Effects of education level on rates of obesity differ by race
... obesity in African-American women should begin in adolescence or early adulthood."...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2005 (first issue)
...urred in females who became overweight during late adolescence and early adulthood. At age 9, there was no evidence of an association, but by 26 it was statistically significant. Analysis of data was performed in 1,037 children at ages 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, and 26. Information on asthma and measurements of l...Alcohol's damaging effects on adolescent brain function
...The association between antisocial behavior during adolescence and alcoholism may be explained by abnormalities in the frontal limbic system, which appears to cause "blunted emotional reactivity." "The 'emotional reactivity' concept is fairly novel in this context," said Monti. "Scientific findings suggest that...Inflammatory cells highly promising target in NF 1
...n. In most patients, the tumors begin to appear in adolescence or adulthood. A patient may develop hundreds of neurofibromas over a lifetime. Some NF 1 patients also develop numerous light brown (caf-au-lait) spots on the skin, enlargement and deformation of bones and curvature of the spine (scoliosis), and in m...Program effective at reducing depression in teens
... JAMA. Lifetime prevalence for major depression in adolescence is estimated at 15 percent to 20 percent, current prevalence is estimated as high as 6 percent, and 28.3 percent of adolescents report periods during the past year of depressive symptoms leading to impairment, according to background information in t...European study highlights persistent 3 decade increase in childhood cancer incidence
...f an increase of cancer incidence in childhood and adolescence during the past decades, and of an acceleration of this trend. Geographical and temporal patterns suggest areas for further study into causes of these cancers, as well as provide an indicator of progress of public-health policy in Europe." In an acc...Bulimic teens also likely to suffer from depression
...erns between bulimia and dysthymia may change from adolescence to adulthood, making major depression more likely to co-exist in adults than dysthymia. She reasons that as the course of bulimia progresses, the social support network and resources of a bulimic person may start to diminish, making negativ...Cannabis increases risk of psychosis
Frequent cannabis use during adolescence and young adulthood increases the risk of psychotic symptoms later in life, according to a new study published on bmj.com today. The risk of developing symptoms was much higher in young people with a pre-existing vulnerability to psychosis. Please...Novel imaging technique shows abnormal brain anatomy in children with ADHD
...ith ADHD in childhood continue to have problems in adolescence and adulthood. "Despite progress in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of ADHD, this disorder and its treatment have remained controversial," said co-author of the stimulant study, Andrew Adesman, M.D. "This study is yet further proof that child...Malnutrition in early years leads to low IQ and later antisocial behavior, USC study finds
...ly risk factors for this behavior in childhood and adolescence is an important first step for developing successful prevention programs for adult violence," she said. For 14 years, researchers followed the nutritional, behavioral and cognitive development of more than 1,000 children who lived on Mauritius, an is...Nicotine more addictive when combined with other tobacco smoke chemicals, UCI study finds
...nistration procedure and to evaluate whether early adolescence was a period of enhanced vulnerability to other abused drugs. Although adolescent rats are more responsive to the nicotine-acetaldehyde mix than adult rats, the young rats were not more responsive to cocaine than adults. "Our latest findings ...Teenage hormone therapy to reduce adult height of tall girls linked to reduced fertility
...uggests that tall girls given oestrogen therapy in adolescence to reduce adult height are more likely to experien...nancy, women who had received oestrogen therapy in adolescence were 40% less likely to conceive in any given menstrual cycle of unprotected intercourse. Lead inve...Long-term study demonstrated ADDERALL XR is an effective option to treat adolescents with ADHA
...sed with ADHD will continue to exhibit symptoms in adolescence and up to 65 percent in adulthood.- The three main symptoms of ADHD include inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. If left untreated, these symptoms may seriously and adversely affect patients as well as their families and friends. Findin...Attacking bipolar disorder in young adults boosts outcome, says Stanford study
...es of mania and depression that typically begin in adolescence or early adulthood and can last from days to months. Family history is a powerful indicator; Ketter said a member of the general population on average has a 2 percent chance of having bipolar disorder while a person with a family history of the disea...Exercise improves cancer survival, reduces cancer risk, scientists say
... Women who reported exercise participation in both adolescence and adulthood were 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop endometrial cancer than women who reported no exercise in either life-period. Common activities, including household chores and daily walking, were also found to reduce risk by about 30 perc...Active lifestyle reduces risk of endometrial cancer
...ndings include: Exercise participation in both adolescence and adulthood was associated with a 30 percent-40 percent reduction in endometrial cancer risk. In analyses to evaluate the separate effects of exercise and lifestyle activity, women who reported no exercise but who had more active lifestyles throug...Hopkins researchers find MRI useful tool in diagnosing inflammatory bowel diseases in children
... fewer recurrences. Both diseasea usually startsin adolescence or young adulthood, but can also be seen in younger children. In ulcerative colitis, the inner lining of the colon is inflamed. People with Crohn's disease have similar inflammation, but it extends deeper into the intestinal wall and can also involv...UK Teenage Cancer Trust demands government action to aid young cancer patients
... with cancer. Some treated in childhood relapse in adolescence and many of the 60% of children cured need long-term follow up. It is likely that numbers in the 15 to 24 group will increase over the next decade due to growth in the teenage and young adult cohort compared to the expected increase in the child popu...Brain structure implicated in early onset depression
...mmon and debilitating illness that is as common in adolescence as it is in adulthood. By studying younger patients the researchers hoped that they would be able to see differences in brain structure that may cause the disorder, rather than those differences that are a side effect of long-term illness or treatmen...Low free testosterone levels linked to Alzheimer's disease in older men
...ce somewhat less testosterone than they did during adolescence and early adulthood, when production of this hormone peaks. Within the body, testosterone tends to bind with sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG). But some testosterone remains freely circulating in the bloodstream. Unlike the SHBG-bound form of the h...