Sentences with phrase «earliest epidemiologic»

Earlier epidemiologic studies were not consistent in demonstrating a protective effect of breastfeeding on SIDS *; some studies found a protective effect, 67,239,240 and others did not.

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There is substantial epidemiologic evidence that links a lower risk of SIDS for infants whose mothers obtain regular prenatal care.198, — , 200 Women should seek prenatal care early in the pregnancy and continue to obtain regular prenatal care during the entire pregnancy.

Tough refers the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, a powerful epidemiologic study showing the link between adverse early experiences and a wide range of negative health outcomes.

This is the first epidemiologic evidence of such a causal association between early breastfeeding and infection specific mortality in the newborn infants.

The members of the initiative hope to improve early detection of cancer by making an impact in a variety of areas, including doing epidemiologic studies on risk factors, developing new and improved methods of diagnostic imaging, discovering and verifying new biomarkers as indicators of cancer, and developing new technologies to aid early detection.

«Given the solid epidemiologic evidence supporting a link between cannabis exposure during adolescence and schizophrenia, we investigated whether the use of cannabis during early adolescence (by 16 years of age) is associated with variations in brain maturation as a function of genetic risk for schizophrenia,» said senior author Tomas Paus, MD, PhD, the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Professor and Chair in Population Neuroscience at Baycrest, University of Toronto, and the Dr. John and Consuela Phelan Scholar at Child Mind Institute, New York.

Some epidemiologic evidence suggests that arsenic exposure in utero and early in life may be associated with adverse effects on fetal growth, and on infant and child immune and neurodevelopment outcomes.

Contracted through the bite of an infected mosquito or through sexual or other modes of transmission, Zika virus (ZIKV) infection can be prenatally passed from mother to fetus.1 The virus was first identified in the region of the Americas in early 2015, when local transmission was reported in Brazil.2 Six months later, a notable increase in the number of infants with congenital microcephaly was observed in northeast Brazil.3, 4 Clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory evidence led investigators to conclude that intrauterine ZIKV infection was a cause of microcephaly and serious brain anomalies.5 - 7 However, as with other newly recognized teratogens, these features likely represent a portion of a broader spectrum.

Epidemiologic evidence and animal studies demonstrate associations between early life exposure to pesticides and pediatric cancers, decreased cognitive function, and behavioral problems.»

But the authors write in their paper that «emerging epidemiologic evidence suggests that [arsenic] exposure in utero and during early life may be associated with adverse health effects» on immune system and brain development.

Breast Cancer & The Environment Research Centers: Sixth Annual Early Environmental Exposures Meeting The Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers (BCERC) network is conducting epidemiologic and biologic studies investigating the influence of early environmental exposures on pubertal maturation and mammary gland development and the potential of these developmental changes to alter the risk of breast cancer in later Early Environmental Exposures Meeting The Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers (BCERC) network is conducting epidemiologic and biologic studies investigating the influence of early environmental exposures on pubertal maturation and mammary gland development and the potential of these developmental changes to alter the risk of breast cancer in later early environmental exposures on pubertal maturation and mammary gland development and the potential of these developmental changes to alter the risk of breast cancer in later life.

All have been shown in epidemiologic studies in the United States and elsewhere to be capable of damaging developing brains, especially while babies are exposed in utero or in their early life.»