http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. University of Missouri researchers have found evidence that shows those who quit smoking show improvements in their overall personality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-personality.html Health Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:55:03 EST news235061688 (Medical Xpress) -- Those 25-year-olds who are overweight now but think they will be fine as long as they lose weight eventually might need to reconsider. A study appearing online in the Journal of Adolescent Health finds that people who are overweight during young adulthood are likely to die earlier than others. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-excess-weight-young-adulthood-shorter.html Health Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:41:35 EST news232796490 Childhood cancer survivors with poor physical health and neurocognitive deficits are more likely to be unemployed or work part-time in adulthood, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-childhood-cancer-survivors-poor-health.html Cancer Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:18:59 EST news232633124 (AP) -- Scientists who hunt for "intelligence genes" used to think there were fewer than half a dozen of them. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-specific-iq-genes-elusive-latest.html Genetics Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:08:03 EST news232092469 A new study finds that teens with a positive sense of well-being are more likely to report being healthy in young adulthood. The research suggests this is not just because teenagers who feel good about themselves are healthy in the first place. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-teen-well-being-young-adult-health.html Health Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:56:31 EST news230291764 Teenagers are known for their angst-ridden ways, but those who remain happy and positive during the tumultuous teenage years report better general health when they are adults, according to a new Northwestern University study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-positive-teens-healthier-adults.html Health Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:00:06 EST news230262799 Self-esteem increases during adolescence, then slows in young adulthood, but contrary to popular belief, there is no significant difference between men's and women's self-esteem during either of those life phases, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-difference-women-men-self-esteem-youth.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:00:06 EST news229859283 (Medical Xpress) -- Changes in blood pressure occur during four phases in a person's lifetime, new research led by the Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London suggests. Presented in the journal PLoS Medicine, the research was funded in part by the Member States participating in NEW OSH ERA ('New and emerging risks in occupational safety and health [OSH] - anticipating and dealing with change in the workplace through coordination of OSH risk research') project. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-blood-pressure-lifetime.html Health Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:49:15 EST news228664083 Canadian researchers have found that maternal multiple sclerosis (MS) is generally not associated with adverse delivery outcomes or risk to their offspring. Full findings now appear in Annals of Neurology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Neurological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-pregnancy-safe-multiple-sclerosis.html Neuroscience Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:29:51 EST news228364174 Adolescents who diet and develop disordered eating behaviors (unhealthy and extreme weight control behaviors and binge eating) carry these unhealthy practices into young adulthood and beyond, according to a study conducted by University of Minnesota researchers and published in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-adolescents-dieting-disordered-behaviors-young.html Health Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:13:24 EST news228107588 Compounds in blueberries might turn out to have a powerful effect on formation of strong, healthy bones, if results from studies with laboratory rats turn out to hold true for humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-blueberries-lab-rats-strong-bones.html Medical research Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:03:35 EST news227873001 (Medical Xpress) -- Public health researchers, based at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, have identified a link between men being overweight or obese at age 18 and death from cancer in later life. The study shows the link is apparent even if they reduce their weight during middle age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-weight-linked-cancer-men-decades.html Health Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:30:01 EST news227443398 Schizophrenia is a chronic illness that most often comes on in late adolescence or young adulthood and can devastate patients’ lives. Many physicians and researchers believe that early intervention can increase the chances for recovery, reduce recurrences and even prevent the warning signs of psychosis from progressing to the actual disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-early-interventions-schizophrenia-evidence-inconclusive.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:48:21 EST news227350091 A University of Iowa study found that women who make their sexual debut as young teens are more likely to divorce, especially if "the first time" was unwanted, or if she had mixed feelings about it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-link-teen-sex-divorce.html Health Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:29:32 EST news227348957 The main causes of increases in blood pressure over a lifetime are modifiable and could be targeted to help prevent cardiovascular disease: although high blood pressure sometimes has no obvious symptoms, this condition, which affects about a third of the adult UK and US populations, can lead to life-threatening heart attacks and stroke, so reducing blood pressure is very important for health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-blood-pressure-age-related.html Health Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:23:18 EST news227290940 Father's Day this Sunday is a chance to recognize dads for putting up with all manner of nonsense that kids manage to cook up on the way to adulthood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-dads-good-parenting-difference.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:47:47 EST news227281645 Men who report having bullied peers in childhood appear to have an increased risk of perpetrating violence against an intimate partner in adulthood, according to a report posted online today by the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-link-childhood-bullying-adult-intimate.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:22:55 EST news226596161 (PhysOrg.com) -- Young people who have sustained a head injury during their lifetime are more likely to engage in violent behavior, according to an eight-year study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-people-injuries-violent-behavior.html Health Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:52:13 EST news226223494 After years of building hope for a treatment, Rochester researchers and clinicians will begin the first controlled clinical trial for Juvenile Batten disease this summer, thanks to $1 million in grants from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Batten Disease Support and Research Association (BDRSA). The trial will examine whether mycophenolate mofetil, a drug FDA-approved to suppress the immune system and prevent organ rejection in children, is safe for these children and whether it can slow or halt the progression of the fatal neurodegenerative disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-clinical-trial-juvenile-batten-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 31 May 2011 11:43:12 EST news226060965 Critical new research has found that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth who experience high levels of school victimization in middle and high school report impaired health and mental health in young adulthood, including depression, suicide attempts that require medical care, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and risk for HIV. This is the first known study to examine the relationship between school victimization during adolescence – specifically related to sexual orientation and gender identity – with multiple dimensions of young adult health and adjustment. The study demonstrates the importance of addressing and preventing anti-LGBT victimization at the structural or school level to reduce health disparities among LGBT young people. The study is published in the Journal of School Health, the journal of the American School Health Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-school-bullying-violence-lgbt-youth.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 16 May 2011 05:02:20 EST news224740918 Scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and the University of Melbourne have used innovative new technologies to identify the gene responsible for a rare but fatal hereditary brain disorder. The discovery will make it possible to diagnose the disease through a blood test rather than a brain biopsy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-technology-gene-responsible-kufs-disease.html Genetics Thu, 05 May 2011 12:58:23 EST news223819066