Because
observational studies look at groups of people and their behavior over time, it's hard to say for sure that other conflicting factors aren't influencing the outcomes they examine.
«This is
an observational study looking at data already collected,» he said.
From the Netherlands, we have a prospective
observational study looking at whether the female relatives of 790 autoimmune thyroid disease patients would progress to overt hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism [22].
Not exact matches
Several
observational studies have
looked at the link between increased consumption of onions and a reduced risk of certain types of cancers, including stomach, breast, colon, prostate and ovarian.
Research is starting to address these issues by using different types of trials that do a better job simulating «real life», and these pragmatic trials
look a lot like prospective
observational studies.
An important potential limitation of this analysis was that it was based solely on case - control
observational studies, as most
studies looking at the effects of breastfeeding vs not breastfeeding are.
However, the
studies the agency reviewed were almost all
observational — meaning the researchers
looked at rates of a given health problem among infants whose mothers chose to breastfeed and those whose mothers did not.
A
study recently published in Science
looked at data from more than 4,200
observational hydrometric stations in Europe over the past 50 years, and picked out some noticeable patterns.
«That's why we wanted to
look at the question at issue as part of a major retrospective
observational study.
The authors point out that this is an
observational study, so no firm conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect, and add their results might not apply to the general population because the
study only
looked at older patients.
Called the high - dimensional propensity score algorithm (hd - PS), it is a tool for improving not randomized clinical trials but broader
observational studies, in which researchers watch a large pool of participants and
look for correlations — like the fact that wine drinkers live longer than other drinkers.
«We're
looking forward to longer - term results to come in the next five years from various ongoing
observational studies,» Dr. Arterburn said: The Utah Obesity
Study, the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative, and large cohorts from Veterans Affairs health system and the HMO Research Network (including Group Health) and should yield important long - term information comparing the efficacy, safety, and costs of surgical and non-surgical care for severe obesity.
A
study needs to be designed to specifically
look at diet and the effect on mammographic density, and not a
study that makes
observational conclusions based on a patient's memory, she said.
«There are a lot of small
observational studies that
looked at people who were treated for blood pressure and, generally, there was an improvement in cognition [thinking skills],» Iadecola said.
And Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, noted that this was an
observational study that only
looked at the experience of one institution.
hello mr lowfat now lot's of expert's disagree with the lipid hypothesis coz when the expert's did
studys to prove saturated fat causes heart disease they found there is no link between sat fats and disease not only that u have to
look at the kind of
study coz almost all
observational studys don't prove anything coz they don't find a link but a clinical
study actually is well controlled and does find a link i'm done
That research brought a lot of attention to the subject and since that time, there has been more epidemiological
studies and
observational studies that have taken place to
look at what's happening on a population level.
Another review published in 2014
looked at data from 76
studies (both
observational studies and controlled trials) with a total of 643,226 participants.
A coursework project on Mechanical Forms
looking at the different assessment objectives focusing on
observational drawings, experimentation and artist
studies.
My paper in the American Journal of Education, The Stability of
Observational and Student Survey Measures of Teaching Effectiveness, uses data from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Teaching study to investigate this issue, looking at the year - to - year stability of several well known and widely - used observational and student survey measures (the Framework for Teaching, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, the Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observations, the Mathematical Quality of Instruction instrument, and the Tripod stu
Observational and Student Survey Measures of Teaching Effectiveness, uses data from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Teaching
study to investigate this issue,
looking at the year - to - year stability of several well known and widely - used
observational and student survey measures (the Framework for Teaching, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, the Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observations, the Mathematical Quality of Instruction instrument, and the Tripod stu
observational and student survey measures (the Framework for Teaching, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, the Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observations, the Mathematical Quality of Instruction instrument, and the Tripod student survey).
Develop close
looking techniques which will enhance critical thinking and
observational skills, which may be applied in all fields of
study
Health Disparities Strong When Green Space Limited The authors of the November 8 article, «Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an
observational population
study,»
looked at mortality data in England and found that the disparity in health between rich and poor was double in the parts of the country with the least green space, compared to those with the most.
Adult psychosocial outcomes of men and women who were
looked - after or adopted as children: prospective
observational study