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Study finds gene linked to aggressive prostate cancer
Results from two genome-wide association studies have identified a genetic variant of the DAB2IP gene that is associated with the risk of aggressive prostate cancer.   view more (2007-12-12)

Progress in infectious disease surveillance but gaps remain, says Mailman School of Public Health
The key to control any pandemic is early identification and rapid response. Although considerable progress has been made in global infectious disease surveillance, few scientists are optimistic that an effective early warning system is in place, and many gaps remain.   view more (2007-07-18)

Europe's most important breast cancer conference in Barcelona
First media alert Europe's most important breast cancer conference will take place in Barcelona: 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-3) Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 19-23 March 2002 About EBCC-3"¦ - More than 3000 clinicians, scientists and patient advocates... view more (2002-01-23)

SARS could very well return this autumn, leading experts predict
SARS could return this autumn, predict some leading public health experts, but it is unlikely to be on the scale of an epidemic.   view more (2003-07-15)

Study measures impact on productivity from functional gastrointestinal disorders
Those who suffer from common functional gastrointestinal disorders face work productivity losses and impairments in daily activity that amount to the loss of at least one day of work in a 40-hour workweek.   view more (2007-10-15)

Summer babies at greater risk of developing coeliac disease
The risk of developing coeliac disease is higher for children born in the summer compared with the winter, finds a study in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.   view more (2002-12-13)

PFOS and PFOA Exposure Associated with Lower Birth Weight and Size
Exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) in the womb is statistically associated with lower weight and head circumference at birth, according to an analysis of nearly 300 umbilical cord blood samples led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of... view more (2007-08-20)

Drugs may not delay onset of dementia; and more
Researchers have examined the evidence in favour of giving people considered to be close to developing dementia the drugs that are most commonly used to treat the condition itself.   view more (2007-11-27)

Free smoke alarms to poor local authority households are a waste of time and money
Local authority schemes aimed at reducing fire-related injuries and deaths in poor urban households by providing and installing free smoke alarms could be a waste of time and money, according to a study carried out by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. The study,... view more (2002-10-31)

Possible link between baby swimming and breathing problems in children
Children with mothers who have allergies or asthma have an increased risk of wheezing in the chest if they take part in baby swimming before 6 months of age. This is shown in a new study using data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Study (MoBa) at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).   view more (2008-04-16)

Women's dissatisfaction with body image greater in more affluent neighbourhoods
The more affluent the area in which she lives, the more dissatisfied a woman is likely to be with her body image, indicates research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.   view more (2002-02-08)

Employment status has no bearing on domestic violence
Being out of work does not increase the likelihood of violent rows between couples, finds a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. But excessive drinking in or out of work, does. Data from a National Survey of Families and Households conducted in 1987 and 1992 in the USA... view more (2001-02-10)

Mental disorders in parents linked to autism in children
Parents of children with autism were roughly twice as likely to have been hospitalized for a mental disorder, such as schizophrenia, than parents of other children, according to an analysis of Swedish birth and hospital records by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher and... view more (2008-05-05)

Quantity and frequency of drinking influence mortality risk
How much and how often people drink - not just the average amount of alcohol they consume over time - independently influence the risk of death from several causes, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).   view more (2008-03-05)

Is Body Mass Index A Risk Factor For Road Traffic Injuries?
Drivers who are overweight or underweight are at greater risk of suffering an injury in a road accident than people of average size, according to a study of deaths and injuries from motor vehicle accidents in New Zealand. The study appears in the current issue of the International Journal of... view more (2003-04-25)

Long-term pesticide exposure may increase risk of diabetes
Licensed pesticide applicators who used chlorinated pesticides on more than 100 days in their lifetime were at greater risk of diabetes, according to researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).   view more (2008-06-05)

Second genetic link to weight and obesity
A study of 90,000 people has uncovered new genetic variants that influence fat mass, weight and risk of obesity. The variants act in addition to the recently described variants of the FTO gene: adults carrying variants in both genes are, on average, 3.8 kg (or 8.5 lb) heavier.   view more (2008-05-05)

McGill study links breastfeeding to increased intelligence
The largest randomized study of breastfeeding ever conducted reports that breastfeeding raises children's IQs and improves their academic performance, a McGill researcher and his team have found.   view more (2008-05-06)

Too much calcium in blood may increase risk of fatal prostate cancer
Men who have too much calcium in their bloodstreams may have an increased risk of fatal prostate cancer, according to a new analysis from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin.   view more (2008-09-03)

Sept. 11 terrorism continues to impact mental health of Americans
Long after Sept. 11, 2001, Americans' terrorism-related thoughts and fears are associated with increased depression, anxiety, hostility, posttraumatic stress and drinking, University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have found.   view more (2008-02-13)

Aircraft noise associated with children's school performance in maths and reading
Aircraft noise seems to affect children's school performance in maths and reading, but social and economic factors also play their part. Research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health examined the National Standardised Scores (SATs) of around 11,000 primary schoolchildren... view more (2002-01-15)

Living In A Time Of Plague: The Population Biology Of Emerging And Re-emerging Pathogens - Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of London Series B Vol. 356, No. 1411. Cover Date: 29 July 2001
LIVING IN A TIME OF PLAGUE: THE POPULATION BIOLOGY OF EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING PATHOGENS "We are living in a time of plague: infectious diseases continue to exert a huge toll in human and animal lives and suffering," says Professor Mark Woolhouse. "New diseases continue to emerge and medicine and... view more (2001-07-15)

Keeping young South Africans in school: A 'social vaccine' against AIDS
A study published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests that secondary school attendance is linked to lower risk of HIV infection among young people in rural South Africa.   view more (2008-01-17)

Palestinian refugees living in 'slum conditions'
Palestinian refugees in unofficial camps are living in slum conditions redolent of UK housing in the last century, finds research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.   view more (2008-01-18)

Media invitation: Annual European Congress of Rheumatology - EULAR 2004
Date: 9-12 June 2004 Venue: International Congress Centre, Berlin, Germany More than 8,000 clinicians, scientific researchers, nurses and researchers as well as patient groups will attend. Over 1000 papers and scientific posters will review new developments in: - Molecular and cellular aspects of... view more (2004-05-06)
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