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...sion, and insulin resistance. Tershakovec et al., publishing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that normal-weight children may be hypercholesterolemic, and that this condition predisposes young girls to the development of overweight and obesity later in childhood. The Bogalusa Heart study, w...UW-Madison leads $26 million study on aging
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...lvania, the University of Pittsburgh, and RAND are publishing their findings in the January 9, 2003 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. They cite data showing that in the 10-year study period, non-physicians were more likely to provide preventive services, less likely to provide acute care (diagnosis ...In Health Affairs interview, Breaux outlines plan to cover uninsured
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...ab colleagues have overcome many of these hurdles, publishing their research results in peer-reviewed journals. Last year, in an issue of "Biomaterials," Hanes' team, including associate research scientist Jie Fu and doctoral candidate Jennifer Fiegel, reported that it had synthesized a new type of porous polym...First international conference on women and blindness
...em of blindness in women had became clear with the publishing of a meta analysis of more than 70 epidemiological studies on blindness conducted over the past 20 years, which showed that women accounted for most of the world's blind. In addition, World Health Organization (WHO) statistics indicate that 150 milli...Open-access publishing: The debate continues
The arguments surrounding open-access publishing are detailed in this week's issue of THE LANCET. A...onic access to information, the four-centuries-old publishing model based on user fees now hinders communication; the author of another paper counters that there ...Procedure cures atrial fibrillation
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...for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition to publishing more than 90 peer-reviewed scientific papers, Dr. Offit is co-author of the book "Vaccines: What You Should Know." He frequently lectures to national and international healthcare organizations about vaccine safety and efficacy. Under the direction of...