Several retrospective epidemiological reports have indicated an inverse correlation between smoking and development of Parkinson's disease (PD).
Epidemiological reports describing the appetite-stimulating properties of cannabinoids and the recent insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying cannabinoid action have proposed a central role of the cannabinoid system in obesity.
In three in-depth case studies in Dutch municipalities, we examined the interface between local epidemiological research and local health policy development, and the use of epidemiological reports, published as Local Health Messages (LHMs).
Epidemiological reports have underlined an alarming increase in the prevalence of obesity and eating disorders, strongly indicating the necessity to counteract this trend in modern societies.1 Many recent studies have focused on the identification of the molecular basis, the neuronal networks and metabolic pathways involved in the control of body weight and the regulation of food intake.
After he arrived in Monrovia, Rosling started by doing simple things, such as proofreading the ministry's epidemiological reports, which he says nobody had time for.
These findings backed more than 40 epidemiological reports that found a correlation between HIV prevalence and low rates of male circumcision.
Unlike epidemiological reports, studies of risk taking propensity have been limited to Western samples, leaving questions about the extent to which heightened risk taking propensity is an inherent or culturally constructed aspect of adolescence.
Increasingly, epidemiological reports suggested that blood sugar, rather than blood cholesterol or high blood pressure, was a better predictor of plaque buildup in the arteries.
Previous epidemiological reports have indicated an inverse correlation between soy consumption and PCa risk, suggesting soy's chemopreventive effects [9].
Our study and recent epidemiological reports indicate that HIV-1 is still a major threat in Thailand and suggest that HIV awareness and prevention needs to be strengthened to avoid AIDS resurgence.
These epidemiological reports produce a great deal of methodological problems.
