Diseases of the cardiovascular system mainly affect elderly patients, but they are increasingly often encountered in young individuals. It is estimated that 1 in 20 patients with ischemic heart disease is under the age of 45 years. Only 20% of them are women. According to the PL-ACS register, cases of acute coronary syndromes in young women represent 0.6% of all acute coronary syndrome cases. T...

BACKGROUND In the UK, the care of young people with diabetes has focused predominantly on type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, young-onset T2D has become increasingly prevalent. At present, it is unclear which type of diabetes represents the more adverse phenotype to develop complications. This study aims to determine the complication burden and its predictive factors in young-onset T2D compared wit...

Background and Objectives: Flavonoids have been reported to possess neuroprotective effects. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of morin, a flavonoid, on learning and memory of Swiss albino young and aged male mice. Methodology: Morin (10, 20 and 40 mg kgG1, p.o.) and physostigmine salicylate (0.1 mg kgG1, i.p.) were administered for 15 successive days to separate groups of y...

We tested the hypothesis that reduced nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability contributes to the attenuated peak and total vasodilation following single-muscle contractions in older adults. Young (n = 10; 24 ± 2 yr) and older (n = 10; 67 ± 2 yr) adults performed single forearm contractions at 10, 20, and 40% of maximum during saline infusion (control) and NO synthase (NOS) inhibition via N(G)-monomet...

Two studies were conducted to investigate age-related differences between young and older adults in the impact of a map being available or not while performing aligned and counter-aligned pointing tasks. In the first study, 19 young adults (aged 20-30) and 19 young-old adults (aged 65-74) studied a map and performed a pointing task. In the second, three groups of adults, 19 of them young (aged ...

PURPOSE The study of the right ventricular (RV) chamber has been recently improved by use of the 3D method. In young asymptomatic trained athletes, RV is not routinely investigated if not in suspected disease. This study is designed to test if the 3D method compared to 2D, adds information to study of RV morphology and function, in the early stages of myocardial remodeling of a group of young a...

OBJECTIVE To document the development of work participation in young adults with cerebral palsy who are transitioning into adulthood, examine associated characteristics, and investigate work limitations and barriers among employed persons. DESIGN Observational longitudinal cohort study. SUBJECTS Seventy-four young adults with cerebral palsy of average intelligence, aged 16-20 years at basel...

OBJECTIVES Studies have suggested that hearing loss due to recreational noise exposure may be on the rise among adolescents and young adults. This study examines whether the hearing status of young US adults entering an industrial workforce has worsened over the past 20 yr. DESIGN The baseline audiograms of 2526 individuals ages 17 to 25 beginning employment at a multisite US corporation betw...

Obesity has reached epidemic levels and carries a risk for cardiovascular disease. Obesity's effects on the vascular systems of young adults and African Americans have not been well characterized. The aim of this study was to assess the association between measures of obesity and aortic stiffness in 186 young adults (20 to 40 years, 50% African American) and 177 older adults (41 to 70 years, 33...