Sentences with phrase «epidemiology unit»

GLAUCOMA IN THE FLAT COATED RETRIEVER J.L.N.Wood BSc BVetMed MSc PhD MRCVS Head, Epidemiology Unit, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, UK

Corresponding Author: Mingyang Song, MD, ScD, Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Bartlett Hall Extension, Room 906, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114 ([email protected]).

«Among different fats, the most consistent benefits were seen for increasing polyunsaturated fats, in place of either carbohydrates or saturated fat,» said the study's first author, Fumiaki Imamura, of the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge in England.

«While we expected we might find the associations to be weaker in the healthy lifestyle group, we did not expect them to completely disappear,» said Mingyang Song, MD, a research fellow in the Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit and Division of Gastroenterology, in a press release.

Contact: Ulrika Ericson, PhD, Nutritionist, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University [phone] ulrika [dot] ericson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se

MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK.

From the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital (S.J., A.J.S., M.M.) and Harvard Medical School (B.L.E.), the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (E.S.) and Harvard Medical School (G.K.S., P.L.), the Department of Pathology (S.J.) and the Center for Genomic Medicine (P.N., S.K.), Massachusetts General Hospital, the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, and Cardiovascular Research Center (P.N., S.K.), and the Department of Medicine (A.G.B.), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and the Departments of Medical Oncology (C.J.G.) and Biostatistics and Computational Biology (D.N.), Dana - Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, and the Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (P.N., A.G.B., N.G., S.G., S.K.)- all in Massachusetts; the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Parma, Italy (D.A.); the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York (U.B., R.M., V.F.); Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Madrid (V.F.); Medical Research Council - British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit and National Institute for Health Research Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Donor Health and Genomics, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, and the British Heart Foundation, Cambridge Centre of Excellence, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge (J.D.), and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton (J.D.)- both in the United Kingdom; the Center for Non-Communicable Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan (P.F., D.S.); the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (D.S.); and the Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (O.M.).

Speakers: Prof Peter Brocklehurst, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford University Dr Jennifer Hollowell, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford University Louise Silverton, Deputy General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives Mary Newburn, Head of Research and Information, NCT

Angela C Estampador, 1,2 Paul W Franks1, 3,4 1Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Malmö, Sweden; 2Department of Endocrinology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; 3Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; 4Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA Abstract: Evidence has emerged across the past few decades that the lifetime risk of developing morbidities like type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease may be influenced by exposures that occur in utero and in childhood.

Prof. Jane Green, Professor of Epidemiology and Co-Director of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, said:

In an editorial accompanying the study, Nita Forouhi, a researcher at the epidemiology unit of the University of Cambridge, said that the Chinese study has a number of strengths but that the dietary survey contained only «crudely measured» categories (red meat, fresh vegetables, fresh fruits) so it was unable to take into account other dietary habits that might have impacted the results, and that the quantity and strength of the chili consumed was also unknown.

Prof. Marcus Munafo, Professor of Biological Psychology, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Bristol, said:

Maria Quigley of Oxford University's National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, who led the study, said: «We found that children who were breastfed for at least four months were less likely to have behavioural problems at age five.»

New research from the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton in the UK indicates that neighbourhood exposure to fast food outlets is potentially linked to poorer bone development in early childhood.

When she finished her bachelor's degree, Zeggini went to the Arthritis Research Campaign Epidemiology Unit at the University of Manchester to do a Ph.D. on the sequencing of genes related to juvenile oligoarthritis, a complex autoimmune disease.

Researchers from the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, used high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HRpQCT) to assess bone structure and strength at a microstructural level in living patients.

[1] Dr Toral Gathani is a clinical epidemiologist in the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford and also a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Professor Cyrus Cooper, Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, comments: «This study highlights an important link between diabetes and osteoporosis, and identifies a selective deficit in skeletal development, which leads to excess fracture risk in this increasingly frequent disorder.

Dr Søren Brage (MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge), joint senior author on the study says: «Providing quantitative estimates regarding the dose - response relationship is essential for approximating how changes in levels of physical activity in the general population would impact disease incidence, and would support more nuanced guidance to the public and evidence - based dialogue in clinical settings.»

Professor Cyrus Cooper, Head of MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton comments: «Such international collaborations highlight the value of our unique cohort resources in revealing the causes and generating preventive strategies against musculoskeletal aging.»

Co-author Professor Nicholas Harvey, Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, added: «Babies» bones strengthen during the last stages of pregnancy.

Professor Nicholas Harvey, Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, led the study with Dr Elizabeth Curtis, Academic Clinical Fellow in Rheumatology.

Researchers at the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, undertook an analysis of the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink database and calculated the risk of an individual experiencing a fracture.

Co-author Professor Cyrus Cooper, Professor of Rheumatology and Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, says: «Our unit seeks to develop interventions to improve bone health early in life.

Professor Cyrus Cooper, Professor of Rheumatology and Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, added: «This study forms part of a larger programme of work addressing risk factors for fracture across the lifecourse, and demonstrates the importance of the University of Southampton and MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit in leading large, UK wide analyses on the internationally leading UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink dataset.

Adrian Grant, director of the Perinatal Trials Service at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit in Oxford, one of the two coordinating centres for the trial, says such a study will help to prevent medical and surgical methods from being introduced without thorough testing.

Professor Cyrus Cooper, Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, said: «This is a wonderful example of a biomedical discovery made by combining state of the art imaging methodologies with the world leading population science, for which Southampton has an established international reputation.»

Whilst established to examine possible safety issues with biologic therapies, it provides the opportunity to look at additional benefits beyond the direct effect on disease severity,» explains William Dixon, MD, MRC clinician scientist / senior clinical lecturer and honorary consultant rheumatologist; Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, The University of Manchester; and an investigator in the study.

Cyrus Cooper, Professor of Rheumatology and Director of the MRC LEU at the University of Southampton where the research was carried out, adds: «This study forms part of a larger programme of research at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton.

Researchers from the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU), University of Southampton have shed new light on how grip strength changes across the lifespan.

It was simply too late, adds Didier Ménard, who directs the malaria molecular epidemiology unit at the Pasteur Institute in Phnom Penh.

Professor Cyrus Cooper, Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Southampton, says: «This is one of the first studies to use this technology to explore bone geometry, density and microstructure in patients with heart disease.

Dr David Carslake, the study's lead author and Senior Research Associate from the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU) at the University of Bristol, said: «An alarming increase in obesity levels across the world which have risen from 105 million in 1975 to 641 million in 2014, according to a recent Lancet study, create concern about the implications for public health.

Dr. Julien Paccou, Clinical Research Fellow at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, added: «In essence, this work and others show that people with a history of cardiovascular disease tend to have weaker bones.

Professor Jenny Kurinczuk, Director of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit and National Programme Lead for MBRRACE - UK, said:

This analysis of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) is by Dr Aurora Perez - Cornago, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, UK, and colleagues.

Co-author Professor Fabio Levi (MD), Head of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, (Switzerland), said: «Besides enforcing tobacco control — essentially by increasing taxation — national governments and EU policy makers must ensure that all EU citizens have access to the best screening, diagnosis and treatment, including those from central and eastern Europe where major delays are still observed and where cancer mortality rates tend to be higher as a result.»

Just how LIN28B might affect menarche isn't clear, says Ken Ong, a paediatrician at the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit in Cambridge, UK, who led another team.

«The evidence suggested that schizophrenia risk predicts the likelihood of trying cannabis,» said Dr Suzi Gage, Research Associate with the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit.

Professor Keith Godfrey, from the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and the National Institute for Health Research Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, and a member of the study team, said: «The new findings provide the first direct evidence linking faltering of a baby's growth in the womb with epigenetic modifications that themselves may increase the risk of childhood obesity.

We thank Debbie Lawlor (Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK), Maarike Harro (Dept Public Health, University of Talin, Estonia), Karsten Froberg (Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark), Caroline Fall and Clive Osmond (MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, UK), and Anita Ravelli (Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam, The Netherlands) for kindly providing unpublished data for inclusion in the review.

A 2010 study by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit reported that 65 % of men helped «a great deal» with diaper changing.

National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, 1994.

Ironically the Birthplace Study (National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit) found that labour takes nearly twice as long in obstetric units than it does in midwife - led units or at home.

Contributors: Members of the writing committee for this paper were Peter Brocklehurst (professor of perinatal epidemiology, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU), University of Oxford; professor of women's health, Institute for Women's Health, University College London (UCL)-RRB-; Pollyanna Hardy (senior trials statistician, NPEU); Jennifer Hollowell (epidemiologist, NPEU); Louise Linsell (senior medical statistician, NPEU); Alison Macfarlane (professor of perinatal health, City University London); Christine McCourt (professor of maternal and child health, City University London); Neil Marlow (professor of neonatal medicine, UCL); Alison Miller (programme director and midwifery lead, Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH)-RRB-; Mary Newburn (head of research and information, National Childbirth Trust (NCT)-RRB-; Stavros Petrou (health economist, NPEU; professor of health economics, University of Warwick); David Puddicombe (researcher, NPEU); Maggie Redshaw (senior research fellow, social scientist, NPEU); Rachel Rowe (researcher, NPEU); Jane Sandall (professor of social science and women's health, King's College London); Louise Silverton (deputy general secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)-RRB-; and Mary Stewart (research midwife, NPEU; senior lecturer, King's College London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery).

The study was conducted by The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit in the United Kingdom.

Not exact matches

We conducted our study in conjunction with the clinical trials and epidemiology research unit, which is an independent organisation funded by the National Medical Research Council.

The clinical project coordination department of the Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit randomised women by means of telephone calls.

Enthusiasts say HRT can stave off heart disease and osteoporosis without increasing the risk of breast cancer, but Tom Meade, director of the MRC's Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit in London and chief architect of the HRT trial, says the long - term effects of HRT are largely unknown.

U.S. hospital intensive care units (ICUs) show uneven compliance with infection prevention policies, according to a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).