The use of statins has also been associated with a lower incidence of PD in several
recent epidemiology studies, leading some researchers to hypothesize that these medications, which lower levels of LDL — bad cholesterol — may protect against PD.
Not exact matches
In case you missed it, a
recent landmark
study published in the peer reviewed International Journal of
Epidemiology found that risk for coronary heart disease, stroke, total cardiovascular disease and death other than from cancer was reduced with each 200g a day increase in fruit and vegetables up to 800g a day, and 600g a day for cancer.
One
recent study in the «Journal of Clinical
Epidemiology» showed that women who nursed babies for at least 25 months total of their own life had a decreased risk compared to mothers who did not nurse.
On Sunday, June 16, researchers released a
recent study conducted by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and
Epidemiology (APIC) that was conducted to see how long the bacteria methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) could survive on fabrics used in hospital, clinical and long term care homes.
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.
These results conflict with a
recent study published in BMJ's Journal of
Epidemiology and Community Health suggesting that seven or more daily portions of fruits and vegetables were linked to lowest risk of death.
While
recent studies have provided anecdotal reports of the presence of honeybee parasites in other pollinators, this is the first
study to determine the
epidemiology of these parasites across the landscape.
In a Policy View published in The Lancet Neurology journal, a group of leading experts on the
epidemiology of dementia state that the number of people with dementia — both new cases and total numbers with the disease — in some Western European countries is stabilising despite population aging, in direct contrast to the «dementia epidemic» reported in some
recent studies.
German Shepherd Dogs (GSDs) could be predisposed to health conditions such as arthritis because of the way they have been bred in
recent decades, according to a new
study published in the open access journal Canine Genetics and
Epidemiology.
It is difficult to compare our findings with
studies of general population youth because rates vary widely, depending on the sample, the method, the source of data (participant or collaterals), and whether functional impairment was required for diagnosis.50 Despite these differences, our overall rates are substantially higher than the median rate reported in a major review article (15 %) 50 and other more
recent investigations: the Great Smoky Mountains
Study (20.3 %), 56 the Virginia Twin
Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development (142 cases per 1000 persons), 57 the Methods for the
Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders (6.1 %), 32 and the Miami — Dade County Public School
Study (38 %).58 We are especially concerned about the high rates of depression and dysthymia among detained youth (17.2 % of males, 26.3 % of females), which are also higher than general population rates.51,56 - 61 Depressive disorders are difficult to detect (and treat) in the chaos of the corrections milieu.
Several
studies were done related to child development research and one of the
recent studies published in Journal of
Epidemiology & Community Health found that shared parenting serves best when it comes to the children's health.