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Tag: EPIDEMIOLOGY
Mix of stress and air pollution may lead to cognitive difficulties in children
Children with elevated exposure to early life stress in the home and elevated prenatal exposure to air pollution exhibited heightened symptoms of attention and thought problems, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia Psychiatry.…
Do studies underestimate the prevalence of typhoid?
Blood culture surveillance programs are critical for estimating the prevalence of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, but cases can be missed when patients don’t seek medical care, or seek medical care and don’t have a blood culture test. Researchers writing in…
Study gauges efficacy of drugs against pork tapeworm
Taenia solium –also called pork tapeworm–is a parasite which causes disease around the world, particularly in very poor communities with deficient santiation and where pigs roam free. Researchers have now analyzed the efficacy and adverse effects of three chemotherapeutics against…
New Method Detects Toxin Exposure from Harmful Algal Blooms in Human Urine
FAU Harbor Branch Researcher Collaborates with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Method Detects Toxin Exposure from Harmful Algal Blooms in Human Urine
FAU Harbor Branch Researcher Collaborates with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Stage is set to develop clinically relevant, senescence-based biomarkers of aging
Proteomic Atlas of Senescence-Associated Secretomes can be used by the research community to speed translation of therapeutics to clinical use
Mix of stress and air pollution may lead to cognitive difficulties in children
Children with elevated exposure to early life stress in the home and elevated prenatal exposure to air pollution exhibited heightened symptoms of attention and thought problems, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia Psychiatry.…
Stage is set to develop clinically relevant, senescence-based biomarkers of aging
Proteomic Atlas of Senescence-Associated Secretomes can be used by the research community to speed translation of therapeutics to clinical use
Do studies underestimate the prevalence of typhoid?
Blood culture surveillance programs are critical for estimating the prevalence of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, but cases can be missed when patients don’t seek medical care, or seek medical care and don’t have a blood culture test. Researchers writing in…
Mix of stress and air pollution may lead to cognitive difficulties in children
Children with elevated exposure to early life stress in the home and elevated prenatal exposure to air pollution exhibited heightened symptoms of attention and thought problems, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia Psychiatry.…
After stroke, women and men significantly more likely to have dangerous heart complications
New research from Western University has shown that both women and men are significantly more likely to have a heart attack or another major cardiovascular event within thirty days of having a stroke. The study led by Dr. Luciano Sposato,…
Tennessee review: 2% of providers account for 25% of pediatric antibiotic prescriptions
High prescribers are more likely to be older, graduating med school before 2000
Daily users account for over 80% of all cannabis consumed in Australia
A new study published in the scientific journal Addiction estimates that in Australia between 2007 and 2016, 81% to 85% of all cannabis was consumed by the 16% of all Australian cannabis users who used daily. Weekly users and daily…
After stroke, women and men significantly more likely to have dangerous heart complications
New research from Western University has shown that both women and men are significantly more likely to have a heart attack or another major cardiovascular event within thirty days of having a stroke. The study led by Dr. Luciano Sposato,…
Exposure to chemicals in drinking water associated with 5% of annual bladder cancer burden in Europe
Each year, more than 6,500 cases of bladder cancer–nearly 5% of all cases in Europe– can be attributed to exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) in drinking water. This is one of the conclusions of a large-scale study led by the Barcelona…
Tennessee review: 2% of providers account for 25% of pediatric antibiotic prescriptions
High prescribers are more likely to be older, graduating med school before 2000
Daily users account for over 80% of all cannabis consumed in Australia
A new study published in the scientific journal Addiction estimates that in Australia between 2007 and 2016, 81% to 85% of all cannabis was consumed by the 16% of all Australian cannabis users who used daily. Weekly users and daily…
Exposure to chemicals in drinking water associated with 5% of annual bladder cancer burden in Europe
Each year, more than 6,500 cases of bladder cancer–nearly 5% of all cases in Europe– can be attributed to exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) in drinking water. This is one of the conclusions of a large-scale study led by the Barcelona…
OHSU research informs NIH panel on achieving equity in preventive health services
Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center assesses barriers to care in 10 preventive services and ways to reduce them
Media registration now open for the European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC12)
Press conference at 09.00 hrs Wednesday, March 18
IVI and Sweden renew partnership to accelerate vaccines for global public health
January 13, 2020 – SEOUL, South Korea – The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), a Seoul, Korea-based international organization, announced today that the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (Sida) will continue to support IVI’s mission to accelerate vaccine research and development for…
Media registration now open for the European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC12)
Press conference at 09.00 hrs Wednesday, March 18
Media registration now open for the European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC12)
Press conference at 09.00 hrs Wednesday, March 18
IVI and Sweden renew partnership to accelerate vaccines for global public health
January 13, 2020 – SEOUL, South Korea – The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), a Seoul, Korea-based international organization, announced today that the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (Sida) will continue to support IVI’s mission to accelerate vaccine research and development for…
Israeli docs strike big blow to superbugs
Hebrew University team brings hope to patients with life-threatening, drug-resistant infections
IVI and Sweden renew partnership to accelerate vaccines for global public health
January 13, 2020 – SEOUL, South Korea – The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), a Seoul, Korea-based international organization, announced today that the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (Sida) will continue to support IVI’s mission to accelerate vaccine research and development for…
Israeli docs strike big blow to superbugs
Hebrew University team brings hope to patients with life-threatening, drug-resistant infections
Israeli docs strike big blow to superbugs
Hebrew University team brings hope to patients with life-threatening, drug-resistant infections
New study finds 8% of Chinese men are problem drinkers
Alcohol consumption has become more prevalent in China in recent years but limited large-scale epidemiological evidence has made it difficult to know the true scale of the problem. A new large study of Chinese adults, published by the scientific journal…
Smokers in England have become less dependent but also less motivated to stop
Published online today in the scientific journal Addiction , a 10-year study led by researchers at UCL of 41,610 smokers in England has found that smokers today show fewer signs of dependence than a decade ago but are less inclined…
Cancer mortality continues steady decline, driven by progress against lung cancer
Drop of 2.2% from 2016 to 2017 is largest ever reported
Children’s Hospital Colorado uncovers largest US outbreak of neurologic disease to date
Comprehensive clinical testing led researchers to connect enterovirus A71, which causes Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, to outbreak of neurological illness
Marijuana detected in homicide victims nearly doubles
Over two-thirds of adolescent victims aged 15-20 tested positive in 2016
Findings on education, malnutrition ‘deeply disturbing’
In 2017, 1 in 6 women aged 20-24 living in low- and middle-income countries had not completed primary school
Cancer mortality continues steady decline, driven by progress against lung cancer
Drop of 2.2% from 2016 to 2017 is largest ever reported
Children’s Hospital Colorado uncovers largest US outbreak of neurologic disease to date
Comprehensive clinical testing led researchers to connect enterovirus A71, which causes Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, to outbreak of neurological illness
Disorderly DNA helps cancer cells evade treatment
Discovery could help researchers design new chromatin-based therapeutics
Marijuana detected in homicide victims nearly doubles
Over two-thirds of adolescent victims aged 15-20 tested positive in 2016
Findings on education, malnutrition ‘deeply disturbing’
In 2017, 1 in 6 women aged 20-24 living in low- and middle-income countries had not completed primary school
Disorderly DNA helps cancer cells evade treatment
Discovery could help researchers design new chromatin-based therapeutics
Routine HIV screening in general practice boosts testing and early diagnosis
Offering HIV screening to new patients in general practice on a routine basis increases testing rates and improves detection and earlier diagnosis, research co-led by Queen Mary University of London and UCL suggests. HIV testing rates in general practice are…
Does timing matter for initiating HIV therapy in infants?
Study shows similar results for starting at 2 days or 2 weeks; ART alone unlikely to lead to remission
Predictors of chronic migraine
Recent data from a systematic review and meta-analysis point to clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with migraine chronification
Does timing matter for initiating HIV therapy in infants?
Study shows similar results for starting at 2 days or 2 weeks; ART alone unlikely to lead to remission
Predictors of chronic migraine
Recent data from a systematic review and meta-analysis point to clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with migraine chronification
Plasticizers may contribute to motor control problems in girls
Scientists at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) have uncovered a link between prenatal exposure to phthalates–a ubiquitous group of plasticizers and odor-enhancing chemicals–and deficits in motor function in girls. Phthalates are widely used in consumer products from…
Plasticizers may contribute to motor control problems in girls
Scientists at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) have uncovered a link between prenatal exposure to phthalates–a ubiquitous group of plasticizers and odor-enhancing chemicals–and deficits in motor function in girls. Phthalates are widely used in consumer products from…
Expert can discuss health risks associated with smoke from Australian bushfires
Smoke and fire from the bushfires raging in Australia pose major health risks, not only to those exposed now but also individuals involved in the cleanup. Jennifer Horney, an epidemiology professor and faculty member in the Disaster Research Center at…
Scientists link La Niña climate cycle to increased diarrhea
A study in Botswana by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health scientists finds that spikes in cases of life-threatening diarrhea in young children are associated with La Niña climate conditions. The findings published in the journal Nature Communications could…