http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. People who drink may want to know that coffee won't sober them up, according to new laboratory research. Instead, a cup of coffee may make it harder for people to realize they're drunk. http://www.physorg.com/news179416153.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:50:48 EST news179416153 A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that dream-enacting behaviors are common in healthy young adults, and the prevalence of specific behaviors differs between men and women. http://www.physorg.com/news178867678.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:40:01 EST news178867678 New analysis from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) suggests that physicians need to re-think their diagnosis and treatment of sore throat, or pharyngitis, in adolescents and young adults to consider a more newly identified and potentially dangerous culprit as the source of that infection. http://www.physorg.com/news178826723.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:20:01 EST news178826723 The world record for fastest text message typing is held by a 21-year old college student from Utah, but his dexterous digits could mean serious injury later on. Most adults aged 18-21 prefer texting over e-mail or phone calls, and ergonomics researchers are starting to wonder whether it's putting the younger generation at risk for some overuse injuries - once reserved for older adults who have spent years in front of a computer. http://www.physorg.com/news177089329.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:20:01 EST news177089329 (PhysOrg.com) -- Everyday, people are required to make decisions quickly and flexibly. In a flash, they must weigh up the advantages, disadvantages and possible consequences of their behaviour and coordinate it with the relevant external circumstances. This learning process involves the messenger substance dopamine. http://www.physorg.com/news175796621.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:00:01 EST news175796621 Youth may not bring wisdom but, according to a new study from Canada, it does bring generosity as young adults are found to be the most likely to donate blood. The research, published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal of Health Geographics, looked at what factors had an impact on donating blood. http://www.physorg.com/news174665502.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:20:02 EST news174665502 When adolescents graduate to young adulthood, their preventive care tends to fall by the wayside. A recent study has found that young adults are much less likely to use ambulatory or preventive care, even though their mortality rate is more than twice that of adolescents. http://www.physorg.com/news173096382.html Medicine & Health Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:20:12 EST news173096382 (PhysOrg.com) -- The gene most closely linked to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease affects brain activity in young adults -- much earlier in life than previously reported -- according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center and The Pennsylvania State University. http://www.physorg.com/news171816576.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:00:09 EST news171816576 (AP) -- Since it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million Americans and killed about 500. It's also spread around the world, infecting tens of thousands and killing nearly 2,000. http://www.physorg.com/news171002228.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:30:01 EST news171002228 Infants who excel at processing new information at 6- and 12-months-old, typically excel in intelligence and academic achievements as young adults in their 20's, according to a study directed by Case Western Reserve University Psychologist Joseph Fagan. http://www.physorg.com/news168863998.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:00:01 EST news168863998 Comprehensive health reform proposals now before Congress could help the more than 13 million uninsured young adults ages 19-29 gain coverage, and such reforms would also help ensure that those who now have coverage would not lose it, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. Extending health insurance coverage to all Americans through expansions in Medicaid and a health insurance exchange with a choice of private and public plans would help guarantee stable, affordable coverage for young adults, according to the report, Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help, 2009 Update. http://www.physorg.com/news168764679.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:20:01 EST news168764679 (PhysOrg.com) -- If your mother smoked during her pregnancy, you are more likely to be addicted to nicotine as a young adult. http://www.physorg.com/news168703041.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:30:03 EST news168703041 (AP) -- U.S. swine flu vaccinations could begin in October with children among the first in line - at their local schools - the Obama administration said Thursday as the president and his Cabinet urged states to figure out now how they'll tackle the virus' all-but-certain resurgence. http://www.physorg.com/news166379556.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:40:01 EST news166379556 Many young smokers want to quit but don't know what methods work. http://www.physorg.com/news165602979.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:50:02 EST news165602979 While it is well known that excessive text messaging can result in sore thumbs, less is known about its possible effects on the neck, arms and hands. Young adults with symptoms in these parts of the body use a different technique when texting, according to a study at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://www.physorg.com/news164977762.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:00:02 EST news164977762 Most healthy 25 year olds don't stay up at night worrying whether they are going to develop diabetes in middle age. The disease is not on their radar, and middle age is a lifetime away. http://www.physorg.com/news164542539.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:16:06 EST news164542539 (PhysOrg.com) -- The research is clear: Adolescents tend to fare better -- academically and behaviorally -- when they live with both biological parents. But when their parents frequently argue, young adults are significantly more likely to binge drink than other teenagers. They also tend to smoke, and their poor school grades are similar to those of their peers who don't have both biological parents at home. http://www.physorg.com/news163090610.html Other Sciences Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:57:27 EST news163090610 (PhysOrg.com) -- A rose by any other name is still a rose, but is an athlete by another name... a jock? http://www.physorg.com/news163078034.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:27:45 EST news163078034 (PhysOrg.com) -- If you think having loads of money, fetching looks, or the admiration of many will improve your life - think again. A new study by three University of Rochester researchers demonstrates that progress on these fronts can actually make a person less happy. http://www.physorg.com/news161516559.html Medicine & Health Thu, 14 May 2009 10:43:25 EST news161516559 A new study by UCSF researchers concludes that media campaigns that portray the tobacco industry in a negative light and that appeal to young adults may be a powerful intervention to decrease young adult smoking. http://www.physorg.com/news160848677.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 17:11:46 EST news160848677 (PhysOrg.com) -- A national study of data collected over 12 years finds that delinquent teens marry earlier than their peers, while substance-abusing teens -- especially girls who abuse marijuana -- marry later than peers, if at all. http://www.physorg.com/news159556514.html Other Sciences Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:16:28 EST news159556514 Risky behaviors such as not using condoms or having sex with multiple people put young adults at risk for contracting sexually transmitted diseases, but perhaps not as much as the characteristics of their sexual partners, University of Florida researchers say. http://www.physorg.com/news158050093.html Medicine & Health Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:48:55 EST news158050093 In Florida, black young adults are hospitalized for stroke at a rate three times higher than their white and Hispanic peers, a new study by University of South Florida researchers reports. The study was presented today at the American Heart Association's Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Annual Conference and appears in the online version of the international journal Neuroepidemiology. http://www.physorg.com/news156169185.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:20:37 EST news156169185 Life is hard for the children of a parent suffering from depression. Children take on an enormous amount of responsibility for the ill parent and for other family members. It is therefore important for the health services to be aware of this and have support functions in place for the whole family, and not just for the person who is ill. This is the conclusion of a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://www.physorg.com/news155557491.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:26:08 EST news155557491 With age comes the ability to better regulate emotions in order to not disrupt performance on a memory-intensive task, according to a study published in the March issue of the journal Psychology and Aging. http://www.physorg.com/news155387747.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:16:20 EST news155387747 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -but not exposure to traumatic events without the development of PTSD -may be associated with subsequent attempted suicide in young adults, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news155235531.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:59:20 EST news155235531 A new study involving iPods and teenagers by the University of Colorado at Boulder and Children's Hospital Boston indicates teenagers who receive pressure from their peers or others to turn down the volume of their iPods instead turn them up higher. http://www.physorg.com/news154186250.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:31:32 EST news154186250 Growing up with a heroin-addicted parent exposes children to a variety of detrimental experiences before the age of 18 and new research indicates that girls are four times more resilient than boys in overcoming such adverse events. http://www.physorg.com/news153580111.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:09:28 EST news153580111 A new study connects young adults' use of video games to poorer relationships with friends and family - and the student co-author expresses disappointment at his own findings. http://www.physorg.com/news151911184.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:34:03 EST news151911184 As adolescents mature into young adults, increasing time constraints due to school or work can begin to impact eating habits in a negative way. In a study published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers observed that while young adults enjoy and value time spent eating with others, 35% of males and 42% of females reported lacking time to sit down and eat a meal. They further noted that "eating on the run" was related to higher consumption of unhealthy items like fast foods and lower consumption of many healthful foods. http://www.physorg.com/news150461397.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:49:57 EST news150461397