Tag: adults

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Can daytime sleepiness predict Alzheimer’s?

In a recently published study, scientists conclude that excessive daytime sleepiness could predict the onset of Alzheimer’s in later life.   It affects around 5.7 million people in the United States — and this number is predicted to rise. Some estimate that, by 2050, 13.8 million U.S. adults might be affected. Despite its growing prevalence, […]

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Kiwi compound may prevent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

There is increasing evidence that we are what our mothers ate during pregnancy; if they consumed a high-fat diet, then we might suffer the consequences, be it obesity or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. A new study, however, may have uncovered a way to prevent the latter. Researchers say PQQ — found in kiwi fruit — […]

Do Android and iPhone users have different personalities?

Smartphones started to become popular in 2007, with the advent of the first iPhone. Since then, smartphone sales have increased exponentially. Between 2011-2013, there was an increase of over 50 percent in smartphone sales worldwide. In the United States, 64 percent of adults are reported to now own a smartphone. Compared with 2011, this number […]

Revise BMI For Seniors Says Researcher In Australian Study

A researcher who led an Australian study that found adults aged 70 and over who are classed as overweight under the current Body Mass Index (BMI) definition are less likely to die over a 10 year period than their normal weight counterparts is calling for a revision of BMI for this group so it more […]

Depression: 15 genomic regions linked with diagnosis

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States. In 2014, there were around 15.7 million adults aged 18 or older in the U.S. who had experienced at least one major depressive episode in the last year, which represented 6.7 percent of all American adults. According to the Anxiety and Depression […]