News tagged with young adults
Aerobically unfit young adults on road to diabetes in middle age
Jun 18, 2009 |
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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.
Staying together 'for kids' sake' isn't always best
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Don't mistake an athlete for a 'toxic jock'
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A rose by any other name is still a rose, but is an athlete by another name... a jock?
Achieving Fame, Wealth, and Beauty are Psychological Dead Ends, Study Says
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 14, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Study shows attitudes toward tobacco industry linked to smoking behavior
May 06, 2009 |
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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.
Adolescent Risk-Taking Has Major Consequences When It Comes To Marriage
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Partner behavior better predicts STD risks
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 04, 2009 |
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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, ...
Black young adults hospitalized for stroke at much higher rate than whites, Hispanics
Mar 13, 2009 |
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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 ...
Children seriously affected when a parent suffers from depression
Mar 06, 2009 |
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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 ...
Older adults control emotions more easily than young adults
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 04, 2009 |
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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.
Young adults with post-traumatic stress disorder may be more likely to attempt suicide
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 02, 2009 |
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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 ...
New iPod listening study shows surprising behavior of teens
Feb 18, 2009 |
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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 ...
Girls growing up with heroin-addicted parent more resilient than boys
Feb 11, 2009 |
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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 ...
Video games linked to poor relationships with friends, family
Jan 23, 2009 |
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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.
Young adults need to make more time for healthy meals
Jan 06, 2009 |
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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 Di ...
