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...ation of coffee and type 2 diabetes was similar in strength to the association between consumption of tea and risk for diabetes. Authors caution that the study did not prove that drinking coffee lowers the risk for diabetes. And they say people should not increase their coffee drinking in order to prevent typ...Advice for designing reliable nanomaterials
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...n the multivariate model," Gencheva said. A major strength of the main study is that patients are being followed over time, including annual neurocognitive testing and MRI scans, Nyenhuis said. Continued evaluation of the patients eventually could lead to identification of changes in brain regions or structu...Demolition tests aim to improve emergency communications
... collected information on the transmitters' signal strength and other data. They also used Global Positioning System (GPS) devices to determine the locations and distances of transmissions from within the building. After demolition, the team found that 10 of the 14 transmitters continued broadcasting. The res...MayoClinic.com recognized as best overall consumer portal
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..., must acknowledge that progress is related to the strength of other public health fields, including health education, epidemiology and statistics, and health economics Dr. Koplan will discuss ways in which the linkages among scientific innovation and public policy have converged to support major public hea...America's teens: Growing up and out
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...usion of a large, matched control group is a great strength of our study." While the study, which was awarded a first prize by the American Urological Association, adds to the knowledge of how co-morbidities and race affect the long-term survival of men with prostate cancer, an additional benefit is that it p...