Epidemiology |
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Epidemiology is the scientific study of factors affecting the health and illness of individuals and populations, and serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. It is considered a cornerstone methodology of public health research, and is highly regarded in evidence-based medicine for identifying risk factors for disease and determining optimal treatment approaches to clinical practice. The acting epidemiologist works on i ...
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- Excessive TV Viewing By Children Is Linked To Poor Eating Habits
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- Early Life Growth Spurts Protect Against 'Bad' Cholesterol
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Light Wine Intake Is Associated With Longer Life Expectancy In Men
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
- Assumption Of 'Down-Low' Lifestyle Can Distort HIV/AIDS Research; Researchers Should Look At Other Reasons For Disparity, Commentary Says
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Gypsies' And Travellers' Health Much Worse Than Other Vulnerable Groups
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
- Pharmacist-Driven Outreach Lowers Metabolic Syndrome Rates
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
- Early Life Growth Spurts Protect Against 'Bad' Cholesterol
ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Gypsies' And Travellers' Health Much Worse Than Other Vulnerable Groups, Study Finds
ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Hispanic women develop cardiac risk factors early
Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:54 EST
- Circumcision: A Proven Strategy To Prevent HIV
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Lung disease linked to mental health problems
Reuters - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:33 EST
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Reuters - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:33 EST
- High carb diet not linked to colon cancer
Reuters - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:43 EST
- Active Lifestyle Reduces Risk Of Invasive Breast Cancer
ScienceDaily - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Study Based On Abu Ghraib Suggests Military Veterans Highly Tolerant Of Detainee Abuse
ScienceDaily - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Einstein Epidemiologist Suggests CDC Guidelines For Pandemic Flu Are Doomed To Fail
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- How Exercise Can Help Prevent Recurring Gestational Diabetes
ScienceDaily - Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Degrees of Drinking Differences
The Earth Times - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:57 EST
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Reuters - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:47 EST
- Smoking ups risk of virus-related Hodgkin lymphoma
Reuters - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:52 EST
- Social Gradients In Binge Drinking And Abstaining In British Women
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
- Redundancies Boost Mental Health Problems For Those Who Keep Their Jobs
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:00 EST
- Pivotal Paper In 'The Oncologist' From National Cancer Institute Predicts Doubling Of Cancer Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Downsizing Boosts Mental Health Problems For Those Who Keep Their Jobs
ScienceDaily - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Study Finds Antivirals Effectively Curb Influenza Virus And Are Valuable In Managing Seasonal Flu In Households
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Antivirals Effectively Curb Influenza Virus, Analysis Finds
ScienceDaily - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
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The Earth Times - Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:12 EST
- Cooking, Cleaning And Washing Helps You Ward Off Breast Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 29 Dec 2006 02:00 EST
- Doubts Cast On Organophosphate Poisoning As Cause Of Gulf War Syndrome Depression
ScienceDaily - Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:00 EST
- Consortium Of International Hospitals Receives $11 Million To Conduct Study Of Genetic Brain Tumors
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Diabetes linked to lower prostate cancer risk
Reuters - Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:26 EST
- Twenty Years Of Malaria Research: Outcomes And Perspectives
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:00 EST
- High HPV Concentrations Combined With Smoking Significantly Raise Risks Of Cervical Cancer
ScienceDaily - Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Obesity, Diabetes, And Risk Of Prostate Cancer: Results From The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Health Inequalities Are A Growing Problem Worldwide
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:00 EST
- Adults At 12? Trends In Puberty And Their Public Health Consequences, UK
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:00 EST
- Stress Fast Tracks Puberty, Researchers Say
ScienceDaily - Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
- Is fat blocking the brain?
The Earth Times - Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:26 EST
- Resistance And Genetic Sensitivity To Sleeping Sickness
ScienceDaily - Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
- Lots of fruit may reduce oral cancer risk in men
Reuters - Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:00 EST
- Molecular & Genetic Alterations May Explain Racial Disparity In Breast Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Steubenville Journal: As a Test Lab on Dirty Air, an Ohio Town Has Changed
New York Times - Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:32 EST
- Study Examines Poverty's Effect On Public Health; NEJM Interview Examines IOM Report Of Pay-for-Performance Programs, Medicare
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:00 EST
- Ciphergen Announces Data Supporting The Use Of Protein Biomarkers To Improve Patient Diagnosis For Ovarian Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Rotating Shift-Work Raises Prostate Cancer Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Rotating-shift work tied to prostate cancer risk
Reuters - Wed, 13 Sep 2006 06:25 EST
- Drinking Tap Water During Pregnancy Does Not Affect Unborn Fetus, Study Finds
ScienceDaily - Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
- Findings Indicate Drinking Tap Water During Pregnancy Does Not Affect Unborn Fetus
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 09 Sep 2006 05:00 EST
- Coffee May Trigger Heart Attack
WebMD - Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:54 EST
- Violence At Work Significantly Boosts Clinical Depression Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 13 Aug 2006 05:00 EST
- Never Marrieds Run Highest Risk Of Early Death
ScienceDaily - Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:00 EST
- High Processed Meat Consumption Linked With Stomach Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:00 EST
- CytoCore's Dr. Gorodeski Has Second P2X7 Biomarker Paper Accepted For Publication
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 06 Aug 2006 06:00 EST
- Heart Disease: Living Alone Doubles The Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:00 EST
- Living Alone Significantly Raises Heart Disease Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:00 EST
- People Living Alone Double Their Risk Of Serious Heart Disease
ScienceDaily - Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:00 EST
- Cervical Cancer: Higher Risk Seen Among Women Infected With Multiple HPV Types
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:00 EST
- Smoking Raises Risk Of Age-related Macular Degeneration
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:00 EST
- Final Epidemiology Report For Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H7N3) Outbreak In Norfolk, England, April - May 2006 Published
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
- New Centre To Research Cancer Diet Link, Medical Research Council
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 10 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
- New Study Shows People Sleep Even Less Than They Think
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:00 EST
- Epidemiology Of Human H5N1 Cases Reported To WHO
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 06 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
- Rates Of Ocular Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Have Increased, Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:00 EST
- New Study Shows People Sleep Even Less Than They Think
ScienceDaily - Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:00 EST
- Parents who smoke may raise child's leukemia risk
Reuters - Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:28 EST
- Education, Retraining Reduce Catheter-associated Infections In ICUs
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Jun 2006 11:00 EST
- Case To Establish The Ohio Tobacco And Research Center
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:00 EST
- Increase In Germ Cell Tumors Incidence Among African American Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:00 EST
- Folate may alter risk of prostate cancer progression
Reuters - Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:25 EST
- Global Incidence Of Constipation - Sufferers Are Not Using The Most Effective Treatments
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 29 May 2006 06:00 EST
- Smoking Desire Lingers For Years After First Cigarette
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 25 May 2006 04:00 EST
- Combining Work And Motherhood Is Good For Women's Health
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 17 May 2006 06:00 EST
- Viral Genomic Material Remains In The Human Body Long After Infection
ScienceDaily - Sun, 07 May 2006 02:00 EST
- How The US Drug Safety System Should Be Changed
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 06 May 2006 12:00 EST
- Bioportfolio: Life-long Persistence Of Erythrovirus DNA Genomes In Human Tissue
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:00 EST
- Working nights may lower Parkinson's disease risk
Reuters - Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:44 EST
- High blood pressure tied to hot weather in infancy
Reuters - Fri, 21 Apr 2006 06:43 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
- Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Reduce Mortality During Stroke
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
- Quality Of Life Can Improve In Old Age, Claim Researchers
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:00 EST
- Old Age Can Mean A Better Quality Of Life
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:00 EST
- Kaiser Daily Women''s Health Policy Report Summarizes Studies Examining Racial Disparities In Women''s Health Issues
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:00 EST
- Foods High In E, Beta-carotene And Vitamin C Do Not Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
- Mailman School Of Public Health Researchers Develop Diagnostic Test For Pathogens
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 19 Mar 2006 06:00 EST
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researchers Find Ginseng May Improve Breast Cancer Outcomes
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:00 EST
- Coronary Heart Disease Deaths In Ireland Have Halved In 15 Years
ScienceDaily - Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:00 EST
- Small Birthweight And Premature Births Associated With Higher Risk Of Child Abuse
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:00 EST
- Researchers Develop Rapid, Comprehensive Diagnostic Test For Ebola, Marburg, And Other ...
ScienceDaily - Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:00 EST
- Small Birthweight And Premature Births Associated With Higher Risk Of Child Abuse
ScienceDaily - Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:00 EST
- Coronary Heart Disease Deaths In Ireland Have Halved In 15 Years
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:00 EST
- HIV/AIDS Therapeutics And Diagnostics Markets Hampered By Economic And Social Malaise
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
- "Pumping iron" slows middle-aged spread in women
Reuters - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:23 EST
- "Pumping iron" slows middle-aged spread in women
Reuters - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 03:44 EST
- Journal Of Infectious Diseases Study Examines Early Initiation Of Antiretroviral Therapy In HIV-Positive Infants
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:00 EST

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