Cardiology
Researchers find high blood pressure link
The age a woman begins menstruation is associated with having high blood pressure later in her life, according to a team of researchers at the University of Georgia.
Mar 7, 2019
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News tagged with adulthood
Psychology & Psychiatry
What can early adulthood tell us about midlife identity?
Identity formation is a major developmental task in adolescence but continues throughout adulthood. Significant individual differences, however, emerge. The long-term role of personal styles for predicting identity stability ...
Feb 12, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Unhealthy weight-control practices can persist and intensify in adulthood
As many as one-third of adolescents and two-thirds of adults engage in dieting. Unhealthy forms of weight control such as purging, fasting and dieting are linked to problems later in life including eating disorders, depression ...
Nov 28, 2018
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Diabetes
Weight loss can protect overweight boys from developing type 2 diabetes
A new study shows that overweight seven year olds have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes as adults, but only if they are still overweight by the time they hit puberty and beyond.
Jul 12, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Childhood communication enhances brain development, protecting against harmful behaviors
Children with greater parent communication in early adolescence have less harmful alcohol use and emotional eating in young adulthood, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry.
May 3, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Getting kids to a good weight by 13 may help avoid diabetes
There may be a critical window for overweight kids to get to a healthy level. Those who shed their extra pounds by age 13 had the same risk of developing diabetes in adulthood as others who had never weighed too much, a large ...
Apr 4, 2018
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Cardiology
Women's antibiotic use linked to higher risk of death from heart disease, other causes
Women who take antibiotics for long periods, especially in late adulthood, appear to have a higher risk of death from heart disease and in general, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's ...
Mar 22, 2018
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Genetics
Modulation of Fgf21 gene in early-life ameliorates adulthood diet-induced obesity
The importance of good nutrition in the early development of children has been recognized for many decades. Nutritional experiences in early life can have profound and long-lasting effects on body weight in later life. For ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Overweight kids don't have to be overweight adults
(HealthDay)—Overweight children often become obese adults, with attendant problems such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Dec 20, 2017
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Cardiology
Childhood socioeconomic status associated with arterial stiffness in adulthood
A multicentre trial coordinated by the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Turku, Finland, shows that lower socioeconomic status in childhood is associated with arterial ...
Sep 6, 2017
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