Epidemiology in Medical News

Experts Support National Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections

... for Professionals in Infection Control and epidemiology (APIC), the Society for Healthcare epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases ... . The Society for Healthcare epidemiology of America (SHEA) represents 1,500 ...

Study finds higher prevalence of early menarche among survivors of childhood sexual abuse

... led by a researcher at Boston University's Slone epidemiology Center. The results suggest that a history of ... A. Wise, ScD, an epidemiologist at the Slone epidemiology Center and an assistant professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health, it ...

The National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention Encourages Everyone to Protect Your Skin Today and Every Day

... (eds). National Cancer Institute, Surveillance epidemiology and End Results Cancer Statistics Review ... of Health, National Cancer Institute. "Cancer epidemiology in Older Adolescents & Young Adults," Surveillance epidemiology and End Results AYA Monograph (2007): 53-63. ...

Prevalence of Interstitial Cystitis in U.S. Much Larger Than Previously Believed

... RAND Interstitial Cystitis epidemiology (RICE) study estimates prevalence of 3 to 8 ... what it is results from an expansive and rigorous epidemiology study funded by the National Institutes of Health, the RAND Interstitial Cystitis epidemiology (RICE) study. The initial screening data from ...

Common Industrial Chemicals May Not Boost Cancer Risk

... a senior researcher at the Institute of Cancer epidemiology at the Danish Cancer Society in Copenhagen. "This ... Dr. Michael J. Thun, vice president emeritus for epidemiology and Surveillance Research at the American Cancer ... Michael J. Thun, M.D., vice president emeritus, epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer ...

Autism Speaks launches research partnerships with Albania and Ireland

... designed exclusively to support international epidemiology research, and committed $1.5 million to a number ... Korea, and Taiwan, Autism Speaks' international epidemiology portfolio now also includes the first-ever autism ... from a sub-group of the International Autism epidemiology Network (IAEN) focusing on registry-based ...

Intensive summer program helps physicians build clinical research careers

... particular emphasis on clinical trials, clinical epidemiology and health services research concurrent with ... based at HSPH that includes core courses in epidemiology and biostatistics along with electives. The epidemiology course requires students to prepare and submit a ...

Too Much Red Meat May Shorten Life Span

... nutrition epidemiological branch in the cancer epidemiology and genetics division at the Cancer Institute. ... Dr. Michael Thun, vice president emeritus of epidemiology and surveillance research at the American Cancer ... epidemiological branch, division of cancer epidemiology and genetics, U.S. National Cancer Institute, ...

Too Much Red Meat May Shorten Lifespan

... nutrition epidemiological branch in the cancer epidemiology and genetics division at the Cancer Institute. ... Dr. Michael Thun, vice president emeritus of epidemiology and surveillance research at the American Cancer ... epidemiological branch, division of cancer epidemiology and genetics, U.S. National Cancer Institute, ...

3 Steps Might Help Stop MRSA's Spread

... in San Diego of the Society for Healthcare epidemiology of America. In the first report, Dr. Philip ... presentation, Dr. Susan S. Huang, director of epidemiology and infection prevention at the University of ... Ia.; Susan S. Huang, M.D., M.P.H., director, epidemiology and infection prevention, University of ...

Traffic Jams Harm the Heart

... head of the research unit at the Institute of epidemiology in Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Germany, and an ... Heart Association's Cardiovascular Disease epidemiology and Prevention annual conference, in Palm Harbor, ... Heart Association's Cardiovascular Disease epidemiology and Prevention annual conference, Palm Harbor, ...

Slight Cut in Salt Intake Would Mean Fewer Heart Attacks, Deaths

... an assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco. ... Heart Association's Cardiovascular Disease epidemiology and Prevention annual conference, in Palm Harbor, ... Heart Association's Cardiovascular Disease epidemiology and Prevention annual conference, Palm Harbor, ...

Drinking Raises Cancer Risk for Middle-Age Women

... said lead researcher Naomi Allen, from the cancer epidemiology unit at the University of Oxford in the United ... cancer." Susan M. Gapstur, vice president of epidemiology at the American Cancer Society, said the findings ... SOURCES: Naomi Allen, D.Phil., Cancer epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, United Kingdom; ...

From molecules to populations: Fighting the epidemics of obesity and diabetes

... Simin Liu, program co-director and a professor of epidemiology and medicine. "Once trained, these scientists ... field of metabolic diseases and disciplines of epidemiology and pathology," Drake said. "This program intends ... all the way to the genetic and nutritional epidemiology of metabolic diseases. The BWF-ITP-MD at UCLA is ...

Exercise Protects Black Women From Type 2 Diabetes

... Researchers from Boston University's Slone epidemiology Center made that conclusion based on a survey of ... were published online in the American Journal of epidemiology . The research linked vigorous activity with a ... women," study author Julie Palmer, a professor of epidemiology at Boston University's School of Public Health ...

Smoking Ups Colon Cancer Risk

... Botteri, a biostatistician in the division of epidemiology and biostatistics at the European Institute of ... Dr. Michael Thun, vice president emeritus of epidemiology and surveillance research at the American Cancer ... Michael Thun, M.D., vice president emeritus, epidemiology and surveillance research, American Cancer ...

Increasing physical activity and limiting television may lead to reduction in type 2 diabetes

... MAResearchers from Boston University's Slone epidemiology Center have found that reducing time spent ... appear on-line in the American Journal of epidemiology . Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic ... said study author Julie Palmer, a professor of epidemiology at the ...

Traumatic Brain Injuries Linked to Long-Term Health Issues for Iraq Vets

... W. Rutherford, vice chair of the department of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of ... George W. Rutherford, M.D., professor, epidemiology and preventive medicine, and vice chair, department of epidemiology and biostatistics, School of Medicine, University ...

Bad Bosses Are Hard on the Heart

... in the Nov. 25 online edition of the Journal of epidemiology and Community Health -- finds that taking sick ... researcher Jane Ferrie, from the Department of epidemiology and Public Health at University College London, ... Sweden; Jane Ferrie, Ph.D., Department of epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, ....

LSUHSC's Fontham makes history

... School of Public Health and is Professor of epidemiology as well as Professor of Pathology in the LSUHSC ... Dr. Fontham's major area of research is cancer epidemiology with a focus on the etiology of tobacco- and ... the Board of Directors of the American College of epidemiology of which she is a Fellow. She was a member of ...

Blood Pressure on the Rise in America

... said lead researcher Paul Sorlie, chief of the epidemiology Branch in the institute's Division of Prevention ... Theodore A. Kotchen, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, ... SOURCES: Paul Sorlie, Ph.D., chief, epidemiology Branch, Division of Prevention and Population ...

The Scientific Business of Thomson Reuters Predicts Nobel Laureates

... Collins Professor of Medical Statistics and epidemiology and Co-director of the Clinical Trial Service ... F.R.S. Professor of Medical Statistics and epidemiology and Co-director of the Clinical Trial Service ... For their contributions to clinical medicine and epidemiology through the development and application of ...

Low Thyroid Function Linked to Heart Failure Risk

... Cappola, an assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of ... ignored, said Dr. Anne B. Newman, a professor of epidemiology and medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and ... Philadelphia; Anne B. Newman, M.D., professor, epidemiology and medicine, University of Pittsburgh; Sept. 23, ...

Researchers report periodontal disease independently predicts new onset diabetes

... associate research scientist in the Department of epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health and lead ... from The Oral Infections and Vascular Disease epidemiology Study (INVEST) which has shown that individuals ... Inserm Chair of Excellence in the Department of epidemiology at the Mailman School and senior author of the ...

Melanoma Rates Soar Among Younger Women

... National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer epidemiology & Genetics. "We observed a 50 percent ... data from the cancer institute's Surveillance, epidemiology and End Results Program, which is a network of ... Purdue, Ph.D., Occupational and Environmental epidemiology Branch, Division of ...

IDF urges health care providers to address the relationship between type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea

... Diabetes Federation (IDF) Task Force on epidemiology and Prevention warned today that recent research ... Australia and co-chair of the IDF Task Force on epidemiology and Prevention. Todays statement is an urgent ... for the other. The IDF Task Force on epidemiology and Prevention statement includes recommendations ...

APIC Launches First National C. Difficile Prevalence Study

... for Professionals in Infection Control and epidemiology (APIC) today announced a detailed strategy to ... prevalence study, along with the latest science, epidemiology and best practices for the elimination of ... for infection prevention, control and hospital epidemiology in healthcare settings around the globe. APIC ...

Leading researchers honored for progress in cancer prevention, detection and treatment

... N. Hoover, M.D., Sc.D., S.M.Hyg., director of the epidemiology and biostatistics program at the National Cancer ... Society Award for Research Excellence in Cancer epidemiology and Prevention. Established in 1992, the award ... of chemical carcinogenesis, the molecular epidemiology of cancer, and more recently, anti-cancer drug ...

Sex Hormones Don't Seem to Affect Prostate Cancer Risk

... author Andrew Roddam, of the Cancer Research UK epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford. "What we have ... Andrew Roddam, Ph.D., Cancer Research UK epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Great Britain; Paul A. Godley, M.D., Ph.D., departments of epidemiology and medicine, University of North Carolina School ...

Vitamin E, Lutein May Fight Cataracts

... added McNeil, who heads the department of epidemiology and preventative medicine at Monash University in ... McNeil, Ph.D., professor and head, department of epidemiology and preventative medicine, Monash University, ... Emily Chew, M.D., deputy director, division of epidemiology and clinical research, U.S. National Eye ...

Oral Contraceptives Cut Ovarian Cancer Risk

... Beral, of Oxford University's Cancer Research UK epidemiology Unit, in England. "This is pretty much what we ... she said. Dr. Eduardo Franco, a professor of epidemiology and oncology at McGill University in Montreal, ... Valerie Beral, M.D., Cancer Research UK epidemiology Unit, Oxford University, Oxford, England; Eduardo ...

BRCA Mutations Don't Raise Breast Cancer Risk Equally

... author Colin Begg, chairman of the department of epidemiology and biostatistics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering ... in the Women's Environmental Cancer and Radiation epidemiology (WECARE) Study who had been diagnosed with breast ... Colin Begg, Ph.D., chairman, department of epidemiology and biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering ...

Sunlight Helps Put Lung Cancer in the Shade

... published in the January issue of the Journal of epidemiology and Community Health . It's also not an excuse ... It wasn't a new idea. "There were people in epidemiology dating back to Hippocrates who thought it was a ... Health System, Baton Rouge, La.; Journal of epidemiology and Community Health ...

Obesity and metabolism: Weight gain and the growing risk of cancer

... Ph.D., assistant professor in the Division of epidemiology and Community Health at the University of ... Lai, a doctoral student in the Department of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public ... Nichols, a doctoral student in the Department of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public ...

Excess Pounds Raise Women's Cancer Risk

... epidemiologist at Oxford's Cancer Research UK epidemiology Unit. "It is important that women be aware ... Eugenia E. Calle, managing director of analytic epidemiology at the American Cancer Society and author of an ... statistical epidemiologist, Cancer Research UK epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.; Eugenia ...

American Cancer Society to Present Highest Honor to Matthew L. Myers, Douglas R. Lowy, and Mark Schiffman for Outstanding Contributions to Cancer Fight

... for his tremendous dedication to molecular epidemiology relating to the human papillomavirus. Dr. ... the University of Pennsylvania and an M.P.H. in epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene ... Studies Section in the Environmental epidemiology Branch in 1996. Dr. Schiffman received a ...

Weight Gain Increases Breast Cancer Risk: Study

... author Jiyoung Ahn, a fellow with the nutritional epidemiology branch at the National Cancer Institute's division of cancer epidemiology and genetics. "Specific stages include during ... Jiyoung Ahn, Ph.D., fellow, nutritional epidemiology branch, division of ...

Study: HPV test beats Pap in detecting cervical cancer

... Franco, Director of the Division of Cancer epidemiology at McGill's Faculty of Medicine, concluded that ... Professor in the Departments of Oncology and epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Director of the Division of Cancer epidemiology at McGill University's Faculty of Medicine. ...

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Appoints Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez to Scientific Advisory Board

... Advisory Council, is a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Texas ... -- Melissa L. Bondy, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson ... Houston, and director of the Childhood Cancer epidemiology and Prevention Center, a collaborative ...

Tomato Diet Can't Guarantee Prostate Health: Study

... Key, deputy director of the Cancer Research UK epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford, U.K. "This ... contradicts a report published in May in Cancer epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention . That study did ... Key, Ph.D., deputy director, Cancer Research UK epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, U.K.; Peter Scardino, ...