Results of a new US study released by the Commonwealth Fund, find that more and more young Americans are living without any form of health insurance.
The report, entitled Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help, used census data to calculate the numbers, that show that 13.79 million Americans [...]
If you didn’t get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award in school, the government is giving you another chance to prove you’re in shape.
An adult fitness test is being introduced Wednesday by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. It will incorporate several of the exercises that millions of students undertake each year as they [...]
Low IQ scores and problems related to thinking and reasoning are common in children and adolescents with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to an Italian study reported in the journal Neurology.
Approximately 5 percent of MS cases begin before age 18, note Dr. Maria Pia Amato, at the University of Florence, and her associates.
“The initial diagnosis of [...]
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Not surprisingly, twenty- and thirtysomethings have the highest rate of uninsureds compared with other age groups. In addition to being dropped from a parent’s policy, many young adults scoff at the idea of adding another bill to a burgeoning list of monthly expenses. Young and healthy, there may not seem to be a need for [...]
At the same time, psychiatrists say, his case may help reinforce a key lesson: Stopping antidepressant therapy suddenly can be risky if patients do not follow a doctor’s instructions and don’t report any negative effects.
About one-fifth of people who halt a course of Prozac-like drugs report symptoms associated with a condition known [...]
