Sentences with phrase «epidemiological evidence from»

There is now a considerable body of epidemiological evidence from developing countries and multilateral agencies that so called common mental disorders are common and disabling (e.g. Murray & Lopez, 1996; Patel et al. 1998).

The WHO's argument rests on epidemiological evidence from industrial and occupational exposure, populations that have been exposed to 10 - 1000 times the concentrations of TCDD compared to the general population.4 While admitting the absence of a strong case for the elevation of any specific cancer, they have compiled four major cohort studies to find a 40 percent increased risk for all cancers combined for «highly exposed» workers, the definition of which differed between studies.

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We chose to model the effects on body weight because good evidence (from both trials and epidemiological studies) links regular consumption of sugar sweetened drinks to weight gain.8 10 12 Moreover, data from longitudinal studies support the idea that changes in the price of sugar sweetened drinks are linked to changes in body weight.20 Other groups have used this form of modelling to estimate the effects of a sugar sweetened drink tax on obesity.18 21 22

Studies by the National Academy of Science and evidence from other epidemiological studies indicate that the higher intake of carotene and vitamin A may reduce the risk of cancer.»

Previous research has largely focused on dietary components and which diet would be best to lower the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, but so far there is no clear evidence from epidemiological or clinical trial data that a specific diet is optimal for long - term weight - loss or lowering the risk of diabetes.

However, «taking into consideration the weight of evidence,» EFSA concluded that the epidemiological studies did not contradict the conclusion from animal studies «that glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans.»

Now, direct evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air), a 10 - year epidemiological study of more than 6,000 people from six U.S. states, shows that air pollution — even at levels below regulatory standards — accelerates the progression of atherosclerosis.

However, the vaccine court didn't recognize Bruesewitz's claim because, 1 month before her case was filed, the type of complications she experienced were removed from a list of those entitled to compensation, based on epidemiological evidence that vaccines weren't the cause.

«There's mounting evidence now from epidemiological studies that prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides, and chlorpyrifos in particular, may be associated with detriments with IQ in children,» said Kim Harley, an environmental epidemiologist with the University of California, Berkeley who has studied effects of pesticide exposure on children in California farm towns.

Recommendations aimed at reducing the incidence of cancers associated with nutrition are based on limited but suggestive evidence from epidemiological studies and animal experiments

The researchers pooled data on 27276 women with endometrial cancer in 36 studies from North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South Africa — virtually all the epidemiological evidence ever collected on the effect of oral contraceptives.

«Our findings suggest further investigation into the potential of MC1R - activating agents as novel neuroprotective therapies for PD, and together with epidemiological evidence, may offer information that could guide those carrying MC1R variants to seek advice from dermatologists or neurologists about their personal risk for melanoma and Parkinson's disease,» lead author Xiqun Chen says in a statement.

Recent examination of the epidemiological evidence (Bischoff 2011) found no association between milk intake and protection from hip fractures in women, even in women who drank 3 - 4 glasses of milk per day.

In Part I of this article, evidence from a wide range of peer - reviewed research, including in vitro and in vivo studies, clinical and randomized controlled trials, epidemiological studies, meta - analyses and reviews, was presented.

Looking at all the evidence — from epidemiological studies on diet and health, to biochemical studies on the minute mechanisms of disease — the potential health benefits of taking a standard daily multivitamin appear to outweigh the potential risks for most people.

The third and most convincing type of evidence that long - term sleep habits are associated with the development of numerous diseases comes from tracking the sleep habits and disease patterns over long periods of time in individuals who are initially healthy (i.e., longitudinal epidemiological studies).

Not only that, but from an epidemiological perspective, the China Study is considered weak evidence by many nutritional scientists — it was ecological and cross-sectional, rather than longitudinal and individual person - based.

«Evidence from epidemiological studies and experimental trials in animals and humans suggests that added sugars, particularly fructose, may increase blood pressure and blood pressure variability, increase heart rate and myocardial oxygen demand, and contribute to inflammation, insulin resistance and broader metabolic dysfunction.

My point is that there is irrefutable epidemiological and nutritional survey evidence showing American seniors suffer in statistically significant numbers from protein calorie malnutrition and that this deficiency contributes to muscle atrophy and asthenia (weakness) and that this loss of strength results in an inability to perform activities of daily living that diminish quality of life.

Our findings add to the growing body of evidence from epidemiological (26) and nonhuman models (27, 28) that indicate that overeating at night may contribute to weight gain.

It can be hard to draw solid conclusions from nutrition research for one key reason, a heavy reliance on epidemiological evidence.

They reviewed the data in articles from 1977 to the present and concluded, «the main findings of this systematic review and meta - analysis are that the epidemiological evidence currently available to the dietary committees provides no statistically significant retrospective support for the introduction of dietary fat guidelines.»

First, most of the evidence regarding the disease effects of carbohydrate to fat ratio is derived from epidemiological and observational studies because it is difficult to address disease endpoints through clinical trials.

Epidemiological and laboratory studies have failed to provide evidence that FeLV can be transmitted from infected cats to humans.

The evidence from very a large number of comprehensive epidemiological studies is overwhelming.

The findings are broadly in line with evidence from epidemiological studies that focus on the effect of climate conditions on both the transmission cycle and the incidence of disease.

The insistence on episodic mood changes is crucial and prevents clinicians from rating symptoms such as the chronic concentration problems of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as evidence for mania.2 Manic episodes are extremely rare in children and relatively rare in adolescents according to epidemiological studies in the UK and the USA.3

On the contrary, evidence from a number of cross-cultural epidemiological studies indicates that East Asian populations consistently report lower prevalence of negative affect, such as anxiety (Kessler & Ustun 2008) and mood disorders (e.g. major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder)(Weissman et al. 1996; Kessler & Ustun 2008), relative to Western populations (figure 1c, d, respectively).

The present work provides macro-scale evidence for how cultural values play an adaptive role in buffering genetically vulnerable populations from a potentially heightened epidemiological prevalence of mental health disorders.

They report, «evidence from behaviour genetics research and epidemiological, correlational and experimental studies shows that parenting practices have a major influence on many different domains of children's development.

Evidence from behaviour genetics research and epidemiological, correlational, and experimental studies shows that parenting practices have a major influence on children's development.3