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The inclusion of sex as a biological variable in research is absolutely essential for improving our understanding of disease mechanisms contributing to risk and resilience. Studies focusing on examining sex differences have demonstrated across many level
Thus, from these animal studies, we learned that behaviors relevant to diseases such as addiction and obesity are affected by X-linked genes and can be independent of gonadal hormones. Such findings are critical to consider particularly in the context of hypogonadal states, which characterize the ...
LifeexpectancyintheUnitedStateshasbeen indeclineforthefirsttimeindecades,andpublic healthofficialshaveidentifiedaseriesofpotential causes,includinginaccessiblehealthcare,rising drugaddictionandratesofmentalhealthdisorders,andsocio-economicfactors.Now,astudyled bytheYaleSchoolofMedicinehasattemptedto findouttherelativeim...
What factors affect physical development in adolescence? What causes a person to have a particular sexual orientation? What factors contribute to the high rates of substance use in the United States? What are p...
• Obesity Is Puberty Syndrome a Real Thing? We cannot truly diagnose adolescence syndrome without looking at the function of puberty. Puberty is the physical maturation process of sexual and physical traits in the transition stage between child and adult, which is adolescence. The physical and ...
Hypertension causes your teen's heart to work much harder than normal. This can damage his or her heart. High BP in adolescence increases your teen's risk for hypertension and cardiovascular disease as an adult. A controlled BP helps protect your teen's organs, such as his or her heart, ...
Causes of stomach pain in females range from urinary tract infections and menstrual cramps to constipation and other digestive disorders Stomach pain in girls is common during puberty and adolescence but is rarely serious. Causes of stomach pain in females range from urinary tract infections and menst...
Hope and love are popular themes of literature and art in many human societies. The human physiology of love and hope is less well understood. This review presents evidence that the lack of love and/or hope delays growth disturbs development and maturati
The prenatal period, the period of adiposity rebound and adolescence appear to represent critical periods for the development of obesity that persists into adulthood. Nonetheless, relatively little is known about the extent to which incident obesity at each of these intervals contributes to the prevalen...