adulthood

Abuse in Childhood Could Result In Heart Disease in Adulthood

Abused and neglected children are much more likely to develop ischemic heart disease as adults than children who were not abused or neglected //, according to a new study. Stressful childhoods could lead to self-destructive behaviors such as smoking, drug abuse, and inactivity. This may contribute to the increased risk for heart disease, according to the study. Results show adults who ex...

Weight and size at birth predicts mortality in adulthood

Small body size at birth, as a marker of an adverse intrauterine environment could be an important risk factor for // death from cardiovascular disease, according to the study published in International Journal of Epidemiology.. The findings was obtained by studying 13830 individuals born between 1924 and 1944 in Finland. Subsequently data pertaining to the primary causes of death between...

Is low birth weight related to psychological distress in adulthood?

Being underweight at the period of gestation has a profound effect on the psychological behavior in adulthood. It has been found // that although children even if born full term but weighing below 5.5 lbs are at 50% risk towards psychological distress in their adulthood. This being the same after taking into consideration various factors likes father’s social class, adult marital status...

Children Of Alcoholics Tend to Become Drug Abusers In Adulthood

A new study conducted by David Flora, PhD of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (now at York University), and Laurie Chassin, PhD of Arizona State University//, says that parental alcoholism is directly linked to illicit drug well into adulthood. It is generally known that children of alcoholics (COA's) suffer because of their parent's abusive habits, but this is the first time...

Childhood Cancer Survivors May Suffer Health Problems in Adulthood

Children with cancer have almost a 80% chance of winning a battle with cancer, as opposed to adults, and children who were diagnosed for cancer 20 to 30 years ago.// A recent report has explained that despite braving odds and coming out of cancer, this does not absolve them from the risks of long-term health problems in adulthood. One of the co-authors of the Childhood Cancer Survivor...

Virus Infections Could Affect Cognitive Impairment in Latter Adulthood

Washington - A novel study by researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota has found that a certain group of viruses known to trigger a variety of sickness, right from// common cold to polio could also hamper cognitive abilities later in life. This infamous virus called picornavirus and its ilk can cause memory loss with a cumulative effect, spread over a lifetime, which can show up as...

Many Teens Lose Migraines as They Reach Adulthood

There’s good news for kids and teens with migraines. Nearly 40 percent of kids and teens with migraine no longer had headaches 10 years later, and another 20 percent developed// less severe headaches, according to a new study published in the October 24, 2006, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Kids with a family member with migraines were...

Baby Foods That Prevent Obesity and Diabetes in Adulthood to Hit the Market Soon

Infant formula and other baby foods that provides permanent protection from obesity and diabetes into adulthood could be on shop shelves soon, reports Lisa Melton in Chemistry// & Industry. The foods, under development at the Clore Laboratory at the University of Buckingham, will be supplemented with leptin, the hunger hormone. Those who take the foods early in life should remain per...

Breast Fed Children also Likely to Gain Weight on Adulthood

Breast feed provides a protective shield in early childhood. But new research show that the effect of this does not carry through to adolescence and adulthood. Child// fed on breastfeed can grow to be obese just as a child fed on bottle feed. The earlier study had pressed the government health official to declare that breast feed was necessary to reduce childhood obesity. Federal chron...

Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle During Adulthood may Delay Old Age Disability

According to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues, maintaining a healthy body weight throughout adulthood may help prevent or delay the onset of physical disability as we age. The study found that older adults with a history of excess weight in midlife or earlier had worse physical performance than those who were normal weight throughout adulthoo...