Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: journal of epidemiology and community health http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Living close to major road may impair kidney function Living close to a major road may impair kidney function—itself a risk factor for heart disease and stroke—and so help contribute to the known impact of air pollution on cardiovascular risk, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-major-road-impair-kidney-function.html Health Mon, 13 May 2013 18:30:02 EST news287658551 Low vitamin D levels a risk factor for pneumonia A University of Eastern Finland study showed that low serum vitamin D levels are a risk factor for pneumonia. The risk of contracting pneumonia was more than 2.5 times greater in subjects with the lowest vitamin D levels than in subjects with high vitamin D levels. The results were published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-vitamin-d-factor-pneumonia.html Health Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:55:55 EST news286530940 First time parenting a positive experience for mental health, researchers find (Medical Xpress)—Becoming a parent for the first time may improve mental health and reduce levels of psychological distress, according to a new study from the University of Otago, Wellington (UOW). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-parenting-positive-mental-health.html Health Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:24:23 EST news278058257 Regular family meals together boost kids' fruit and vegetable intake Regular family meals round a table boosts kids' fruit and vegetable intake, and make it easier for them to reach the recommended five portions a day, indicates research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-regular-family-meals-boost-kids.html Health Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:30:03 EST news275158233 Death rate 2 to 4 times as high among childless couples Despite the popular belief among parents that having children shortens their lives, the reverse seems to be true, particularly for women, indicates a large study of childless couples, treated for infertility, and published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-death-high-childless-couples.html Health Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:30:03 EST news273948174 Wide circle of friends key to mid-life wellbeing for both sexes The midlife wellbeing of both men and women seems to depend on having a wide circle of friends whom they see regularly, finds research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-wide-circle-friends-key-mid-life.html Health Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:30:01 EST news264874775 Use of speed and ecstasy linked to teen depression Secondary school-kids who use speed and ecstasy seem to be prone to subsequent depression, indicates research of almost 4000 teens published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-ecstasy-linked-teen-depression.html Addiction Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:30:01 EST news253981095 Vitamin D does not boost kids' brainpower, study finds High levels of vitamin D do not seem to boost teens' academic performance, indicates research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-vitamin-d-boost-kids-brainpower.html Health Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:30:01 EST news253378775 Early life emotional trauma may stunt intellectual development Early life emotional trauma may stunt intellectual development, indicates the first long term study of its kind, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-early-life-emotional-trauma-stunt.html Health Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:30:02 EST news252590847 Two-thirds of people failing to take treatment for high blood pressure in former Soviet Union New research has found that treatment of hypertension has failed to improve in the last decade in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is one of the leading causes of avoidable deaths in the former Soviet Union. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-two-thirds-people-treatment-high-blood.html Health Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:49:55 EST news251977788 Teen school drop-outs three times as likely to be on benefits in later life Teen school drop-outs are almost three times as likely to be on benefits in later life as their peers who complete their schooling, indicates research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-teen-school-drop-outs-benefits-life.html Health Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:30:04 EST news247768809 Frequent house moves during childhood ups risk of subsequent poor health Frequent house moves during childhood seem to increase the risk of poor health in later life, suggests research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-frequent-house-childhood-ups-subsequent.html Health Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:30:02 EST news247768692 High childhood IQ linked to subsequent illicit drug use A high childhood IQ may be linked to subsequent illegal drug use, particularly among women, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-high-childhood-iq-linked-subsequent.html Health Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:44:52 EST news240551074 New guidelines for reporting epidemiological studies that involve molecular markers New guidelines that provide an easy-to-use checklist for the accurate and ethical reporting of epidemiological studies involving molecular markers have been proposed by a group of international researchers and are published in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-guidelines-epidemiological-involve-molecular-markers.html Cancer Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:42:58 EST news238783364 Referral to talking therapies may cut use of health services and sick leave Referring patients with mental health problems to talking therapies seems to cut their use of healthcare services and the amount of sick leave they take, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-referral-therapies-health-sick.html Health Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:07:47 EST news236887660 Pre-pregnancy overweight may program teen asthma symptoms Mums who are overweight or obese when they become pregnant may be programming their children to have asthma-like respiratory symptoms during adolescence, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-pre-pregnancy-overweight-teen-asthma-symptoms.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:55:16 EST news232685686 Cannabis link to other drugs Quitting cannabis use in your 20s significantly reduces the chance of progressing to other illicit drugs, according to research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-cannabis-link-drugs.html Health Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:15:10 EST news230282078 Climbing the social ladder seems to lessen high blood pressure risk Social mobility - upwards - seems to curb the risk of developing high blood pressure among those born on the lower rungs of the ladder, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-climbing-social-ladder-lessen-high.html Health Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:16:40 EST news229666519 Cultured men are happier and healthier Men who visit art galleries, museums, and the theatre regularly tend to enjoy better health and are more satisfied with life, reveals a study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-cultured-men-happier-healthier.html Health Mon, 23 May 2011 18:43:51 EST news225395013