Tag: Adults
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Adults living in high air pollution areas at higher risk of long-term health conditions
Study conducted to examine whether air pollution exposure is linked with the occurrence of multiple long-term health conditions.
December 2, 2022 -
Germany plans to legalize recreational cannabis for adults
According to CNN, adults would be allowed to possess up to 30 grams of marijuana under the proposed legislation.
October 28, 2022 -
Free Covid booster dose for all adults from today
This special vaccination drive is a part of the celebration for Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and aims to provide free precaution dose for all adults (18 years and above) eligible population at Government COVID Vaccination Centres (CVCs).
July 15, 2022 -
Study finds physical activity monitors help boost activity levels in adults
As such, they said that this study "provides evidence for using physical activity monitors for enhancing physical activity and moderate to vigorous physical activity at a time when large, feasible, and scalable interventions are urgently needed."
January 28, 2022 -
‘Parents’ caution can protect children’
It will be appropriate that the high priority groups - the elderly, and those with co-morbidity, those who are at risk of developing severe disease and mortality - should first get the vaccine, and then gradually, when we have sufficient vaccines, we can immunise all children as well.
January 15, 2022 -
Nilgiris: First district in TN to give 100% adults first dose
Health department officials said that special care was taken in vaccinating people of the nine districts of Tamil Nadu that share borders with Kerala
September 13, 2021 -
‘Nearly 60% of French adults received 1st Covid vaccine dose’
Nearly half or some 33.26 million people in France have been fully vaccinated
July 27, 2021 -
Inflammatory syndrome post-Covid rare but possible in adults
The team described the possibility of the syndrome in adults in a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)
June 21, 2021 -
Being lonely ups risk of Internet addiction: Study
The risk of being drawn into problematic Internet use was at its highest among 16-year-old adolescents, with the phenomenon being more common among boys.
February 24, 2021 -
1 in 3 adults anxious, depressed due to pandemic: Study
"The lower social status of women and less preferential access to healthcare compared to men could potentially be responsible for the exaggerated adverse psychosocial impact on women."
January 28, 2021 -
Young obese at higher risk of cancer
Obesity which often leads to cancer in older adults is now reported with increasing frequency in young adults.
March 28, 2018 -
Smartphone app may help manage mental illness
Researchers have developed a smartphone app to help middle-aged and older adults self-manage their mental illness and other chronic conditions, suggests new research. First, the researchers determined the technical abilities and needs of middle-aged and older adults with serious mental illnesses using smartphones. The researchers then developed the content and modified an existing smartphone platform....
August 16, 2017 -
Experimental HIV vaccine is well-tolerated in adults
Researchers have found that an investigational HIV vaccine regimen was well-tolerated and generated immune responses against the deadly virus in healthy adults. The findings by APPROACH — an early-stage clinical trial — are based on "mosaic" technology that combines immune-stimulating proteins from four different HIV strains, representing different types of virus from around the globe....
July 25, 2017 -
Soft contact lenses as safe for kids as for adults
Soft contact lenses can be safely prescribed to children and adolescents, with no increase in adverse effects compared to adults, says a study. In fact, the risk of safety problems from soft contact lens wear may even be lower in younger children compared to teenagers, according to the study in Optometry and Vision Science, the...
June 3, 2017