Neuroscience
Risk for migraine increased in lightly pigmented adults
The risk for migraine is increased in lightly pigmented adults, according to a study published online May 10 in Brain Sciences.
Jun 7, 2022
0
3
News tagged with adult women
Cardiology
Gender gap in some heart risk factors widens among young adults
Gender gaps in blood pressure, physical activity and smoking have widened among young adults in the United States, new research finds, suggesting that prevention approaches should be carefully tailored to help people achieve ...
Jun 2, 2022
0
4
Psychology & Psychiatry
Women in homes with guns owned by others are at higher risk to die by suicide, study says
Handguns may not just increase the risk of suicide for people who own them.
May 24, 2022
0
15
Health
Plant-based milk products: What you need to know before making the switch
Over the last decade, the number of people drinking cow's milk has dropped—with people swapping dairy for plant-based alternatives, such as oat and almond milk. With new types of plant-based milks seemingly emerging every ...
May 20, 2022
0
19
Medical research
Report details potential problems caused by lack of diversity in clinical trials
Populations underrepresented in clinical trials face worse health outcomes that will cost the U.S. trillions of dollars over the next three decades, according to a new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering ...
May 19, 2022
0
2
Cardiology
Stroke hospitalizations rising among younger adults, but deaths falling
Stroke hospitalizations for younger adults—along with the cardiovascular risk factors associated with them—have risen since 2007, preliminary new research shows. But the chances of people under age 45 dying from a stroke ...
May 16, 2022
0
16
Health
Crisis-care protocols should ignore patients' age, say ethicists
Adults 65 and over are the age demographic most likely to die or become severely ill from COVID-19—which prompts the ethical question: Should advanced age be a factor in deciding who receives lifesaving medical resources ...
May 11, 2022
0
2
Cardiology
Women and Black adults waited longer in ER for chest pain evaluation
Women (ages 18 to 55) waited longer to be evaluated for chest pain in the emergency room (ER) and received a less thorough evaluation for a possible heart attack than men in the same age range. Similarly, people of color ...
May 4, 2022
0
14
Psychology & Psychiatry
Women more likely to die of suicide by gun when an adult in their home becomes a lawful gun owner
A woman's risk of dying by suicide increases significantly when another adult she had been living with in a gun-free home becomes a first-time handgun owner, according to new research led by Matt Miller, a professor of health ...
Apr 28, 2022
0
34
Addiction
New research calls to scrap the smoking prevention/cessation binary when addressing tobacco use among young adults
A complex array of smoking behaviors and identities among young adults explains why public health initiatives around smoking prevention and cessation are not working for this age group, according to latest research led by ...
Apr 13, 2022
0
8
