Is upward mobility bad for your health?
Youth from low-income families who succeed academically and socially may actually pay a price—with their health—according to a new Northwestern University study.
Jul 13, 2015
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Youth from low-income families who succeed academically and socially may actually pay a price—with their health—according to a new Northwestern University study.
Jul 13, 2015
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A study has confirmed what many of us have been saying for years: age is nothing but a number. The researchers developed a method to determine the pace of ageing in individuals by looking at a range of biomarkers – including ...
Jul 7, 2015
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Regardless of chronological age, people who live in neighborhoods with high crime, noise and vandalism are biologically more than a decade older than those who do not, according to a study led by researchers from the University ...
Jun 18, 2015
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Turns out, feeling younger than your actual age might be good for you.
Dec 15, 2014
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Why are some 75-year-olds downright spry while others can barely get around? Part of the explanation, say researchers writing in the Cell Press journal Trends in Molecular Medicine on May 28, is differences from one person ...
May 28, 2014
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Ellen's (not her real name) adoptive parents weren't surprised when the school counselor suggested that she might have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Apr 24, 2014
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Age is not just the number of years one has lived, argue IIASA population researchers. A new study from the group provides a set of tools for measuring age in all its dimensions.
Dec 12, 2013
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Everyone grows older, but scientists don't really understand why. Now a UCLA study has uncovered a biological clock embedded in our genomes that may shed light on why our bodies age and how we can slow the process. Published ...
Oct 20, 2013
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In a randomized trial performed to help resolve the uncertainty about the optimal oxygen saturation therapy in extremely preterm infants, researchers found that targeting saturations of 85 percent to 89 percent compared with ...
May 5, 2013
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(HealthDay)—For the effective detection of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), at-risk infants should receive carefully timed retinal examinations (based on their gestational age) by an ophthalmologist experienced in the ...
Jan 2, 2013
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