News tagged with healthy adults


Potential autoimmunity-inducing cells found in healthy adults

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's not just patients with autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that have self-attacking immune cells—healthy people have them too, according to a new report in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. In hea ...


New study identifies link between Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in healthy adults

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A study published in the November issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease provides an insight into normal, physiological levels and association between proteins involved in development of Alzheimer's disease. A group ...





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What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans (AP)

What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans

Medicine & Health / Health

created 21 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

(AP) -- As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me?


Scientists Shed New Light On Right Brain Activity

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

It’s a world first: thanks to new technology developed by the University of Victoria, Canada, researchers can now show how multiple parts of the right brain dynamically process spatial relationships.


Swine flu vaccine now plentiful in half the states

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- After weeks of shortages, swine flu vaccine is plentiful enough that nearly half the states now say everyone can get it, not just people in high-risk groups.


Higher levels of protein hormone associated with lower risk of dementia, Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Persons with higher levels of leptin, a protein hormone produced by fat cells and involved in the regulation of appetite, may have an associated reduced incidence of Alzheimer disease and dementia, according to a study in ...


Marketing a 'spoonful of sugar'

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Your kids won't wear their seatbelts, take their vitamins or brush their teeth? A new study by Tel Aviv University offers a simple formula that will get better compliance in the kid department -- and has implications for ...


Less TV time may help overweight adults burn more calories, researcher says

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adults may stave off weight gain by simply spending less time watching television, according to a new study. Overweight adults who cut television time in half burned more calories as a result. ...


Drug-resistant swine flu cluster on Vietnam train

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cluster of seven people infected with a Tamiflu-resistant strain of pandemic H1N1 influenza has been identified in Vietnam by a team including Oxford researchers.


'Mini' transplant may reverse severe sickle cell disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Results of a preliminary study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins show that "mini" stem cell transplantation may safely reverse severe sickle cell disease in adults.


New study finds low rate of injuries at overnight summer camp

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although a trip to summer camp is highly anticipated by over 11 million children and adults each year, sending a child off to summer camp can be a source of anxiety for parents. Findings from a new study published in the ...


Childhood traumas linger as health risk factors for adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London has found that negative experiences in childhood may alter not only mental health but also physical health, into middle age and beyond.



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