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- Yale Professor of Epidemiology claims HCQ "key to defeating COVID-19" https://www.newsweek.com/key-defeating-covid-19-already-exists-we-need-start-using-it-opinion-1519535 18 comments
- Swedish epidemiology boss says questioned Covid-19 strategy seems to be working https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-strategy-idUSKCN24M25L 259 comments
- Science AMA Series: I’m Marcel Salathe, digital-epidemiology-loving, assistant professor of biology at Penn State, Y Combinator alumnus, and currently at Stanford as visiting assistant professor. Ask me anything! http://www.twitter.com/marcelsalathe 33 comments science
- Researchers discuss AI for cough monitoring in tuberculosis care and beyond: cough as objective biomarker, for diagnostics, treatment effects, and in Acoustic Epidemiology. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-022-00149-w 8 comments science
- Suicidality Among Men in Russia: A Review of Recent Epidemiological Data https://www.cureus.com/articles/88128-suicidality-among-men-in-russia-a-review-of-recent-epidemiological-data 7 comments worldnews
- The changing epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm4915 4 comments science
- Germany appoints qualified secretary of health, a professor of health economics and epidemiology: Karl Lauterbach https://www.dw.com/en/germany-social-democrats-announce-ministers-for-new-government/a-60030349 5 comments upliftingnews
- Forest Fires, Cars, Power Plants, Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease. The study provides additional evidence to a growing and convergent literature, ranging from animal models to epidemiological studies, that suggests air pollution is a significant risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/11/419141/forest-fires-cars-power-plants-join-list-risk-factors-alzheimers-disease#:~:text=a%20new%20study%20led%20by,a%20hallmark%20of%20alzheimer's%20disease. 4 comments science
- Science Discussion Series: Poverty, social isolation, education, income, and stress are among the factors that biologically impact people's health. We are experts and researchers who study health disparities and social epidemiology. Let’s discuss! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/iq302m/science_discussion_series_poverty_social/ 242 comments science
- Swedish epidemiology boss says questioned COVID-19 strategy seems to be working https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-strategy/swedish-epidemiology-boss-says-questioned-covid-19-strategy-seems-to-be-working-iduskcn24m25l 14 comments worldnews
- New COVID-19 ‘Citizen Science’ Initiative Lets Any Adult with a Smartphone Help to Fight Coronavirus UCSF Researchers Aim to Enroll One Million Individuals for Real-Time Epidemiology https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/03/417026/new-covid-19-citizen-science-initiative-lets-any-adult-smartphone-help-fight 6 comments science
- 'An epidemiological mystery': Why Is COVID-19 so much deadlier in some countries than others? | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/analysis-steven-lewis-why-covid-deadly-benign-1.5500288 5 comments worldnews
- Epidemiological emergency state in Poland https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/koronawirus-w-polsce-stan-zagrozenia-epidemicznego-w-polsce-ile-potrwaja-ograniczenia/1tmhmcm 19 comments europe
- Sugar levy had no lasting negative impacts on the UK soft drinks industry, despite substantial reformulation of drinks - MRC Epidemiology Unit http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/sugar-levy-soft-drinks-industry/ 10 comments science
- "Mortality rate is 11%" According to this study. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/piis0140-6736(20)30211-7/fulltext 56 comments worldnews
- Epidemiological study of 99 Wuhan Coronavirus cases over 3 weeks calculates an 11% mortality rate - "However, additional deaths might occur in those still hospitalized." https://marlin-prod.literatumonline.com/pb-assets/lancet/pdfs/s0140673620302117.pdf 8 comments science
- When it comes to saturated fat, the ingestion of stearic acid (C18:0), but not palmitic acid (C16:0), causes fusion of mitochondria within 3 hours in humans - This could explain part of the epidemiological differences, whereby C16:0 increases cardiovascular & cancer risk whereas C18:0 decreases both https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05614-6 12 comments science
- Too much salt in diet linked to increased mortality risk: Study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology https://deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/020718/too-much-salt-in-diet-linked-to-increased-mortality-risk-study.html 27 comments worldnews
- Coal and oil power plant retirements in California associated with reduced preterm birth among populations nearby | American Journal of Epidemiology | Oxford Academic https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwy110/4996680 3 comments science
- Living High and Feeling Low: Altitude, Suicide, and Depression - "We review epidemiological evidence that increases in the altitude of residence are linked to the increased risk of depression and suicide." https://journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/fulltext/2018/03000/living_high_and_feeling_low___altitude,_suicide,.1.aspx 3 comments science
- Prevalence, demographic variation and psychological correlates of exposure to police victimisation in four US cities | Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences | Cambridge Core https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-psychiatric-sciences/article/prevalence-demographic-variation-and-psychological-correlates-of-exposure-to-police-victimisation-in-four-us-cities/603e7a3cba8f3a44aabb5a561a667d0b 4 comments science
- Food consumption and the actual statistics of cardiovascular diseases: an epidemiological comparison of 42 European countries http://www.foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/31694 22 comments science
- MERS-CoV outbreak following a single patient exposure in an emergency room in South Korea: an epidemiological outbreak study http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/piis0140-6736(16)30623-7/fulltext?elsca1=etoc 4 comments science
- Science AMA Series: I am Tyler VanderWeele, professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of public health and I study the health effects of religious service attendance; Ask My Anything! https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/tyler-vanderweele/ 795 comments science
- Alcohol is a direct cause of seven forms of cancer, finds study: "...the epidemiological evidence can support the judgment that alcohol causes cancer of the oropharynx, larynx, oesophagus, liver, colon, rectum and breast.” https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/22/alcohol-direct-cause-seven-forms-of-cancer-study 4650 comments worldnews
- Scientists have identified the street artist Banksy by using an algorithm which analyses the geographic distribution of his artworks. The statistical technique originated in criminology but can used in other fields such as epidemiology. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/banksy-geographic-profiling-proves-artist-really-is-robin-gunningham-according-to-scientists-a6909896.html 60 comments science
- Zombie infections: epidemiology, treatment, and prevention. BMJ Christmas special. [Crosspost from /r/EverythingScience] https://www.reddit.com/r/everythingscience/comments/3xwl6o/zombie_infections_epidemiology_treatment_and/ 53 comments science
- Science AMA Series: I’m Dr. Nancy Krieger, Professor of Social Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. I recently published a paper calling for police killings and deaths to be tracked as health data, and I’m here to answer your questions! http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nancy-krieger/ 338 comments science
- Grass Plants Bind, Retain, Uptake, and Transport Infectious Prions - Epidemiology of prion diseases http://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/s2211-1247(15)00437-4 4 comments science
- Taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause symptoms, even short term, associated with significantly increased risks of developing ovarian cancer: Meta-analysis of 52 epidemiological studies http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/piis0140-6736%2814%2961687-1/fulltext 4 comments science
- Does anyone know the history/philosophy/rational of the weak legal standing of epidemiological studies when they have such high standing in academic fraternities? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology#Legal_interpretation 5 comments law
- "We believe there is scientific and epidemiologic evidence that Ebola virus has the potential to be transmitted via infectious aerosol particles both near and at a distance from infected patients" http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2014/09/commentary-health-workers-need-optimal-respiratory-protection-ebola?utm_source=twitter 12 comments science
- Measles outbreak in a vaccinated school population: epidemiology, chains of transmission and the role of vaccine failures. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc1646939/ 6 comments science
- Neurobehavioural effects of developmental toxicity: Epidemiological studies have documented six additional developmental neurotoxicants—manganese, fluoride, chlorpyrifos, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene, and the polybrominated diphenyl ethers. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/piis1474-4422%2813%2970278-3/abstract 8 comments science
- New research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology found a surprising correlation between height and cancer risk among postmenopausal women; the taller the woman, the greater her risk for the disease http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/26/health/time-height-cancer/index.html 4 comments science
- Observational epidemiology and compliance bias: Why many nutrition studies are all wrong http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/04/05/chocolate-red-meat-can-be-bad-for-your-science-why-many-nutrition-studies-are-all-wrong/ 2 comments science
- New Study in International Journal of Epidemiology on Male Circumcision. Circumcision was associated with frequent orgasm difficulties and with a range of frequent sexual difficulties in women, notably orgasm difficulties, dyspareunia and a sense of incomplete sexual needs fulfilment. http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/5/1367.full 57 comments science
- New epidemiological study indicates the inhabitants of Fallujah have worse genetic damage than the survivors of Hiroshima. Due to DNA damage, only 850 boys born per 1000 girls. Cancer has increased 4-fold since 2004. There's been a 38-fold increase in leukemia compared to Egypt and Jordan. http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m67564&hd=&size=1&l=e 5 comments reddit.com
- It was half past midnight on March 17th, 1968, the director of epidemiology was awakened by the phone. Thousands of sheep had suddenly died... http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=945 21 comments science
- Is Epidemiology a liberal art? http://phcrunch.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/is-epidemiology-a-liberal-art/ 7 comments science