Epidemiology News

The pandemic flu has reached all six regions of Alaska, a state medical epidemiologist said Wednesday.

July 9, 2009 -- A woman's hormonal activity over her lifetime affects her risk of dying from ovarian cancer , according to a new study.

Goa health authorities Friday quarantined four relatives of a US-returned sailor, including his wife, after the 31-year-old man was confirmed for swine flu.

Featured Article Main Category: Headache / Migraine Also Included In: Breast Cancer ; Women's Health / Gynecology ; Menopause Article Date: 10 Jul 2009 - 2:00 PDT US researchers have recently confirmed the findings of an earlier smaller study they published last year that suggested women with a history of migraine are likely to have a lower risk of ...

Women who suffer with migraines are 26 per cent less likely to develop breast cancer, researchers have found.

Elevated insulin levels in the blood appear to raise the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

Children and adults who build castles and dig in the sand at the beach are at greater risk of developing gastrointestinal diseases and diarrhea than people who only walk on the shore or swim in the surf, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that survival among women with ovarian cancer is influenced by age of menarche and total number of lifetime ovulatory cycles.

The relationship between migraine headaches in women and a significant reduction in breast cancer risk has been confirmed in a follow-on study to landmark research published last year and conducted by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Western Loudoun residents have asked the Board of Supervisors Committee on Energy and Environment to conduct public hearings to look into a possible link between childhood leukemia and the kind of high voltage lines planned for and in use near of thousands of homes in the county.

London, July 8 : Financial crisis may turn out to be a major killer, and could send suicide and homicide rates soaring, says a new Lancet study.

Arizona is about to have its first-ever yearlong flu season. State and national health officials said Tuesday that the new H1N1 influenza strain is continuing its spread in communities here and around the globe and will likely not die out before children start heading back to school at the end of this month.

NEW josamaga NEW Abstract Social class inequalities in health and mortality have become an increasingly prominent topic of study among sociologists, demographers, economists, and social epidemiologists.

Confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza are remaining steady in Marathon and Lincoln counties.

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How do science and the media interact, what is the relationship between scientists and journalists, what's the role of the media, the future of the news business and science news reporting? The video of this very interesting discussion / Q&A on 3 June 2009 with Alan Rusbridger , editor of The Guardian, and Sir Roy Anderson , top epidemiologist and ...

Are nuclear power plant workers at higher risk to die of cancer? A study conducted by a Canadian researcher concluded the risk is substantially higher to them than to the general public.

Vegans have lower bone densities than non-vegans, say Australian researchers. But the news isn't all bad, with the study finding an animal-free diet doesn't translate into more fractures.

Physiological changes associated with the metabolic syndrome may play a role in the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, according to study results published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Photo by BGNES Over the night five new cases of the swine flu virus have been registered in Serbia, after Romania confirmed the 23th case of the virus Saturday.