Latest Epidemiology Stories

Embarrassment and not wanting to waste their doctors' time are more frequently reported by British people than in other countries, according to new research led jointly by King's College London and UCL (University College London). This may be holding British people back from presenting early with symptoms of cancer. The international study, published today in the British Journal of Cancer, is the largest of its kind, and suggests that cultural factors such as the British 'stiff upper lip'...

Panels to advise PCORI Board, Methodology Committee and staff on research and engagement efforts WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began inviting applications for its first four PCORI Advisory Panels as part of its ongoing effort to engage a broad range of healthcare stakeholders as partners in its research agenda. PCORI is seeking patients, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, other members of the...

Japan Patients Association (JPA) and National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) to Collaborate Toward New Treatments and Improved Policies WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Japan Patients Association (JPA) and the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)--the primary organizations representing patients and families affected by rare diseases in Japan and the U.S.--announced today that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate and...

Patients 3 times more likely to get screened with phone navigation and mailings, researchers at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center found A mailing or phone call to help patients get screened for colorectal cancer significantly increases their chances of actually getting tested, according to a study published in the January issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention by researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson. The research team, led by Ronald E. Myers, Ph.D.,...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new study shows that at least one in five people in countries including India, Australia and the U.K. were infected with influenza during the first year of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Forty-seven percent of those infected were aged between five and 19, researchers said. Older people were less likely to have become infected, with eleven percent of people over the age of 65 becoming infected. They wrote in the journal Influenza and...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A moratorium on bird flu studies was ended on Wednesday, allowing scientists to return to their research on the H5N1 bird flu; previously, there had been fears of bioterrorism at the international level. The studies were first halted in January 2012 following the creation of mutant forms at the University of Wisconsin in the United States and the Dutch Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam – with widespread worry regarding the...

CALEDONIA, Mich., Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Seasonal influenza activity remains at "elevated" levels for much of the U.S., as stated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a report on Jan.18, 2013. Though the CDC and other agencies have outlined strategies to stop the transmission of the influenza virus and other infectious agents, the team of healthcare, product, and infection control experts at MarketLab, Inc. recognized an opportunity to supplement those...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Any scenario involving the collision of two vehicles could have a deadly ending, and a new study from a pair of American researchers shows that obese people are at a greater risk of not surviving a violent accident. According to the study, which appeared in the latest edition of Emergency Medicine Journal, obese individuals are 20 percent more likely to die as the result of being in a car accident compared to individuals with a...

Strongest links found for jobs involving cleaning and cleaning agents The strongest evidence seems to be for jobs involving cleaning or cleaning agents, the research suggests. The authors base their findings on the job histories up to the age of 42 of almost 7,500 British adults born in 1958, all of whom were taking part in the National Child Development Study, which is tracking the long term health of more than 11,000 people living in Britain. Information about symptoms of asthma or...

BOSTON, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Replikins Ltd. and Brain Research Associates announced today that specific conserved genomic Replikin peptide sequences for the first time have been found to be shared among different histological cancer types, permitting the seven day synthesis of new shared cancer vaccines. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130122/PH45996 ) Each of the shared Replikins was found to be present in multiple malignancies. The genomic Replikin(®)Count...