News tagged with adult population

Mechanical properties of stem cells can foretell what they will become

To become better healers, tissue engineering need a timely and reliable way to obtain enough raw materials: cells that either already are or can become the tissue they need to build. In a new study, Brown ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Turning back the cellular clock

Cell reprogramming calls The Curious Case of Benjamin Button to mind.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The unstable future of a world full of men

As the global population hits seven billion, experts are warning that skewed gender ratios could fuel the emergence of volatile "bachelor nations" driven by an aggressive competition for brides.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 201

Flexible adult stem cells, right there in your eye

In the future, patients in need of perfectly matched neural stem cells may not need to look any further than their own eyes. Researchers reporting in the January issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, have identi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Computers provide connections for older adults

The rapid evolution of computers makes it challenging for computer savvy users to keep up, but what about older Americans? How useful are computers to the aging population? As the rate of technology change accelerates, there ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Relationships more important than genetic ties when deciding who cares for aging family, study finds

America's elderly population will nearly double by 2050, according to a Pew Research report. As baby boomers enter retirement, concern exists as to who will care for them as they age. Traditionally, children have accepted ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gaps in health care limit options for older adults, expert says

There are 50 million family members providing care to older adults in the United States, according to the MetLife Foundation and national caregiving associations. When older adults are hospitalized and discharged, their families ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

College-educated undocumented young adults face same narrow range of jobs as their parents

Parents who move to the United States without legal status generally seek better opportunities for their young children. Their kids grow up Americanized: speaking English, attending public school, going to ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intervention helps curb older adults' drinking but doesn't significantly lower drinking risks

(PhysOrg.com) -- An intervention program aimed at curbing at-risk drinking among older adults succeeded in helping these individuals significantly reduce their overall alcohol consumption, according to a new UCLA study.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Use of social media on the rise

Every year, Nordicom at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden takes a barometer reading of media use in Sweden. Media Barometer data were first collected in 1979. These are some of the findings of the 2010 survey.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

17 million US children live more than an hour away from trauma care

More than 17 million U.S. children live more than an hour away by ground or air transportation from a life-saving pediatric trauma center, according to a new study by researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0