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- Association between polygenic risk scores for ADHD and cognitive outcomes http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/09/28/ije.dyw216.full 34 comments
- Bicycle injuries and helmet use: a systematic review and meta-analysis http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/09/06/ije.dyw153.abstract 16 comments science
- The epigenetic clock and telomere length are independently associated with chronological age and mortality http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/04/13/ije.dyw041.abstract?papetoc 13 comments science
- Publications exploring the association between sodium intake and health outcomes are strongly polarised. Authors of papers appeared biased toward citing papers that supported their own arguments, with the literature dominated by a prolific authors who each hold and repeat the same positions. http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/1/251.full 10 comments science
- All-cause mortality risk seems to be not associated with sitting time; inconsistent with previous studies. http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/10/09/ije.dyv191.full 3 comments science
- Impact of the economic recession and subsequent austerity on suicide and self-harm in Ireland http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/05/23/ije.dyv058.full 10 comments science
- Tylenol: evidence of harmful effects on fetal brain development http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/10/24/ije.dyt183.abstract 5 comments science
- Sexual offending runs in families, 37-year nationwide study finds http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/04/05/ije.dyv029.full?sid=54782729-3119-463f-acff-0ed9c7662bff 1554 comments science
- High tobacco consumption lowers body weight http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/02/01/ije.dyu276.short?rss=1 5 comments science
- Epigenetics gives clues to how low socio-economic status predisposes to disease later in life. Based in Glasgow, UK. http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/41/1/151.long 9 comments science
- US infant mortality and the President’s party http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/12/30/ije.dyt252.full#aff-1 10 comments politics
- Infant mortality rate higher when a republican is president: International Journal of Epidemiology http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/12/30/ije.dyt252.full#aff-1 7 comments science
- Children exposed to long-term use of paracetamol during pregnancy had substantially adverse developmental outcomes at 3 years of age. http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/10/24/ije.dyt183.short?rss=1 5 comments science
- Suntanners with ordinary skin cancer live 6 years longer than the average population http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/09/13/ije.dyt168.abstract 9 comments science
- Mobile Phones and Brain Cancer Study: " In this large prospective study, mobile phone use was not associated with increased incidence of glioma, meningioma or non-CNS cancers." http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/42/3/792.abstract?sid=14480229-0bd5-41e7-8c8c-27e5f66ab5bd 35 comments science
- Given what we know now about epigenetic effects and the recent increased interest in reduced calorie diets/alternate day/periodic fasting for long term health benefits, is there likely (or possibly) going to be an adverse effect on the offspring of parents practising this as a lifestyle choice? http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/6/1196.full 4 comments askscience
- 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