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Potential autoimmunity-inducing cells found in healthy adults

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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

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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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Older adults less affected by sleep deprivation than younger adults during cognitive performance

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created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, older adults are able to retain better cognitive functioning during sleep deprivation ...


Study: Flu shot better than nasal spray in adults

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A flu shot is 50 percent more effective than nasal spray vaccine in preventing seasonal influenza in healthy adults, a new University of Michigan study shows.


Remembering what to remember and what to forget

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created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People in very early stages of Alzheimer's disease already have trouble focusing on what is important to remember, a UCLA psychologist and colleagues report.


Aerobically unfit young adults on road to diabetes in middle age

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created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.


Young adults visit doctors least at an age when risky behavior peaks

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Health reform proposals could help 13 million uninsured young adults gain coverage

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created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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 ...


Following a healthy lifestyle is on the decline in the US

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created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Despite the well-known benefits of having a lifestyle that includes physical activity, eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables, maintaining a healthy weight, moderate alcohol use and not smoking, only a small proportion ...


Unfit Young Adults on Road to Diabetes in Middle Age

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created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- 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.


Psychologists say longer lives can still lead to happier golden years

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created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

As more people live well into their 80s and 90s, it's reassuring to know that most people get happier as they age and exert more emotional control than younger adults, according to researchers who spoke at the 117th Annual ...


Researcher finds Girl Scout meetings provide an opportunity to increase girls' physical activity

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created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Girls typically are less physically active than boys, but a Kansas State University researcher has found that organizations like Girl Scouts provide an ideal setting to get girls moving early in life and to develop lifelong ...



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