News tagged with younger people


Panic attacks linked to higher risk of heart attacks and heart disease, especially in younger people

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

People who have been diagnosed with panic attacks or panic disorder have a greater risk of subsequently developing heart disease or suffering a heart attack than the normal population, with higher rates occurring in younger ...


Older people may need less sleep, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 24, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Along with all the other changes that come with age, healthy older people also lose some capacity for sleep, according to a new report published online on July 24th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. When asked ...





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Study: Looking young may mean living longer

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Those baby-faced people now have another reason to be smug: a new Danish study says looking young apparently means a longer life.


Mad as hell? New discoveries about the experience of anger

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Younger people, those with children and less-educated individuals are more likely to experience anger, according to new UofT research that examines one of the most common negative emotions in society.


Older adults want robots that do more than vacuum, human factors/ergonomics researchers find

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered that, contrary to previous assumptions, older adults are more amenable than younger ones to having a robot "perform critical monitoring tasks that would require little interaction ...


Older problem drinkers use more alcohol than do their younger counterparts

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than do younger adults who have similar problems, a new study has found.


New info shows swine flu still hardest on young

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Swine flu continues to be most dangerous to kids and younger adults and is largely bypassing the elderly, according to the latest and most solid government health information.


Cell study explains why younger people more at risk of vCJD

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Specific cells within the immune system could help explain why younger people are more susceptible to variant CJD, scientists believe.


Link found between history of periodontitis and cerebrovascular disease in men

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The potential role of periodontitis, an inflammatory disease of the gums, in the risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly ischemic stroke, has received growing attention during the last decade. A new study is the first ...


Study finds Web no equalizer for civic engagement

Technology / Internet

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Unlike some people have hoped, the Internet hasn't led to big changes in the socio-economic makeup of Americans engaged in civic activities, a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds.


Link Between Poor Sleep and Poor Learning in Older Adults Investigated

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are trying to decode why aging prevents sleep from enhancing memory. Rebecca Spencer, assistant professor of psychology, says she is trying to isolate ...


Researchers explore long-term adolescent vulnerability to drugs

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As part of efforts to understand drug abuse, Georgia State University researchers are finding that adolescent rats appear to be less vulnerable to the long-term effects of withdrawal and relapse in certain types of drug use ...



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