Cardiology

Sedentary lifestyle puts strain on young hearts, study shows

According to a recent Finnish study, high levels of sedentary behavior and physical inactivity from childhood strain the heart in adolescence. High cardiac workload predicts heart failure and other heart diseases. In light ...

Addiction

Study highlights key predictors of adolescent substance use

New research, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, examined a broad range of potential predictors of substance use among adolescents and found sociodemographic variables were the most robust predictors of substance ...