• June 14, 2023 - National data show need for more research into the diverse biological, behavioral, and social factors underlying differences in sex-based vulnerability to drug use. (nih.gov)
  • and compare regional differences by age, race and sex for each cause of death. (cdc.gov)
  • 5 Differences between the sexes appear nonexistent. (cmaj.ca)
  • Several factors, including differences in waist circumference, fluid intake, and especially urine composition, explained a meaningful proportion of the excess risk among men. (newswise.com)
  • Martikainen P., Ishizaki M., Marmot M., Nakagawa H., Kagamimori S.: Socioeconomic differences in behavioural and biological risk factors: a comparison of a Japanese and an English cohort of employed men. (helsinki.fi)
  • It's really important that we understand these sex differences. (yahoo.com)
  • Other factors include lifestyle differences between men and women, such as higher rates of depression, and a different response to stress or sleep disturbance in women compared to men. (yahoo.com)
  • My PhD work combined phylogenetic, cytogenetic, and quantitative methods to address the genetic and evolutionary causes of species differences in recombination rate. (jax.org)
  • Like MVCs in the general population, there are also disparities in the risk of work-related MVCs by sex, age, race, and ethnicity. (cdc.gov)
  • sex, maternal ethnicity, maternal age and season. (who.int)
  • Understanding the mechanisms and factors by which American Indians experience this higher risk may help investigators better understand the fundamental causes of atrial fibrillation that prove useful to everyone at risk for afib, regardless of their race or ethnicity,' Marcus said in a press release from October 21, 2019 . (everydayhealth.com)
  • The rates also differ by race and ethnicity. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • A number of the included studies identified pre-disposing factors such as race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) as impacting the healthcare-seeking behaviour of parents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The research team looked at 19 different risk factors and then adjusted the data for age, sex, obesity category and ethnicity. (worldhealth.net)
  • Despite declines in all racial and ethnic groups, teen birth rates continue to vary considerably by race and ethnicity. (cdc.gov)
  • Unfortunately, this study did not describe the characteristics of patients with acetaminophen overdose, including sociodemographic factors. (biomedcentral.com)
  • They also investigated the influence of multiple variables on survival: sociodemographic factors (age at diagnosis, sex, and education level), lifestyle factors (comprehensive histories of tobacco use and alcohol consumption), and clinical factors (stage at diagnosis, and human papillomavirus (HPV) status among patients with oropharyngeal cancer). (who.int)
  • Experts believe STDs have been rising because of declining condom use, inadequate sex education and reduced testing during the COVID-19 pandemic. (quesnelobserver.com)
  • Then, in the 1990s, researchers noticed that Black individuals had faster kidney filtration rates, even at the same creatinine levels as white individuals of the same age and sex. (harvard.edu)
  • Those who took the pills were about 90% less likely to get chlamydia, about 80% less likely to get syphilis, and more than 50% less likely to get gonorrhea compared with people who did not take the pills after sex, the researchers found. (quesnelobserver.com)
  • Bozeman, Montana - January 26, 2022 - Polar Bears International is supporting a team of researchers from leading zoos and aquariums involved in the Polar Bear Research Council (PBRC) in devising a Masterplan to advance the understanding of polar bear biology and management by participating in scientific research that will help protect the world's polar bears. (polarbearsinternational.org)
  • Composed of zoo professionals and polar bear researchers, the Council focuses on keeping research current with emerging scientific questions regarding polar bears in the wild within the four main areas: Field Techniques, Health and Welfare, Physiology and Behavioral Ecology, and Reproductive Physiology. (polarbearsinternational.org)
  • Zoo-based energetics research in partnership with field researchers was pivotal in the groundbreaking report that if we stay on our current greenhouse gas emissions path, polar bears could disappear by the end of the century . (polarbearsinternational.org)
  • To account for factors like age and sex, the researchers consulted dietary intakes recommended by the U.S. Health Department. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Based on this data, the researchers calculated that our annual consumption of microplastics via food and drink ranges between 39,000 and 52,000 particles, depending on age and sex. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Low subject response rates can further threaten external validity by impairing the ability of researchers to make clear scientific conclusions based on their data [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In this case that means the researchers did not factor into their calculations how vaccinating girls would affect the HPV risk faced by boys. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • In a study published in the journal PLoS ONE , researchers at Columbia University sought to identify factors that would predict higher versus lower rates of sexual victimization among college students. (vice.com)
  • The researchers found that women in the menopausal and perimenopausal groups showed declines in an "estrogen-dependent memory test as compared to men," according to the Cure Alzheimer's Fund , which supported the research. (yahoo.com)
  • Researchers at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island explored the literature on high-risk sexual behaviors, rates of STIs, and the burden of HPV-related disease among active duty and veteran women. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
  • The women only had 3 seconds to rate the models' attractiveness, and the researchers varied several body parts, not just penis size. (askmen.com)
  • The All of Us (AoU) Research Program is making available one of the largest and most diverse collections of health data in the US to researchers. (cdc.gov)
  • The researchers estimated survival rates for patients at eight institutions in four South American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay. (who.int)
  • These "executive" circuits govern the pull of rewards and allow an individual to evaluate choices and future consequences associated with a particular behavior (e.g., whether to have sex or not) and enable inhibition of behavior associated with risks (e.g., sex without a condom). (upenn.edu)
  • Studies indicate a high prevalence of risky sexual behaviors-including inconsistent condom use, multiple sexual partners, and binge drinking-that lead to unintended and unsafe sex,' explained Vinita Goyal, MD, MPH, the lead author of the study. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
  • Although thousands of prognostic factor studies are published each year, often they are of variable quality and the findings are inconsistent. (bmj.com)
  • Thirty of thirty research studies validated these findings ( http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/us/study-ties-6-7-hours-of-sleep-to-longer-life.html ). (psychologytoday.com)
  • The findings were a surprise to the team, especially Dr. Marcus, whose previous research found that whites had higher rates of new atrial fibrillation diagnoses compared with Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians. (everydayhealth.com)
  • Today the PBRC released the 2022 PBRC Research Masterplan, a living document that describes the highest priorities for, and most recent findings from, zoo-based polar bear research. (polarbearsinternational.org)
  • Learn about the latest research findings. (nih.gov)
  • Rather, the findings indicate that there are many countries in the world where the rate of replacement is greater than 2.1, which is a direct consequence of higher levels of mortality and skewed sex ratios at birth, resulting from sharp gender inequalities . (greenbayhotelstoday.com)
  • ASN Kidney Week 2021, the largest nephrology meeting of its kind, will provide a forum for nephrologists and other kidney health professionals to discuss the latest findings in research and engage in educational sessions related to advances in the care of patients with kidney diseases and related disorders. (newswise.com)
  • Achieving adequate response rates reduces bias and increases probability that the findings can be generalized to the population of interest. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As the authors of this study write in their paper, "In the broadest sense, our findings point to the underexplored opportunities for pre-college sexual assault prevention… Sex education promoting refusal skills before college may protect young people in college. (vice.com)
  • Our findings emphasize that bone health should be a priority in the clinical management of bipolar disorder, and that the potential bone-protective effects of lithium should be subjected to further study - both in the context of osteoporosis and bipolar disorder," said Soren D. Ostergaard, MD, PhD, the study's first author and a professor in the psychosis research unit, Aarhus (Denmark) University Hospital-Psychiatry. (medscape.com)
  • Maternal and newborn health-care sys- perinatal and neonatal outcomes and sions consisted of open-response ques- tems throughout the world have been associated risk factors among births at tions related to health-care services, severely disrupted by conflict and social the hospital. (who.int)
  • Incidence rates were highest among adolescent males (10-19), young adult males (20-29). (cdc.gov)
  • Alaska Native males, ages 30-39 averaged 159 drownings per 100,000 per year, the highest drowning rates in the state. (cdc.gov)
  • In the United States and other countries, the numbers and rates of crashes and fatalities are generally higher for males than for females [4-7]. (cdc.gov)
  • Between 1979 and 1992, the suicide rate of Native Americans was 1.5 times the national average, with young males between the ages of 15 and 24 accounted for 64% of Native American deaths by suicide. (minddisorders.com)
  • Further, between 1980 and 1996 the suicide rate more than doubled for African-American males between the ages of 15 and 19. (minddisorders.com)
  • Until the 1990s, the standard formula used to estimate kidney function was derived from research in white males. (harvard.edu)
  • Crash rates are higher for all drivers under age 25, especially single males. (erieinsurance.com)
  • This is due to a number of factors, such as females typically having smaller bones than males. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Read on to learn more about the myth that only women develop osteoporosis, the rates between males and females, and the factors that can raise the risk. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • However, the rates of osteoporosis are higher among females, which is why the condition has a reputation for affecting females more often than males. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also suggest that osteoporosis rates in females increased from 2007-2008 and 2017-2018, but not in males. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Although more females with osteoporosis have fractures in comparison to males, some research suggests that males who do have fractures are more likely to have complications. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Osteoporosis is more common in females than in males because some of the risk factors for the disease affect females more often. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Estimates suggest that 20% of older males have hypogonadism, which is when the testes do not make enough sex hormones. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • That group protection may not be as pronounced for the community of males who have sex with other males. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • The formula is based on measuring the blood levels of creatinine, a waste product removed by the kidneys, and then plugging in variables, including a person's age, sex and race (Black versus White/Other). (harvard.edu)
  • Hoping to fill in some of these gaps, a research team led by Kieran Cox , a PhD candidate at the University of Victoria and a former Link Fellow at the Smithsonian Institute, looked at 26 papers assessing the amount of microplastics in commonly consumed food items, among them seafood, sugars, salts, honey, alcohol and water. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Thirty-one percent of female Marine Corps recruits reported having sex under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the previous 3 months. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
  • While Kuk says the research points to nearly all of us having room for improvement when it comes to various factors like diet, exercise, smoking, alcohol and drug intake, she also says that there are factors that are out of many people's individual control. (worldhealth.net)
  • Ministers suggested additional attention on some factors that particularly affect developing countries, including injury (for example, through motor vehicle crashes or at home) and mentioned that some risks are modified (for instance, tobacco chewing and home brewing of alcohol) or different (such as chewing arica beans) in some such countries. (who.int)
  • Increases in behaviors such as smoking and alcohol consumption may be factors as well. (medscape.com)
  • Specifically, guiding patients toward a lifestyle supporting bone health (no smoking, reduced alcohol consumption, healthy diet, and exercising) and monitoring bone density via dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scans among those with additional risk factors seems warranted," they wrote. (medscape.com)
  • This research is part of the InterCHANGE study, a multicentre collaborative prospective study coordinated by IARC aimed at better understanding the roles of genetics, HPV, tobacco use, and alcohol consumption in the etiology and outcomes of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in South American countries. (who.int)
  • Male sex. (minddisorders.com)
  • If you find yourself considering an all-boys education, you are likely to find a lot of research supporting the benefits this can provide a developing male mind. (boardingschools.com)
  • Whatever your reasons for researching boys' boarding schools, here are our top five factors that set an all-male education apart. (boardingschools.com)
  • Risk factors for revision due to infection were male sex, hybrid fixation, cement without antibiotics, and THA performed due to inflammatory disease, hip fracture, or femoral head necrosis. (uib.no)
  • Our own research has shown that male sexual orientation is substantially genetic. (cmu.edu)
  • This article will use the terms "male," "female," or both to refer to sex assigned at birth. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Plus: Black male HIV rates climb, and Marco Rubio gets called out on his anti-gay marriage stance. (phillymag.com)
  • We've found that penis size did influence a man's sex appeal, and it was just as important as height, which is a well-known factor in male attractiveness," Professor Jennions said. (askmen.com)
  • But in other studies, marital unhappiness and stress have been linked to an important cardiac risk factor, hypertension. (harvard.edu)
  • Resident factors including function (MDS Activities of Daily Living-Long Form), depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9), cognitive impairment (Brief Interview for Mental Status), and sociodemographics (age, race, sex, and marital status) were used as predictors of important preferences. (nih.gov)
  • This form of "stimulus control," is one of the primary features of Dr. Jacob's " Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia " program that was validated in his research at Harvard Medical School. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Though epidemiologic and behavioral factors for risk have been studied, we know very little about brain factors that may be linked to STI/ HIV sexual risk. (upenn.edu)
  • The atlas offers clues to the relationship and the impact of behavioral, environmental, genetic, and demographic factors and points to promising areas for additional, in-depth research or where prevention and intervention activities should be focused," he said. (cdc.gov)
  • Did the study control for other dietary, behavioral or lifestyle factors that could have influenced the result? (foodpolitics.com)
  • To determine the state-based prevalence of colorectal cancer screening among U.S. adults, CDC analyzed 2010 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). (cdc.gov)
  • Reflecting these interests, the three broad foci of the survey are (1) socioeconomic status and mortality, (2) associates between risk factors and mortality, and (3) health care sought and provided in the last year of life. (cdc.gov)
  • This research is one of several ways scientists are trying to understand why almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are women, according to the Alzheimer's Association . (yahoo.com)
  • New research coordinated by scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) estimated 3-year survival rates among patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (including the larynx, hypopharynx, oral cavity, and oropharynx) in South America. (who.int)
  • According to the United Nations Fund for Children of 2019 (UNICEF), the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months in China from 2013-2018 was only 21% [8] . (researchsquare.com)
  • Figure 2 plots the calculated Total Fertility Rate (TFR) from 2006 through 2019. (greenbayhotelstoday.com)
  • For the retrospective cohort study, presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, and also published recently in JAMA Psychiatry , the authors reviewed data on 22,912 patients treated for bipolar disorder in Denmark between 1996 and 2019, and compared each patient with 5 age- and sex-matched controls, amounting to 114,560 individuals in the general population. (medscape.com)
  • Race is also a factor in the demographics of suicide. (minddisorders.com)
  • To avoid overdiagnosis, the thinking went, the kidney formula needed to factor in race as a more accurate estimate of kidney function. (harvard.edu)
  • The first atlas to map the leading causes of death by race and sex for small geographic areas throughout the United States has identified high risk areas for heart disease, cancer, stroke and violence deaths in America, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today. (cdc.gov)
  • Several resident factors including cognitive impairment, depression, sex, and race were significant predictors of preferences. (nih.gov)
  • Birth rates fell to record lows for nearly all race and Hispanic-origin groups of females aged 15-19, 15-17, and 18-19 in 2015. (cdc.gov)
  • Teen birth rates declined to historic lows for each race and Hispanic-origin group in 2015. (cdc.gov)
  • The purpose of our study was to investigate the rate and influencing factors of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months in Nanjing, China. (researchsquare.com)
  • The rate of exclusive breast-feeding for the first 6 months was 29.4% in our study. (researchsquare.com)
  • This model is helpful to study equity and work-related MVCs, as it illustrates the breadth and interaction of work and societal factors outside an individual's control that can create disparities. (cdc.gov)
  • In the study, about 500 gay men, bisexual men and transgender women in Seattle and San Francisco with previous STD infections took one doxycycline pill within 72 hours of unprotected sex. (quesnelobserver.com)
  • The purpose of our study is to determine the possible factors affecting the prevalence of thyroid diseases and the epidemiological characteristics of thyroid diseases in Hainan. (hindawi.com)
  • But a 2002 study found that the more educated a man's wife, the lower his risk for coronary artery disease and risk factors such as hypertension, obesity, high cholesterol, smoking, and lack of exercise. (harvard.edu)
  • And a 2009 study reported that men married to more educated women also enjoyed a lower death rate than men married to less educated women. (harvard.edu)
  • None of these risk factors increased in incidence during the study period. (uib.no)
  • In this study, we examined the occurrence of and the factors associated with nonfatal overdoses within a Canadian sample of illicit opioid users not enrolled in treatment at the time of study recruitment. (cmaj.ca)
  • Certain factors explain at least part of the higher risk of stones among men," said lead author Pietro Manuel Ferraro, MD, MSc, PhD. "Our study also confirms that the gap between men and women in terms of risk of stones is getting smaller," added senior author Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD. (newswise.com)
  • Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the influence of attention, demographic, psychological, and health status factors on web-based response rates in the ongoing Prevention of Low Back Pain in the Military (POLM) trial. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Studies with low follow-up rates potentially confound interpretation of the results since subjects who drop out may be materially different from those who complete the study (i.e. attrition bias)[ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One of the most commonly reported factors to be associated with improving retention and follow-up is the attention afforded to subjects during their participation in the study [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Dias et al found that increased attention in the form of staff friendliness, responsiveness, and subject encouragement positively influenced long-term follow-up, with retention rates of 98.5% for their 3 year study [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, we conducted a population-based study to examine risk factors for acetaminophen overdose in a large Canadian health region. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Overall, the goal in this selection of states on both ends of the spectrums of cancer incidence rates together with the US population's cancer incidence rates is to provide a representative sample to study the environmental mutagenic-inducing factors' influence in contrast to the mortality hindrance factor of anticancer drugs. (ku.edu)
  • It's not possible to accurately assess the cost-effectiveness of vaccinating boys without factoring in the impact of the program for girls, says Dr. Natasha Crowcroft, a vaccine expert at Public Health Ontario who was not involved in this study. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Surprisingly, the number of pregnancies - which are marked by major hormonal fluctuations - wasn't a factor in this study. (yahoo.com)
  • The study also found that the menopausal group showed the "highest rate of loss in an area of the brain critical for memory known as the hippocampus," according to the Cure Alzheimer's Fund, along with higher rates of beta-amyloid deposits - a "sticky" protein fragment that "accumulates in the brain, disrupting communication between brain cells and eventually killing them," according to the Alzheimer's Association . (yahoo.com)
  • A new long-term study of population-level data shows that when it comes to health, pretty much everyone could make improvements, plus the relationship with risk factors and mortality changes over time, sometimes in surprising ways. (worldhealth.net)
  • Patterns of overall rates of CP by demographic and military characteristics were generally similar to those for AP. (health.mil)
  • Data from 2 injury surveillance systems, High School Reporting Information Online (RIO) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance System, were analyzed to calculate rates, describe patterns, and evaluate potential risk factors for sport-related concussion. (nih.gov)
  • Developing effective sport-related concussion preventive measures depends upon increasing our knowledge of concussion rates, patterns, and risk factors. (nih.gov)
  • With a median follow-up of 7.7 years, the incidence of osteoporosis per 1,000 person-years was 8.70 among patients with bipolar disorder, compared with an incidence of 7.84 among controls, (hazard rate ratio, 1.15). (medscape.com)
  • Prognostic factors are associated with the risk of future health outcomes in individuals with a particular health condition or some clinical start point (eg, a particular diagnosis). (bmj.com)
  • Notably, those with bipolar disorder treated with lithium showed a significantly reduced risk of osteoporosis compared with patients not receiving lithium (HRR, 0.62), after adjustment for factors including age, sex, Charlson Comorbidity Index, use of systemic corticosteroids, use of sedative medication, and eating disorder diagnosis. (medscape.com)
  • Prevention efforts will likely be more effective if they can be directed to specific causal factors. (cmaj.ca)
  • About a decade ago, he started taking an anti-viral medication before sex to protect himself from HIV infection. (quesnelobserver.com)
  • Bergen Open Research Archive: Increasing risk of prosthetic joint infection after total hip arthroplasty. (uib.no)
  • Adjusted cumulative 5-year revision rates due to infection were 0.46% (0.42- 0.50) in 1995-1999, 0.54% (0.50-0.58) in 2000-2004, and 0.71% (0.66-0.76) in 2005-2009. (uib.no)
  • Interpretation: We found increased relative risk of revision and increased cumulative 5-year revision rates due to infection after primary THA during the period 1995-2009. (uib.no)
  • Rates of sexually transmitted infection (STI) are 7 times higher in women in the military than in those who are civilians. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
  • These high-risk sexual practices likely contribute to chlamydia infection rates that are higher than the rates in the general US population. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
  • What we discovered is that the relationship with risk factors and mortality changes over time, which could be explained by factors such as evolution in treatments and changes in social stigma. (worldhealth.net)
  • Research to identify genuine prognostic factors is important because these factors can help improve risk stratification, treatment, and lifestyle decisions, and the design of randomised trials. (bmj.com)
  • In people with germline mutations, changes in other genes, together with environmental and lifestyle factors, also influence whether a person will develop breast cancer. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Lifestyle factors, including what you eat, can play a big role in how you manage atrial fibrillation. (everydayhealth.com)
  • The risk factors for osteoporosis are similar across genders, but how frequently they occur varies by sex, lifestyle, and other factors. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Overall, most of us have something wrong with us, and we're more likely to have a lifestyle health-risk factor now than in the '80s and that's actually associated with even greater mortality risk now than before. (worldhealth.net)
  • The higher risk of osteoporosis in bipolar disorder may be explained by lifestyle factors, Ostergaard noted in an interview. (medscape.com)
  • You must also consider the other chemicals you're exposed to and your age, sex, diet, family traits, lifestyle, and state of health. (cdc.gov)
  • However, they are also important for summarising other evidence, such as the accuracy of screening and diagnostic tests, 1 the causal association of risk factors for disease onset, and the prognostic ability of bespoke factors and biomarkers. (bmj.com)
  • Five reasons we think a same-sex education is important for young men. (boardingschools.com)
  • Also, genetic factors are believed hospitals and clinics in the south-east of the to be important [2-5]. (who.int)
  • The majority of residents rated all 16 preferences important. (nih.gov)
  • Involvement of family in care and individualizing daily care and activities were rated important by the largest proportion of residents. (nih.gov)
  • Residents with possible depression and cognitive impairment were less likely to rate preferences important than residents without those conditions. (nih.gov)
  • Why is the replacement rate important? (greenbayhotelstoday.com)
  • After more than four decades of telomeres research, leading to a belief that longer telomeres are important for good overall health and in protecting cells from senescence, this belief turns out to be only partially true or completely mistaken for certain parts of the body. (ku.edu)
  • The herd effect is so overwhelmingly important you can't leave it out of any analysis," says Dr. Crowcroft, who is chief of applied immunization research for the agency. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • But now, the internet is abuzz over research that claims penis size is important outside the bedroom as well. (askmen.com)
  • The rapid change in age structure of many populations was raised as an important factor that will lead to changing risk profiles in the coming decades. (who.int)
  • The 1986 NMFS is designed to fill a key research gap by supplementing the information obtained from death certificates in the vital statis- tics file with information on important characteristics of the dece- dent that may have affected mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • A prognostic factor is any variable that is associated with the risk of a subsequent health outcome among people with a particular health condition. (bmj.com)
  • Different values or categories of a prognostic factor are associated with a better or worse prognosis of future health outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • This section provides an overview of how to examine factors that influence whether an exposure to a contaminant could produce harmful health effects and how these factors weigh into your public health conclusions. (cdc.gov)
  • As depicted in the figure below, multiple factors influence whether an exposure could result in harmful health effects, as well as the type and severity of those health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • Whether an exposure could lead to an adverse health outcome depends on the characteristics of exposure and the exposed population (e.g., developmental stage, existing disease state, genetic factors) that could make them more susceptible to site-related exposures. (cdc.gov)
  • And Arizona had the tragic distinction of having the highest rate of cases in which infected moms pass syphilis on to their babies, potentially leading to death of the child or health problems like deafness and blindness. (quesnelobserver.com)
  • The research of Gregg Jacobs, Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Medical School also validates that five and a half hours of sleep is sufficient to maintain one's health. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Compared to their respective counterparts, overall rates of AP diagnoses were highest among females, those in older age groups, non-Hispanic blacks, Army members, and those working in health care occupations. (health.mil)
  • The atlas maps death rates for 1988-92 for 805 Health Service Areas (HSA), which are clusters of counties defined on the basis of where county residents obtain hospital care. (cdc.gov)
  • One year response rate was significantly associated with demographic characteristics, health status, and individualized attention via additional testing. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This report summarizes the prevalence of colorectal cancer screening test use that can be used as a baseline by providers, public health practitioners, and other stakeholders to assess progress in colorectal cancer screening rates as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 (as amended by the Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and referred to collectively as the Affordable Care Act [ACA]) is fully implemented ( 9 ). (cdc.gov)
  • We examined temporal trends and sociodemographic risk factors for AO in a large Canadian health region. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Hospitalization rates for AO, particularly intentional ingestions, have fallen in our Canadian health region between 1995 and 2004. (biomedcentral.com)
  • And no, the "DL" (closeted black men contracting the disease and spreading to their female sex partners) isn't to be blamed, but a lack of proper funding of resources to aid black gay men in practicing safe sex and health measures is. (phillymag.com)
  • If health and safety is really our priority, we need to show it by changing the way we teach our kids about sex in school. (vice.com)
  • Altering patients' behaviour through public health initiatives that seek to improve, for instance, health literacy or reducing emergency hospital admissions through preventative primary care requires an understanding of the relative importance of factors that influence behaviour and decision making, and the interactions between these factors. (biomedcentral.com)
  • For example, says Kuk, rates of smoking, long linked to conditions that can lead to death such as cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes, have overall decreased thanks to strong public-health campaigns. (worldhealth.net)
  • Being on mental-health medications was not a significant risk factor in the 1980s, but in the later dataset was associated with increased mortality. (worldhealth.net)
  • With many children now reaching puberty while still at primary school, our mental health experts advised us that we could not ignore some of the major factors in the development of mental health problems: confusion about sex and relationships, and anxiety and confusion about gender and sexuality. (usborne.com)
  • The Canadian Mental Health Association reports higher rates of depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and phobic disorders, suicidality, self-harm, and substance use among LGBT people and double the risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than heterosexual people. (usborne.com)
  • Family history includes all of these factors, any of which can affect your health. (cdc.gov)
  • Background: This scoping review assessed the COVID-19 impacts on mental health and associated risk factors. (bvsalud.org)
  • The prevalence rate of depression ranged from 5-76.5%, 5.6-80.5% for anxiety, 9.1- 65% for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 8.3-61.7% for sleep disorders, 4.9-70.1% for stress, 7-71.5% for psychological distress, and 21.4-69.3% for general mental health conditions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Various factors impacted the prevalence of mental health disorders. (bvsalud.org)
  • Further studies should investigate the effectiveness of interventions for reducing the prevalence and risk factors for mental health conditions during a public health emergency. (bvsalud.org)
  • In Britain since 1999 the number of HIV diagnoses acquired heterosexually has exceeded that from sex between men. (bmj.com)
  • During 2004-2018, a total of 6,471 U.S. active component service members received incident diagnoses of acute pancreatitis (AP), for a crude overall incidence rate of 31.8 per 100,000 person-years (p-yrs). (health.mil)
  • To inform preventive and therapeutic strategies, continued research is needed to understand the factors that increase risk of progression from AP to CP and the importance of the interaction between genetic and environmental factors in this transition. (health.mil)
  • Yes, that does increase your risk of developing an issue-but there are loads of other factors that might be meaningful, and this genetic link is just one part of a fuller picture. (cdc.gov)
  • The SEM is a useful framework to illustrate how individual factors (the focus of most work-related MVC research) are embedded within larger circles depicting the influence of interpersonal relationships, organizational factors, community-level factors, and public policy. (cdc.gov)
  • Organizational factors are especially relevant to work-related MVCs, as they include the employer's safety culture and policies, employment arrangements, and industry-specific norms and practices that might inhibit motor vehicle safety efforts and influence individual driving behaviors and decisions. (cdc.gov)
  • More research is needed to determine the factors that influence preferences and the ways to incorporate them into care. (nih.gov)
  • The risk of fractures in people with osteoporosis varies greatly from person to person, as many factors influence the likelihood. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • A systematic review was conducted to establish the factors that influence parents' decision making when seeking unscheduled healthcare for their children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The systematic review question was " What are the factors that influence the decision making of parents and families seeking unscheduled paediatric healthcare? (biomedcentral.com)
  • There are multiple complex factors and circumstances that can influence parents' decision making regarding where, when and why they seek unscheduled healthcare for their children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • and identify environmental factors that influence their action. (jax.org)
  • Our results emphasize the close and strong relationship between periodontal disease and halitosis through human clinical evidence based on the high co-occurrence rate of mutual diseases. (nature.com)
  • Meanwhile, smoking and tobacco use as an environmental mutagenic factor in lung and bronchus cancer incidence rates yielded conclusive research results in both sexes. (ku.edu)
  • International Journal of Radiation Research is cited by a total of 209 articles during the last 3 years (Preceding 2022). (resurchify.com)
  • The Impact IF 2022 of International Journal of Radiation Research is 0.66 , which is computed in 2023 as per its definition. (resurchify.com)
  • Between 1995 and 2002, the annual hospitalization rate for acetaminophen overdose was 27 per 100,000 population. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cancer mortality rates from 2002 to 2006-before more efficient anticancer drugs were approved-are contrasted with mortality rates from 2007 to 2011. (ku.edu)
  • Mississippi had the highest rate of gonorrhea cases, according to 2021 CDC data released Tuesday. (quesnelobserver.com)
  • Research that will be presented online at ASN Kidney Week 2021 November 4-November 7 provides new insights. (newswise.com)
  • International Journal of Radiation Research IF is decreased by a factor of 0.1 and approximate percentage change is -13.16% when compared to preceding year 2021, which shows a falling trend. (resurchify.com)
  • While previous research has documented the risk factors very well, Kuk says what was less understood was the relationship between various risks and the likelihood for mortality over time. (worldhealth.net)
  • However, the overall risk of being a smoker increased over time, which Kuk says could perhaps be explained by increased stigma as the addiction became less common and awareness of risks grew, which may also be reflected in research funding. (worldhealth.net)
  • Kuk's main area of research is obesity, and here she found that while the prevalence has gone up, the risks have gone down. (worldhealth.net)
  • Diabetes and hypertension rates have gone up over time, but risks have gone down. (worldhealth.net)
  • The ministers urged WHO to provide technical assistance for evaluating the impact of risks at country level, measuring risk factors and their trends, and building capacity to monitor exposures and to survey outcomes. (who.int)
  • Even after taking major cardiovascular risk factors such as age, body fat, smoking, blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol into account, married men had a 46% lower rate of death than unmarried men. (harvard.edu)
  • Resting pulse rate of children and young adults associated with blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors. (cdc.gov)
  • Many factors can play a role in work-related MVCs, but have you considered how these factors may have different impacts on workers, depending on their social or demographic characteristics? (cdc.gov)
  • July 5, 2023 - The first clinical trial of a three-month TB treatment regimen is closing enrollment because of a high rate of unfavorable outcomes with the investigational course of treatment. (nih.gov)
  • Further research should explore the variation in notification rates observed, evaluate the outcomes of reports, and test the effects of the mandatory reporting law on whistleblowing and help-seeking behaviour. (mja.com.au)
  • In patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm, we assessed whether USPIO-enhanced MRI can predict aneurysm growth rates and clinical outcomes. (ed.ac.uk)
  • However, it does not provide independent prediction of aneurysm expansion or clinical outcomes in a model incorporating known clinical risk factors. (ed.ac.uk)
  • For example, homicide rates are high for young black adults in urban areas but for young white men the high rates are in the south and southwestern states. (cdc.gov)
  • For young adults, motor vehicle death rates are higher in the southeastern states and generally in less densely populated areas. (cdc.gov)
  • In the analysis that included data on 268,553 adults, the incidence rate of kidney stones was 271 and 159 per 100,000 person-years for men and women, respectively. (newswise.com)
  • Signs and symptoms of opioid intoxication include: Decreased perception of pain Euphoria Confusion Desire to sleep Nausea Constipation Miosis (pupil constriction) Bradycardia (slow heart rate) Hypotension (low blood pressure) Hypokinesis (slowed movement) Head nodding Slurred speech Hypothermia (low body temperature) Signs and symptoms of opioid overdose include, but are not limited to: Pin-point pupils may occur. (wikipedia.org)
  • Previous research has indicated that most illicit drug users experience nonfatal overdoses and has suggested a variety of factors that are associated with risk of overdose. (cmaj.ca)
  • We found that a diverse set of factors was associated with overdose episodes. (cmaj.ca)
  • Populations of illicit drug users are characterized by high rates of illness and death, 1 , 2 and drug overdose is a major cause of death. (cmaj.ca)
  • 14 , 15 Other data on Canadian drug user populations suggest substantial rates of overdose. (cmaj.ca)
  • Research has identified a variety of risk factors for overdose. (cmaj.ca)
  • 22 , 23 , 24 There is evidence of a relation between poverty and overdose, 19 , 25 , 26 and injection in public places (which is indicative of poor housing) is a risk factor for overdose. (cmaj.ca)
  • We also examined temporal trends in hospitalization rates for acetaminophen overdose, including both intentional and accidental ingestions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As mentioned above, there is nothing but data, research and reports that indicate just how different a young male's developing brain is from that of his female counterpart. (boardingschools.com)
  • In 2015, birth rates declined to 6.9 for Asian or Pacific Islander, 16.0 for non-Hispanic white, 25.7 for American Indian or Alaska Native, 31.8 for non-Hispanic black, and 34.9 for Hispanic female teenagers aged 15-19. (cdc.gov)
  • New research finds that they aren't doing anything when it comes to combating the widespread problem with sexual violence on college campuses, either. (vice.com)
  • Abstract Objective To estimate the frequency and factors associated with sexual violence against women in Espírito Santo. (bvsalud.org)
  • With the broad goal of elevating the profile of wild mice in biomedical research, my group is pursuing population genomic investigations in wild mice to understand the natural evolutionary forces that shape variation in wild mouse populations. (jax.org)
  • Rates were calculated using 1990 census figures as denominator data. (cdc.gov)
  • Data show that young adult women in the United States have high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that increase their risk of HIV. (upenn.edu)
  • Vehicles that have lower reliability ratings can be a warning light of potentially higher insurance costs, because insurance companies take the data about maintenance and service of specific models into consideration when determining premium rates. (erieinsurance.com)
  • The team also evaluated the potential consumption of microplastics through inhalation using previously reported data on microplastic concentrations in the air and the Environmental Protection Agency's reported respiration rates. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • The research, published recently in PLOS One , took United States survey data from 1988 to 1994 and 1999 to 2014, and looked at the five-year mortality odds for people 20 or older. (worldhealth.net)
  • It is based on Scopus data and can be a little higher or different compared to the impact factor (IF) produced by Journal Citation Report. (resurchify.com)
  • Please refer to the Web of Science data source to check the exact journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric. (resurchify.com)
  • C. All data from the NMFS are to be used solely for statis- tical research or reporting purposes. (cdc.gov)
  • The confirmatory factor analyses evidenced that the original model of the instrument, which consists of 16 items distributed in four factors, showed the best fit to the data. (bvsalud.org)
  • Compared with those without uptake, patients with USPIO enhancement have increased rates of aneurysm expansion (3.1±2.5 versus 2.5±2.4 mm/year, P =0.0424), although this was not independent of current smoking habit ( P =0.1993). (ed.ac.uk)
  • The report suggests that many factors have contributed to this high number, including a lack of testing, poor healthcare access, and ongoing social stigma surrounding the black community's understanding of the epidemic. (phillymag.com)
  • Between 2004 and 2018, the crude overall incidence rate of CP was 4.4 per 100,000 p-yrs. (health.mil)
  • In 2018, Polar Bears International supported the efforts of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) in forming the Polar Bear Research Council (PBRC). (polarbearsinternational.org)
  • Métodos Estudio transversal realizado a partir de datos notificados entre 2011 y 2018 en el Sistema de Información de Enfermedades de Declaración Obligatoria. (bvsalud.org)
  • Of the slippage in the new forecast - which equals 0.30 percent of taxable payroll over 75 years - the actuaries attribute half (0.14 percentage points) to revisions in demographic assumptions, specifically to slightly lower death rates and lower immigration. (cbpp.org)
  • What does work is comprehensive sex education that focuses on telling people what they need to know if and when they decide to become sexually active, and then building sexual communication skills. (vice.com)
  • That is a global mortality rate of 16:100,000-or one death by suicide every 40 seconds. (minddisorders.com)
  • China has a suicide mortality rate of 23:100,000, with a total of 287,000 deaths by suicide each year. (minddisorders.com)
  • A 2017 review of prior research suggests that men have a 70% higher mortality rate after hip fractures than females. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • For women the industry with the highest overall rate for fatal injury was agricultur e with the trade industry having the highest homicide rate. (cdc.gov)
  • For men the highest fatality rates were in forestry/fishery, agricultur e, construction, and transportation/public utilities/communications with the highest homicide rate being in trade. (cdc.gov)
  • The 20-29 age group had the highest frequency and rate of drownings. (cdc.gov)
  • Compared to all other racial groups, people who identify as American Indian/Alaska Native and Black have the highest MVC fatality rates [ 3 ]. (cdc.gov)
  • For example, older workers (ages 65+) have the highest fatality rates [3-5,8]. (cdc.gov)
  • however, elderly Caucasians are the sector of the population with the highest suicide rate. (minddisorders.com)
  • South Dakota had the highest rate of early-stage syphilis. (quesnelobserver.com)
  • Death rates for heart disease, the nation's leading cause of death, are higher in the southeastern United States than in the northeastern states-previously the region with the highest rates. (cdc.gov)
  • Lung cancer has been the leading cause of cancer deaths in men for several decades, and during that time high rates for black men were concentrated in urban centers, while rates for white men were highest along the Mississippi River and the south Atlantic coast. (cdc.gov)
  • Now, for white men, the cluster of high rates extends into the Ohio River Valley, and rates for black men are highest in the southeastern states. (cdc.gov)
  • HIV death rates are highest in States on both the East and West Coasts and in nearly every urban area of the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Psychologists had the highest rate of notifications, followed by medical practitioners, and then nurses and midwives (47, 41 and 40 reports per 10 000 practitioners per year, respectively). (mja.com.au)
  • The United States population's 10-year cancer mortality and incidence rates were compared with those of two states California and Utah with lowest cancer incidence rates and two states Kentucky and West Virginia with highest incidence rates in the country. (ku.edu)
  • The use of two states were used due to their lowest cancer incidence rates while two were used as states with highest cancer incidences in the country. (ku.edu)
  • In fact, the US states with the most abstinence programs paradoxically have the highest rates of teen pregnancy . (vice.com)
  • In 1991, there was a difference of 77 births per 1,000 teenagers aged 15-19 between the lowest rate (27.3 for API females) and the highest rate (104.6 for Hispanic females), compared with a difference of 28 births between the lowest rate (6.9 for API females) and the highest rate (34.9 for Hispanic females) in 2015. (cdc.gov)
  • June 20, 2023 - Research funded and jointly led by NIH may prompt more countries to screen for SCID. (nih.gov)
  • For lower-income workers and those who belong to communities of color, commuting time (and, hence, exposure to a possible crash or pedestrian injury) is greater due to many factors, including lack of affordable housing near work or living in a household without a car [12-13]. (cdc.gov)
  • Marcus said that since self-reported Hispanic people have been found to be at a reduced risk of atrial fibrillation, and many Hispanic people have indigenous ancestry from North and South America, the team assumed American Indians would similarly have lower rates of the condition. (everydayhealth.com)
  • In contrast, if the total fertility rate is lower than the replacement rate there will eventually be a negative population growth. (greenbayhotelstoday.com)
  • The overall web based response rate during the first year of the POLM trial was consistent with studies that used similar methodology, but lower when compared to rates expected for standard clinical trials. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Teens who receive comprehensive sex education before college have a lower risk of being sexually assaulted. (vice.com)
  • By contract, comprehensive sex education that specifically included training in sexual communication skills-especially in terms of how to turn down unwanted sex-was linked to a lower risk of victimization. (vice.com)
  • If you look at cancer research, there's a lot of funding overall, but specifically for lung cancer, it seems to be associated with moral fault and as a consequence lower funding," says Kuk. (worldhealth.net)
  • 6 m U/L. They also found that the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism and clinical hypothyroidism was 5% and 0.1%, respectively, and the prevalence rate of hyperthyroidism was 1.6% [ 1 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Additionally, the incidence rates of gingivitis and periodontitis in patients with halitosis were investigated. (nature.com)
  • It was also found that smoking and tobacco use might explain 29 to 60 percent of the lungs and bronchus cancer incidence rates in the US population and three out of four selected states that were studied. (ku.edu)
  • The incidence rate for the state was 20 drownings per 100,000 population per year, almost 10 times higher than the overall U.S. rate of 2.11 per 100,000 per year. (cdc.gov)
  • Unintentional injury death rates were 23 times higher in men as compared to women. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, our paper aimed to investigate the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months and the factors and reasons that may encourage or deter women from breastfeeding in Nanjing, China. (researchsquare.com)
  • The rate for women is 25% higher than that for men, and rates in rural areas are three times higher than in cities. (minddisorders.com)
  • Some research has found it ineffective in heterosexual women. (quesnelobserver.com)
  • The regression analysis showed that women, older age, and family history of thyroid disease were independent risk factors for thyroid disease. (hindawi.com)
  • For women the lung cancer mortality pattern has been similar to that for men, but a cluster of high rates for white women appeared in the Pacific States about 20 years ago. (cdc.gov)
  • Certain factors may explain why men are more likely than women to develop kidney stones. (newswise.com)
  • however, and consistent with previous research, the number was far higher for women (14 percent) than it was for men (5 percent). (vice.com)
  • Mautz and Jennings believe their research verifies the theory that women evolved to view penis size as an indication of reproductive fitness. (askmen.com)
  • Agitation Anxiety Muscle pains Increased tearing Trouble sleeping Runny nose Sweating Yawning Goose bumps Dilated pupils Diarrhea Fast heart rate High blood pressure Abdominal cramps Shakiness Cravings Sneezing Treatment of withdrawal may include methadone and buprenorphine. (wikipedia.org)
  • Model inputs include the exposure dose and model parameters, such as tissue volumes, blood flow rates, partition coefficients, and metabolic rates. (cdc.gov)
  • Similarly, one of the reasons we decided to include information about 'Sex on the Internet' was in response to reports outlining the alarming rise in young children sexting and accessing pornography online , as widely reported in the press in the summer of 2017. (usborne.com)
  • These factors include the dose (how much), the duration (how long), and how you come in contact with it. (cdc.gov)
  • CONCLUSIONS: USPIO-enhanced MRI is a novel approach to the identification of aortic wall cellular inflammation in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms and predicts the rate of aneurysm growth and clinical outcome. (ed.ac.uk)
  • This research was unable to conclusively establish a clear role of anticancer drugs in cancer mortality rates decline in the US population by replicating their clinical trials' effectiveness through expected mortality rates reduction. (ku.edu)
  • For the last two years, they have sought to prioritize funds for abstinence-based sex education programs, while cutting funds to science-based programs that take a comprehensive approach. (vice.com)
  • Evidence has mounted that abstinence-only sex education just doesn't work. (vice.com)
  • In total, they surveyed 1,671 undergraduate students age 18-29 about their experiences with penetrative sexual assault-meaning coerced or forced vaginal, oral, or anal penetration-as well as a range of factors that might be linked to the odds of victimization in college, including the type of sex education they received in adolescence. (vice.com)
  • Receiving abstinence-only sex education was not associated with risk of sexual assault. (vice.com)
  • Specifically, those who received this type of sex education were about half as likely to report having been sexually assaulted in college. (vice.com)
  • And their high-school sex education classes present an ideal opportunity to do so. (vice.com)
  • for black men high rates are found along the south Atlantic coast. (cdc.gov)
  • The stroke belt-a band of southeastern states (excluding Florida) with high stroke death rates-has dispersed, with rates dropping in this area and high rates now found to the north and west of the original cluster. (cdc.gov)
  • It has found that homosexuals often act differently from heterosexuals in early childhood, before they have even heard of sex. (cmu.edu)
  • In fact, research has found that abstinence-based programs do not reduce rates of teen pregnancy or STDs. (vice.com)
  • What they found overall was that less than three percent of people had none of the risk factors. (worldhealth.net)
  • Kuk and the research team found that that relationship could sometimes be paradoxical. (worldhealth.net)
  • Comparing datasets, we found similar family cancer history (33%) rates, but higher personal cancer history in the AoU dataset (9.2% in AoU vs. 5.11% in NHIS). (cdc.gov)
  • The research underlying the atlas has resulted in improved statistical methods for modeling death rates and innovative presentation formats for maps and graphics, according to Dr. Edward J. Sondik, NCHS Director. (cdc.gov)
  • they can also help develop and calibrate new research methods and technologies before they are deployed in the field. (polarbearsinternational.org)
  • However, other states have much higher rates than the national average. (minddisorders.com)
  • While more needs to be understood, Ostergaard speculated that higher rates of such behaviors in men with bipolar disorder may explain the higher osteoporosis risk observed in men. (medscape.com)
  • Mostly, I can't think of a biological reason why diet sodas might lead to cardiovascular disease unless they are an indicator for some other stroke risk factor such as obesity, high blood pressure or binge drinking. (foodpolitics.com)
  • Alaska saw a sharp increase in its chlamydia case rate that allowed it to overtake Mississippi at the top of that list. (quesnelobserver.com)
  • Meanwhile, the CDC is considering recommending the antibiotic doxycycline to be used after sex to prevent those infections. (quesnelobserver.com)