Over half of the world's population—4.2 billion people – live in cities. This number is expected to rise, with 68% of the global population estimated to live in urban areas by 2050.
Dec 18, 2019
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An international team of researchers led by the Institute of Neuroscience at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona describes a new route that promotes differentiation of neurons. The discovery demonstrates that there is ...
Oct 30, 2019
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Rare diseases represent a global problem. Until now, the lack of data made it difficult to estimate their prevalence. Created and coordinated by Inserm, the Orphanet database contains the largest amount of epidemiological ...
Oct 24, 2019
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Blue light has gotten a bad rap, getting blamed for loss of sleep and eye damage. Personal electronic devices emit more blue light than any other color. Blue light has a short wavelength, which means that it is high-energy ...
Oct 14, 2019
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Epidemiological studies show significant correlations between periods spent sitting and the prevalence of chronic diseases. This also applies to children and adolescents. One of the major obstacles to people taking up physical ...
Oct 7, 2019
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Epidemiological studies rely heavily on survey research; however, limitations of traditional data collection methods—paper-based, in-person, phone, mail, and internet surveys—can serve as barriers to recruitment and retention ...
Sep 9, 2019
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An international collaboration, using data from more than 100,000 women with breast cancer from 58 epidemiological studies worldwide, has found that using MHT is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, and that ...
Aug 30, 2019
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A new study that combines data from over 20 million births has found that a cesarean section delivery is associated with autism spectrum disorder (autism) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Aug 29, 2019
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One hundred million micro-organisms live within our gut, influencing our metabolism, our immune system and possibly even our mental health.
Aug 19, 2019
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Psychological stress was associated with a higher risk of cancer-specific mortality in women diagnosed with cervical cancer.
Aug 1, 2019
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