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New AIDS cases decline in District, but infection rate remains epidemic - Washington Post
New AIDS cases decline in District, but infection rate remains epidemic Washington Post ... 9 percent increase from the previous year, according to the 2009 Update, a report issued annually by the DC HIV/AIDS Administration (HAA). ... CDC: Gay Men Over 44 Times More Likely HIV+ than Hetero Men |
NCI-Led Team Explores Predictive Use of Breast Cancer Risk Variants - GenomeWeb Daily News
 Reuters | NCI-Led Team Explores Predictive Use of Breast Cancer Risk Variants GenomeWeb Daily News In a NEJM editorial, Leiden University pathology and human genetics researcher Peter Devilee and Netherlands Cancer Institute researcher Matti ... Performance of Common Genetic Variants in Breast-Cancer Risk Models Newer Genetic Info Adds Little to Predicting Breast Cancer Adding Common Genetic Variants to Breast Cancer Risk Models Offers Only Small ... |
DOH to assess hepatitis outbreak in Iloilo - Inquirer.net
DOH to assess hepatitis outbreak in Iloilo Inquirer.net ILOILO CITY, Philippines—The Department of Health's National Center has sent a team to Iloilo to assist the provincial ... |
New guidelines for diagnosing, managing and treating Clostridium difficile - EurekAlert (press release)
New guidelines for diagnosing, managing and treating Clostridium difficile EurekAlert (press release) ARLINGTON, VA (March 22, 2010)—A joint panel of experts from the Society for Healthcare (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America ... |
report on HIV/AIDS shows ups and downs - Examiner.com
 Examiner.com | Epidemiology report on HIV/AIDS shows ups and downs Examiner.com The Third Annual Report on HIV/AIDS in DC was released Wednesday. However, the statement from the Mayor's office paints a different picture ... |
Osmeña alarmed by rising dengue cases - Philippine Star
Osmeña alarmed by rising dengue cases Philippine Star The Cebu City Statistics and Surveillance Unit had reported 316 dengue cases during the first two months of the year compared to 161 cases in ... |
Balding Before 30 May Cut Prostate Cancer Risk - WebMD
 TheMedGuru | Balding Before 30 May Cut Prostate Cancer Risk WebMD The study is published online in Cancer . ''The longer you have the baldness, the more the protection," he tells WebMD. ... Baldness Could Lessen Cancer Baldness and prostate cancer risk Baldness may cut men's prostate cancer risk--study |
Death of 6-year-old Mobile boy caused by swine flu - WTVM
Death of 6-year-old Mobile boy caused by swine flu WTVM Melissa Tucker, director of for the Health Department, said she's seeing an increase in influenza-like illnesses in hospitals and in doctors ... |
Researchers find Clostridium difficile is more common than MRSA in southeast ... - EurekAlert (press release)
Researchers find Clostridium difficile is more common than MRSA in southeast ... EurekAlert (press release) (March 22, 2010)-- Researchers studying of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in community hospitals in the southeast US found that rates ... |
Baldness 'could be good for your health' say scientists - BBC News
 Daily Mail | Baldness 'could be good for your health' say scientists BBC News The findings are published in the journal Cancer . Half of the men in this study had suffered prostate cancer. Researchers compared the rate of ... Hair loss reduces prostate cancer risk in men Screening and Detection of Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer Baldness - The "Bright" Side |
, Data Sharing, and the Challenge of Scientific Replication Posted by hilary to "data sharing" on Wed Oct 21 2009
A comparison of the National Death Index and Social Security Administration databases to ascertain vital status. Posted by sgarin to 2 on Mon Nov 30 2009
Nutrition and other risk factors for renal cell carcinoma in postmenopausal women. Posted by sgarin to 1 on Mon Nov 30 2009
Identifying deaths before 1979 using the Social Security Administration Death Master File. Posted by sgarin to 1 on Mon Nov 30 2009
From Midlife to Early Old Age: Health Trajectories Associated With Retirement. Posted by Terkko to retirement on Tue Mar 16 2010
Diarrhea and colds in child day care centers: impact of various numerator and denominator definitions of illness episodes. Posted by Georgeta to incidencerate on Thu Mar 18 2010