Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

New Strategy May Prevent Infertility and Birth Defects

A strategy that has been shown to reduce age-related health problems in several animal studies may also combat a major cause of age-associated infertility and…

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Medicaid increases use of health care, decreases financial strain, improves health

The study will be released as working paper 17190 on the website of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) on July 7, 2011 (www.nber.org). “This study…

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State Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Progress Revealed

As a result, the highest burden of CRC mortality shifted from the Northeast in the early 1990s to the southern states along the Appalachian corridor in the mid…

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Breastfeeding’s Role in MS: No Protection Against Relapses

“Breastfeeding should not be encouraged by doctors to protect against MS relapses, especially among women with MS who have high disease activity and high risk…

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Endosonography Enhances Surgical Staging and Patient Outcomes

“Given that assessment of lymph glands using the endoscopic approach was more effective, better tolerated by patients and no more expensive than the surgical…

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Tel Aviv Study: How PE Programs Shape Kids’ Health and Behavior

We know that physical education teaches children about fitness and encourages them to live a healthy lifestyle. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher has…

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A Mother’s Salt Intake Could be Key to Prenatal Kidney Development

A new animal study from Europe has drawn an association between pregnant mothers’ sodium intake and their newborn’s kidney development. Among the most…

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First Whole-Genome Lung Cancer Study Unveiled at Conference

A first-of-its-kind study of a patient with lung cancer who never smoked will be presented today by TGen and the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale…

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Nordic Study Reveals Low Stillbirth Risk in ART Children

In both groups 0.4 % of singletons were stillborn, with a definition of stillbirth as a dead child after 22 weeks of gestation. After having been matched with…

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Twin study shows lifestyle, diet can significantly influence course of macular degeneration …

Eating a diet high in vitamin D, as well as the nutrients betaine and methionine, might help reduce the risk of macular degeneration, according to new research…

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The impact of candidates' statements about climate change on electoral success

Among citizens who are Democrats and Independents, a hypothetical U.S. Senate candidate gained votes by making a green statement on climate change and lost…

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Dealing with Negative Emotions: Distract or Reflect?

Now, a study which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that people…

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Rose-Colored Beer Goggles: Social Perks of Heavy Drinking

According to participants in the study, boosts of courage, chattiness and other social benefits of drinking outweigh its harms, which they generally did not…

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Lung Tumors in Never-Smokers Exhibit Greater Genomic Instability

“We identified several genomic regions that were differentially altered in the lung tumor genomes of smokers and never smokers,” said principal investigator…

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New Insights: Fat Tissue’s Role in Obesity Disease Treatment

The study, which is a special feature on the iPAD version of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, provides compelling evidence that the answer to…

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Study Reveals Pregnancy Impact on Autism Development in Twins

Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, joined in announcing significant findings from the largest known study of twins…

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