General Epidemiology:
This is the sixth of 6 guest posts on infection and chronic disease. By Courtney Cook Kidney stone disease affects approximately 5% of Americans. While several risk factors are well-established, including genetic predisposition, metabolic diseases, lifestyle, and diet, there are...
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Posted on April 16, 2008 12:30 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How strong is the link between adenovirus and obesity?
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Posted on April 16, 2008 8:00 AM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A unique perspective on Crohn's and infectious disease.
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Posted on April 15, 2008 5:00 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Student post #2: what are some of the issues and controversies in autism epidemiology?
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Posted on April 14, 2008 3:40 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Will bacteriophage treatment for "superbugs" save lives, or create even worse pathogens?
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Posted on April 14, 2008 12:15 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In this "natural" = "better" world, raw milk consumption is increasing. Is it worth the risk?
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Posted on April 11, 2008 12:45 PM • 137 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How did mumps make a resurgence in 2006? A new paper examines the factors.
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Posted on April 10, 2008 2:35 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Little organisms + big ideas = novel interdisciplinary work.
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Posted on April 8, 2008 5:20 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Busy here; good stuff other places to check out.
Posted on April 2, 2008 2:40 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
1980 marked a milestone in infectious disease epidemiology: the World Health Organization declared the smallpox virus eradicated in the wild. However, while smallpox currently exists only in frozen stocks, poxviruses as a class certainly haven't disappeared. A related virus, monkeypox,...
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Posted on March 25, 2008 3:35 PM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Google.com + infectious disease research = delicious.
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Posted on March 24, 2008 3:30 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Working together to improve health for the whole planet.
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Posted on March 21, 2008 8:00 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Hepatitis viruses are making news around the world; find a roundup of the various types (and their basic epidemiology) here.
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Posted on March 7, 2008 10:10 AM • 47 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
More grants out the door today, but check out ABC correspondent Jake Tapper's post on John McCain's views on thimerosal and autism: At a town hall meeting Friday in Texas, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., declared that "there's strong evidence" that...
Posted on March 3, 2008 12:15 PM • 39 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
HPV has been linked to more than cervical cancer; oral cancers can result from infection.
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Posted on February 27, 2008 3:45 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Crohn's affects half a million Americans; what do we know about its potential cause(s)?
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Posted on February 27, 2008 8:30 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks