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- Standing at work doubles the risk of heart disease https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwx298/4081581 2 comments
- High school seniors who play contact sports are roughly 50% more likely to misuse prescription stimulants in the next decade after graduation, compared to those who do not participate in these types of sports, a new University of Michigan study found. https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/aje/kwac132/6658840 62 comments science
- A prospective cohort study of COVID-19 vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 infection, and fertility. COVID-19 vaccination was not appreciably associated with fecundability in either partner. These findings indicate that male SARS-CoV-2 infection may be associated with a short-term decline in fertility. https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwac011/6511811 57 comments science
- Receiving unemployment benefits is associated with lower mortality among the long-term unemployed. A study found mortality at 2 years of follow-up was 18% lower among men receiving benefits and 30% lower among women receiving benefits. https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/aje/kwab144/6276026?redirectedfrom=fulltext 20 comments science
- Gen X, millennials in worse health than prior generations at same age. Gen X'ers and millennials were in worse shape when it came to various physical health measures. They also reported more anxiety and depression symptoms, heavy drinking and drug use. https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/aje/kwab076/6178413?redirectedfrom=fulltext 4 comments science
- With coronavirus shelter-in-place orders in effect, the odds that a non-natural death occurred were 14.4% below expected levels. Sheltering-in-place policies likely reduce mortality from mechanisms unrelated to infection or other natural causes of death. https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwab062/6169297 21 comments science
- Living in neighborhoods with more sidewalks was associated with lower incidence of dementia, according to a study of 76,053 people in Japan. https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwab043/6144850 17 comments science
- School closures and lockdowns are the only interventions that reduced spread of COVID-19 in U.S. states, study finds. Limiting public events to fewer than 100 people had no effect. No state had an estimated Rt below 1.0 before lockdown, but 29 states reached an Rt below 1.0 after lockdown. https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwaa293/6066665 315 comments science
- Early Outpatient Treatment of Symptomatic, High-Risk Covid-19 Patients American Journal of Epidemiology https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwaa093/5847586 4 comments science
- Social isolation linked with higher risk of death irrespective of race https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/aje/kwy231/5133254?redirectedfrom=fulltext 8 comments science
- Associations of Religious Upbringing With Subsequent Health and Well-Being From Adolescence to Young Adulthood: An Outcome-Wide Analysis | American Journal of Epidemiology | Oxford Academic https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwy142/5094534 2 comments science
- Associations of Religious Upbringing With Subsequent Health and Well-Being From Adolescence to Young Adulthood: An Outcome-Wide Analysis | American Journal of Epidemiology | Oxford Academic https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwy142/5094534 11 comments science
- Compared with no attendance, at least weekly attendance of religious services was associated with greater life satisfaction and positive affect, a number of character strengths, lower probabilities of marijuana use and early sexual initiation, and fewer lifetime sexual partners. https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwy142/5094534 4 comments science
- Study over 80,000 women with 16 years follow up finds type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease not to be associated with sugar intake https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwy115/5032620 48 comments science
- 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
- State laws that restrict gun ownership among domestic abusers and others with violent histories appear to significantly reduce intimate partner homicides, indicates a American study. https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/aje/kwx362/4655044?redirectedfrom=fulltext 187 comments science
- New Study Finds Strength Promoting Exercise is Associated with a 23% Reduction in All-cause Mortality and a 31% Reduction in Cancer Mortality https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwx345/4582884 28 comments science
- Study finds standing all day at work vs sitting can double your risk of heart disease https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwx298/4081581/the-relationship-between-occupational-standing-and 180 comments science
- Eating Red Meat and Poultry Linked to Higher Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, as reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology. https://academic.oup.com/aje/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/aje/kwx156/3848997/meat-dietary-heme-iron-and-risk-of-type-2-diabetes?redirectedfrom=fulltext 14 comments science
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- Health declining in Gen X and Gen Y, national study shows https://news.osu.edu/health-declining-in-gen-x-and-gen-y-national-study-shows/ 4635 comments
- Strengthening Causal Estimates for Links Between Spanking and Children’s Externalizing Behavior Problems - Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Kierra M. P. Sattler, Arya Ansari, 2018 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797617729816 4436 comments
- The tipping point: Service sector employees a | EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/ohs-ttp073118.php 1459 comments
- Long-Term Leisure-Time Physical Activity Intensity and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Prospective Cohort of US Adults | Circulation https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.058162 1155 comments
- Long-Term Leisure-Time Physical Activity Intensity and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Prospective Cohort of US Adults | Circulation https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.058162 1155 comments
- The End of the CDC Eviction Ban Is a Crisis - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/09/cdc-eviction-ban-housing-crisis/619960/ 1034 comments
- Five-Year Suicidal Ideation Trajectories Among Women Receiving or Being Denied an Abortion | American Journal of Psychiatry https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18010091 526 comments
- Shelter-In-Place Orders Reduced COVID-19 Mortality And Reduced The Rate Of Growth In Hospitalizations | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00719 408 comments
- Meat consumption and risk of 25 common conditions: outcome-wide analyses in 475,000 men and women in the UK Biobank study | BMC Medicine | Full Text https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-021-01922-9 286 comments
- Childhood Exposure to Parental Smoking Linked to Poorer Cognitive Function in Midlife | University of Turku https://www.utu.fi/en/news/press-release/childhood-exposure-to-parental-smoking-associated-with-poorer-memory-and-learning-ability-in-midlife 280 comments
- Nutrients | Free Full-Text | Plant-Based Diets and the Incidence of Asthma Symptoms among Elderly Women, and the Mediating Role of Body Mass Index https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/1/52 258 comments
- Racism, Not Genetics, Explains Why Black Americans Are Dying of COVID-19 - Scientific American Blog Network https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/racism-not-genetics-explains-why-black-americans-are-dying-of-covid-19/ 256 comments
- Effects of Low-Carbohydrate and Low-Fat Diets: A Randomized Trial: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 161, No 5 http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1900694 240 comments
- Nutrients | Free Full-Text | Vitamin D3 Supplementation at 5000 IU Daily for the Prevention of Influenza-like Illness in Healthcare Workers: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/1/180 238 comments
- No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression | Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/jscp.2018.37.10.751 203 comments
- Nutrients | Free Full-Text | The Association between Caffeine Intake and the Colonic Mucosa-Associated Gut Microbiota in Humans&ampmdash;A Preliminary Investigation https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/7/1747 191 comments
- Identifying molecular mediators of the relationship between body mass index and endometrial cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization analysis | BMC Medicine | Full Text https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02322-3 163 comments
- Associations between types and sources of dietary carbohydrates and cardiovascular disease risk: a prospective cohort study of UK Biobank participants | BMC Medicine | Full Text https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02712-7 161 comments
- Human Capital Mediates Natural Selection in Contemporary Humans | SpringerLink https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10519-022-10107-w 137 comments
- Long-Term Coffee Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease | Circulation http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2013/11/07/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005925 137 comments