Tag: Epidemiology

December 18, 2018

In Afghanistan's most underdeveloped regions, attitudes towards education and child marriage appear to have changed significantly since the overthrow of ...

Researchers find clue to epidemics in 'bursty' social behavior

NYU Tandon researchers discover that feed back loop in human interactions can play a big role in how diseases spread ...

UMass Amherst biostatistician and national team assist CDC in influenza forecasting

an influenza-tracking model developed by a team led by biostatistician Nicholas Reich at UMass Amherst is the CDC's preferred model ...

RUDN medics called the world to action against hepatitis in Somalia

The research demonstrated critical spread rates of 5 types of viral hepatitis; according to the results, immediate action should be ...

DNA study shows stethoscopes loaded with bacteria, including staphylococcus

Findings suggest common cleaning methods leave bacteria behind NEW YORK (December 12, 2018) -- Stethoscopes carried by health care practitioners ...

Excess body weight responsible for nearly 4 percent of cancers worldwide

Prevalence has increased rapidly in most countries across all population groups Policies, economic systems, and marketing practices that promote the ...

Septin proteins act as cellular police to identify, imprison and kill 'superbug' Shigella

Ground-breaking discovery reveals new clues to stop the spread of deadly infections Using state-of-the art technologies to image human cells ...

NIH scientists find that breast cancer protection from pregnancy starts decades later

Breast cancer risk remains elevated 20-30 years after childbirthCredit: NIEHS In general, women who have had children have a lower ...

Study highlights correlations between violent death and substance use

December 7, 2018

Consumption of alcohol or at least one drug was associated with over half the violent deaths that occurred in São ...

An ancient strain of plague may have led to the decline of Neolithic Europeans

December 6, 2018

Credit: Karl-Göran Sjögren / University of Gothenburg A team of researchers from France, Sweden, and Denmark have identified a new ...

Older women who suffer from tooth loss more likely to develop high blood pressure

Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Postmenopausal women who have experienced loss of all teeth are at higher risk ...

Distinguishing resistance from resilience to prolong antibiotic potency

Defining pathogen responses to first-line antibiotics could prolong their usefulnessCredit: Duke Photography DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University ...

CWRU researcher secures $14.6 million grant to study Alzheimer's in diverse populations

Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Alzheimer's disease symptoms, such as memory loss or cognitive decline, can present ...

New HIV diagnoses at high levels in the European Region but progress in EU