young adults

Nearly 50 million people in the U.S. - or about one in five - suffered from mental illness in 2010, according to a government report released Tuesday, with women and young adults bearing the brunt of the crisis.

ATLANTA (AP) -- New government statistics show college-age binge drinkers average an astounding nine drinks each time they get drunk....

CDC: Young adults down 9 drinks when they binge Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of young adults lacking medical coverage has shrunk by 2.5 million since the new health care overhaul law took effect, according to a new analysis the Obama administration is to release Wednesday....

(MedPage Today) -- Use of retail clinics by people with uncomplicated illnesses increased 10-fold from 2007 to 2009, with the biggest growth seen among healthy young adults with high incomes, according to a new study.

(University of California - San Francisco) An experimental drug called Ocrelizumab has shown promise in a phase two clinical trial involving 220 people with multiple sclerosis, an often debilitating, chronic autoimmune disease that affects an increasing number of people in North America.

It usually strikes young adults and is more common in women than in men.

More children and young adults are having strokes in the US - with unhealthy lifestyles being a likely cause, say scientists.

Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may help reduce the risk of recurrent strokes in young people even if they don’t have high cholesterol levels, according to new research in the journal Neurology.

Breathing problems in some soldiers returning from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan may be signs of a respiratory disorder rarely seen in healthy young adults, a study shows.

ROME (MedPage Today) -- About one in 10 adolescents and young adults present with HIV infection that is resistant to common antiretroviral therapies, researchers said here.