News tagged with human adults


Genetic risk for obesity found in many Mexican young adults

As many as 35 percent of Mexican young adults may have a genetic predisposition for obesity, said a University of Illinois scientist who conducted a study at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosί.

Overweight and Obesity created May 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New methods to explore astrocyte effects on brain function

A study in The Journal of General Physiology presents new methods to evaluate how astrocytes contribute to brain function, paving the way for future exploration of these important brain cells at unprecede ...

Medical research created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teens, young adults bear disproportionate share of STDs

In the heat of the moment, it's a good bet sexually transmitted infections are the last thing on a teen's or young adult's mind. Thus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, young people ages ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Transgenic mice ready to fight obesity—and more

Scientists at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw investigate mice with a very precisely modified genome. Because it is possible to turn off the Dicer ...

Genetics created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Primary care docs shouldn't screen all patients for oral cancer: experts

(HealthDay)—Not enough evidence exists to recommend that primary care physicians perform oral cancer screenings on adult patients who have no signs or symptoms of the condition, an expert panel says.

Cancer created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers first to use common virus to 'fortify' adult stem cells

Using the same strategy that a common virus employs to evade the human immune system, researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine have modified adult stem cells to increase their ...

Medical research created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Should short boys take growth hormone?

(HealthDay)—Parents often worry when their child, especially a son, is much shorter than average. But as long as there is no medical cause, parents can rest easy, experts say.

Health created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Men may have natural aversion to adultery with friends' wives

After outgrowing teenage infatuations with the girl next door, adult males seem to be biologically designed to avoid amorous attractions to the wife next door, according to a University of Missouri study that found adult ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research supports promise of cell therapy for bowel disease

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues have identified a special population of adult stem cells in bone marrow that have the natural ability to migrate to the intestine and produce intestinal cells, ...

Medical research created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Poor kids' heaviness linked to less access to yards, parks

(Medical Xpress)—Low-income children may be overweight in part because they have less access to open green space where they can play and exercise, reports a Cornell study of obesity in Europe published in Social Science an ...

Health created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preference to save the best for last fades with age, study finds

Will you save the best chocolate in the box until last? Do you want the good news first or the bad? Your preferences may depend on your age, reports a Cornell study published in Psychology and Aging.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find first human iPSC from patients with maturity onset diabetes of the young

Joslin scientists report the first generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with an uncommon form of diabetes, maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY). These cells offer a powerful resource for ...

Medical research created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Too few adults get recommended vaccines, CDC says

(HealthDay)—Vaccines aren't just for kids, and most American adults aren't getting their recommended vaccinations, federal health officials said Tuesday.

Health created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Steering stem cells to become two different building blocks for new blood vessels

(Medical Xpress)—Growing new blood vessels in the lab is a tough challenge, but a Johns Hopkins engineering team has solved a major stumbling block: how to prod stem cells to become two different types ...

Cardiology created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene knockout stops immune cell development

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have identified the key gene in ensuring that our immune defences develop infection-fighting cells. No cells of the adaptive immune system ...

Immunology created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast