News tagged with epidemiologist

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Study: Alcohol provides protective effect, reduces mortality substantial

Injured patients were less likely to die in the hospital if they had alcohol in their blood, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health—and the more alcohol, the more likely ...

Health created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research discovers likely basis of birth defect causing premature skull closure in infants

An international team of geneticists, pediatricians, surgeons and epidemiologists from 23 institutions across three continents has identified two areas of the human genome associated with the most common ...

Genetics created Nov 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Booze calories nearly equal soda's for US adults

Americans get too many calories from soda. But what about alcohol? It turns out adults get almost as many empty calories from booze as from soft drinks, a government study found.

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Ultrasound gel and infections: Researchers propose guidelines to reduce risk

In the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, guidelines have been proposed by epidemiologists from Beaumont Health System to red ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers quantify how many years of life are gained by being physically active

In a new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, researchers have quantified how many years of life are gained by being physically active at different ...

Health created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Older adults who are frail much more likely to be food insufficient, according to national study

A national study of older Americans shows those who have limited mobility and low physical activity – scientifically categorized as "frail" – are five times more likely to report that they often don't have enough to eat, ...

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Eating meat may raise breast cancer risk in whites, study finds

(HealthDay)—Investigators have found preliminary evidence that eating red meat and poultry seems to boost the risk of breast cancer in white women—but not black women.

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High levels of vitamin D in plasma protects against bladder cancer

High levels of vitamin D are associated with protection against bladder cancer, according to a multidisciplinary study coordinated by molecular biologists and epidemiologists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre ...

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Nearly half of US adults with high blood pressure have it under control

Nearly half of U.S. adults with high blood pressure had their blood pressure under control by the end of 2010—a significant increase from the start of the decade, researchers reported in the American Heart Association journal ...

Cardiology created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Multivitamin use among middle-aged, older men results in modest reduction in cancer

In a randomized trial that included nearly 15,000 male physicians, long-term daily multivitamin use resulted in a modest but statistically significant reduction in cancer after more than a decade of treatment and follow-up, ...

Cancer created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blood from Yosemite workers could advance research

(AP)—Health officials are set to draw blood from hundreds of Yosemite National Park employees as part of a research project that aims to help scientists better understand a potentially deadly virus carried by deer mice ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eating lots of carbs, sugar may raise risk of cognitive impairment, study finds

People 70 and older who eat food high in carbohydrates have nearly four times the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, and the danger also rises with a diet heavy in sugar, Mayo Clinic researchers have found. Those ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

HPV vaccination not associated with increased sexual activity among girls, new study says

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine known as Gardasil is not associated with an increase in pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, or contraceptive counseling, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online ...

Pediatrics created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Original antigenic sin' at the center of researchers' model addressing age-specific influenza immunity

(Medical Xpress)—Mathematicians are helping to build a better picture of how populations develop immunity to flu and which groups are most at risk of getting – and transmitting – infection each year.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancer death rates set to drop 17 per cent by 2030

(Medical Xpress)—The rates of people dying from cancer are predicted to fall by 17 per cent (16.8) in the UK by 2030 according to new statistics released today by Cancer Research UK. ...

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