Search For "adults"
Modifying chemotherapy treatment can improve lives of older people with ca
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Standard chemotherapy regimens, which are primarily based on testing in relatively young and healthy patients, may be more harmful to older persons with cancer, who frequently battle with other health conditions.
Read More
StockGro's BFF: Cultivating a Culture of Financial Awareness
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 14: In a country with immense economic potential, a startling 73 per cent of Indian adults find themselves navigating life without basic financial literacy. This gap not only stifles individual prosperity but also hinders national economic progress. This is where
Read More
New Chapter Starts in Hosur: The Together Community offers independent liv
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8: In 2005, when her children were a little over a year old, Sangeetha Chakrapani saw an article in the newspaper that made her heart thud painfully. 'The ten signs of autism', it stated and went on to explain. As Sangeetha read on, many of the signs reminded her
Read More
Males born to obese moms more likely to develop health issues as adults: R
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Males born to obese mothers are more likely to be overweight at birth and suffer metabolic issues later in life, such as liver disease or diabetes.
Read More
UCC Bill Uttarakhand: Registration of live-in relationships mandatory for
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Once the proposed UCC Bill is in place, "live-in relationships" will have to get registered under the law within 1 month from the "date of entering into the relationship". To live in a live-in relationship, adults will have to obtain consent from their parents.
Read More
New weight loss medication helps lower blood pressure in adults with obesi
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
According to new research, nearly 500 adults with obesity who took the new weight loss medication tirzepatide for about eight months saw a significant reduction in their systolic blood pressure--the top number in a blood pressure reading.
Read More
Inexplicable weight loss is linked with higher risk of fractures: Study
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Researchers from the University of Auckland, Amsterdam University Medical Center, and Cambridge University Hospitals have successfully treated over ten patients with CRISPR/Cas9 technology, with preliminary findings just published in a leading journal.
Read More
Unexplained weight loss in older people is linked with increased risk of f
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In a study of 929 older women, Edith Cowan University (ECU) Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Cassandra Smith discovered that abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), a marker of advanced blood vessel disease, was associated with a higher likelihood of rapid weight loss.
Read More
Researchers find brain changes behind pain sensitivity affect older women
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A new study discovered that the brain mechanism that allows us to regulate our own pain changes with age, and that gender-based disparities in those changes may cause females to be more sensitive to mild pain than males as they age.
Read More
Israel: New amendment eases medical treatment of adults who cannot give in
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Knesset approved an amendment to the Patient's Rights Law, which will facilitate the provision of urgent medical treatment to an adult patient who cannot give informed consent to his treatment because he does not understand the matter.
Read More
Walking fitness can predict fracture risk in older adults: Study
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Researchers from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research believe that being able to walk one kilometer comfortably can help predict fracture risk.
Read More
Study reveals how bariatric surgery slows cognitive decline for obese peop
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Obesity, which has been related to cognitive impairment and dementia, is expected to impact up to half of all adults in the United States within the next decade
Read More