicine & Health Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:56:45 EST news138725805