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Diabetes > Epidemiology
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Epidemiology Defined
The study of a disease that deals with how many people have it, where they are, how many new cases develop, and how to control the disease.
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Young singer illustrates smoking's early risks
Published August 29, 2008, 2:39 pm, Miami Herald
English singer Amy Winehouse is no stranger to tabloid headlines -- routinely grabbing attention for alleged drug use, brushes with the law, bizarre onstage behavior and curious fashion choices.
Oracle's Katz top area exec on Forbes' powerful women list
Published August 29, 2008, 2:29 pm, BizJournals
Forbes’ List of the 100 Most Powerful Women included five Bay Area residents and three women with close local ties. (ORCL) (HPQ) (YHOO) (DNA) (CVX) (ADM)
Some Hiroshima Survivors at Thyroid Cancer Risk
Published August 29, 2008, 1:58 pm, Health Scout
Radiation may have caused chromosomal change that raises odds for malignancy, study finds
Some Hiroshima Survivors at Thyroid Cancer Risk
Published August 29, 2008, 12:45 pm, HealthCentral.com
Copyright © 2008 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Some Japanese survivors of the World War II atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced key genetic changes that may have sparked the onset of a form of thyroid cancer, new research indicates.
Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk
Published August 29, 2008, 12:30 pm, MedicineNet.com
Title: Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk Category: Health News Created: 8/29/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 8/29/2008
Trans fats linked to pre-cancerous growths
Published August 29, 2008, 11:38 am, Canada.com
A high intake of trans fats could increase colon cancer risk, according to new research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Some Hiroshima Survivors at Thyroid Cancer Risk
Published August 29, 2008, 11:02 am, HealthDay via Yahoo! News
FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Some Japanese survivors of the World War II atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced key genetic changes that may have sparked the onset of a form of thyroid cancer, new research indicates.
Atomic Bomb Effect Results In Adult-onset Thyroid Cancer Identified
Published August 29, 2008, 7:20 am, Science Daily
Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, likely rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to Japanese researchers.
Immigrants From India, Pakistan Face U.S. Prostate, Breast Cancer Risks
Published August 29, 2008, 7:11 am, Medical News Today
A team of researchers at West Virginia University has shown that U.S. immigrants from India and Pakistan take on the habits of their adopted country, increasing their risks of prostate cancer among male immigrants and breast cancer among females.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Welcomes NICE Guidance Recommending Baraclude(R) (entecavir) as a Treatment Option for Chronic ...
Published August 29, 2008, 3:02 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
NICE has published guidance that recommends Baraclude® as an option for treatment of eligible patients with chronic hepatitis B . Entecavir is a potent anti-viral treatment for chronic Hepatitis B that has been shown to be more effective at suppressing the virus than the most widely used anti-viral treatment and has shown minimal emergence of resistance in new patients treated with it for up to ...
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Fri Aug 29
- Explaining the Decline in Early Mortality in Men and Women With Type 2 Diabetes: A population-bas ed cohort study -- Charlton et al. 31 (9): 1761 -- Diabetes Care
- Explaining the Decline in Early Mortality in Men and Women With Type 2 Diabetes: A population-bas ed cohort study -- Charlton et al. 31 (9): 1761 -- Diabetes Care
- The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care: Healthcare delivery research reports, with an emphasis on the distribution of, and access to, healthcare resources nationwide, and plenty of raw data to chew on.
- Dictionary of Epidemiology
Thu Aug 28
- Detection of West Nile Virus in Blood Donations --- Puerto Rico, 2007
- APHA: American Public Health Association: Information about public health policy, legislation, news, science, and practice. Links to other WWW resources on topics like AIDS, cancer, and chronic disease.
Wed Aug 27
- Epidemiology and Infection - Cambridge Journals Online - Journal Editorial Board
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Science News / Looking Beyond Insulin: Leptin, a hormone made by fat cells, helps control eating behavior. A new gene therapy study suggests that it can also treat diabetes, the first demonstration that the disease can be treated without replacing insulin.
- Cancer Patients Are Kept In The Dark Surrounding Treatments Awaiting NICE Approval, UK: This is a major economic and budgetary challenge related to the western world as the population ages and more patients fall ill will serious diseases such as cancer and alzheimers disease. Thus, you can limit access to expensive drugs or have a postcode lottery (UK) or allow easy access to modern medicines but only the better-off can realistically afford them (US). It's a no-win either way.
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