var digesttext = "<!-- Header --><style type=\"text/css\">P.item { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #999; line-height: 1.45em }a { color: #04E; }#items { font-size: 13px; }SPAN.description { color: #222; line-height: 1.25em }SPAN.date { color: #888; font-size: 11px; }SPAN.date A { color: #247; }SPAN.grey { color: #888; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22px; }</style><div id=\"items\"><!-- Items --><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758268?src=rss\">Proton Pump Inhibitors Linked to C difficile Diarrhea</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">08/02/12 17:51 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The FDA is warning that PPIs may be associated with a higher risk for Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, a persistent illness that comes with abdominal pain and fever. News Alerts </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758005?src=rss\">Why Don\'t Women Take Care of Their Health, Really?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">08/02/12 15:29 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A study tries to determine whether it\'s knowledge, finances, or a deficit of \"self-nurturing\" behaviors that keeps women from taking care of their health. Medscape Nurses </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758189?src=rss\">Physical Punishment Harms Children\'s Long-Term Development</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 18:14 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Physical punishment, including spanking and slapping, can damage a child\'s long-term development and increase the risk of aggression, antisocial behavior, and mental illness, a new analysis shows. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758188?src=rss\">Obama Administration Makes Greater Investment in Alzheimer\'s </a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 17:54 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The US government today announced a commitment of $156 million over the course of the next 2 years to fight Alzheimer\'s disease. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758175?src=rss\">Drug Shortages for Infectious Diseases Are Increasing</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 16:12 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A new study shows a rising number of drugs for infectious diseases that are in short supply, with serious consequences. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241255.php\">As A Control Measure During Pandemic Outbreaks, School Closures Should Be Considered</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Closing elementary and secondary schools can help slow the spread of infectious disease and should be considered as a control measure during pandemic outbreaks, according to a McMaster University led study...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758161?src=rss\">Child Abuse Linked to High Financial Burden</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/02/12 01:40 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Lifetime medical costs for abused kids outstrip those for type 2 diabetes and stroke. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758147?src=rss\">Fitness and Fatness Independently Linked With CVD Risk </a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 23:07 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Individuals should be aware that exercising can have positive health effects, even if the weight doesn\'t necessarily come off, as can losing weight alone, researchers say, although the ideal combination is to improve fitness and lose fat. H..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758095?src=rss\">Overweight Physicians Less Likely to Give Diet Advice</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 17:16 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A doctor\'s weight may be a factor in diagnosing obesity, a study finds. WebMD Health News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/757693?src=rss\">Is Losing Weight by Remote Control Effective?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 17:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Henry Black discusses a comparative effectiveness study that reported success with the use of the Internet for weight loss. Medscape Cardiology </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241169.php\">Dangerous Dust</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 08:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">What would you do if you found out that the roads you drive on could cause cancer? This is the reality that residents face in Dunn County, North Dakota. For roughly 30 years, gravel containing the potentially carcinogenic mineral erionite w..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241148.php\">When Confinement Leads To Death</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 08:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Being confined to bed... ...can have fatal consequences. Incorrect fastening of restraints and inadequate monitoring led to the death of 19 people in care. Andrea M. Berzianovich and her colleagues, forensic medicine specialists from Munich..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758084?src=rss\">Measles Cases Decreasing Worldwide, but Challenges Remain </a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 18:19 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A decade-long decline in measles cases reversed in 2010, with 40% of countries not meeting the annual incidence target of fewer than 5 cases per million population. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241163.php\">NHS Will Have To Be Re&#45;Reformed Within Five Years, UK</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 17:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">In five years the NHS will require another reform, caution the editors of three leading healthcare publications. In addition, they request a public debate regarding the NHS\'s future to \"salvage some good\" from the government\'s \"damaging\" re..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241106.php\">IPM Decreased Pesticide Use In Univ Of Florida Housing</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 08:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A new study recently published in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) shows that from 2003 to 2008, the use of insecticide active ingredients was reduced by about 90% in University of Florida housing buildings after an Integrat..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241126.php\">Malaria Deaths Grossly Underestimated</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 08:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A new analysis of malaria mortality published in The Lancet this week suggests deaths to the parasitic disease worldwide have been grossly underestimated, especially in adults. If confirmed, the study has huge implications for how large amo..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758002?src=rss\">Lyme Disease Ticks Endemic in Northeast, Northern Midwest</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 22:26 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Field researchers have generated a detailed map that they hope will guide appropriate diagnosis and more targeted treatment for patients suspected of having Lyme disease. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758042?src=rss\">World Cancer Day Emphasizes Prevention</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 19:37 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">World Cancer Day 2012 will focus on preventing cancer and emphasize that up to one third of common cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758035?src=rss\">Obesity, Mental Illness \'Dangerously Linked\'</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 16:41 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The complex link between obesity and mental illness involves several driving factors, all of which should be considered when choosing effective interventions, researchers say. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241133.php\">Sugar Should Be Regulated Like Alcohol And Tobacco Say Scientists</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 10:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), argue that added sweeteners pose dangers to public health, and the government should regulate sugar in the same way as it regulates alcohol and tobacco. They set out their r..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241097.php\">Detection Of Cyanide Poisoning Extended By Forensic Research</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Researchers have found a new biomarker for cyanide poisoning, which may extend its detection window in death investigations by weeks if not months. Unless cyanide is discovered at the time of death on the mouth or nose, elevated cyanide con..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241099.php\">Key Factors In Student Weight &#45; Impoverished Schools, Parent Education</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Attending a financially poor school may have more of an effect on unhealthy adolescent weight than family poverty, according to Penn State sociologists. Poor schools even influence how parental education protects kids from becoming overweig..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241092.php\">Mentoring Helps Survivors Of Violence, Child Abuse</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Can mentoring relationships help female students who survive childhood abuse or domestic violence? Absolutely, according to new research from Concordia University, published in the Journal of College Student Development...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241098.php\">Assessing The Value Of BMI Screening And Surveillance In Schools</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The value of routine body mass index (BMI) screening in schools has been a topic of ongoing controversy. An expert Roundtable Discussion in the current issue of Childhood Obesity, a peer&#45;reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, I..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241090.php\">Pedestrians Detected From Within The Car By A New System Of Stereo Cameras</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A team of German researchers, with the help of a lecturer at the University of Alcala (UAH, Spain), has developed a system that locates pedestrians in front of the vehicle using artificial vision. Soon to be integrated into the top&#45;of&#..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241080.php\">Challenges Posed By A Major Terrorist Attack Highlighted By Mumbai Hospital Review</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 08:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Meticulous forward planning, effective casualty assessment by a senior surgeon and efficient teamwork by medical and administrative staff are essential when handling injuries sustained in major terrorist incidents...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758003?src=rss\">Legal Problems Pile Up for \'1-800-Get-Thin\' Surgeons</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/02/12 21:47 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The California surgeons, who market gastric-banding surgery for weight loss through 1-800-Get-Thin ads, face FDA scrutiny, a state investigation into alleged billing fraud, a whistleblower suit, and more. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/757980?src=rss\">Drug Shortages Are Speeding Cancer Deaths, Survey Says</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/02/12 19:20 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A survey of American oncologists indicates that drug shortages are not a benign commercial problem. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241061.php\">Public Health Burden Could Be Eased By Societal Control Of Sugar</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/02/12 10:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241055.php\">\'Wake&#45;Up\' Stroke Patients Can Be Treated Safely With Clot&#45;Busting Drugs</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Clot&#45;busting drugs may be safe for patients who wake up experiencing stroke symptoms, according to preliminary research presented at the American Stroke Association\'s International Stroke Conference 2012. In \"wake&#45;up\" stroke, the pe..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241033.php\">The Leading Cause Of Infection Outbreaks In US Hospitals Is Norovirus</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Norovirus, a pathogen that often causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis, was responsible for 18.2 percent of all infection outbreaks and 65 percent of ward closures in U.S...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241054.php\">Those Living In Poor  Neighbourhoods Suffer Higher Incidence Of Arthritis</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Results revealed that people who live in socially disadvantaged areas were 42 per cent more at risk of getting arthritis than people in more affluent areas. The study revealed more than 30 per cent of people living in socially disadvantaged..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241039.php\">CPOE System With Clinical Decision Support For Radiology Successfully Implemented By  Large Hospital</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">In an effort to reduce the inappropriate use of medical imaging and improve quality of care, a large, tertiary&#45;care hospital has successfully implemented a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system with clinical decision support ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241016.php\">How Genes Are Affected By Weightlessness &#45; A Fly\'s Perspective</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/02/12 08:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">On Earth all biology is subjected to gravity. Some biological systems require gravity for correct orientation (geotropism: plants grow up, roots grow down). In the absence of gravity even human biology is affected: astronauts lose bone dens..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241011.php\">Emergency Departments\' Quality Evaluation Requires Hospital&#45;Wide Effort</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/02/12 08:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Time can be important in an emergency department especially in a busy Level 1 Trauma Center like MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, when getting patients appropriate care is essential. However, when the quality of an emergency departm..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241020.php\">Spread Of Pandemic Flu Could Be Drastically Slowed By Hand Washing And Wearing Masks</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/02/12 08:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Masks and hand hygiene could cut the spread of flu&#45;like symptoms up to 75 percent, a University of Michigan study found...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/757897?src=rss\">Prevention Efforts Reduce Suicide Rates in Mentally Ill</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 23:30 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">UK recommendations have successfully reduced suicide rates in the mentally ill, which are 10 times greater in this patient group than in the general population. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/757938?src=rss\">\'Cardiovascular Health\' Linked With Reductions in Mortality </a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 22:24 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Individuals meeting five of seven cardiovascular health metrics outlined by the American Heart Association had a significantly lower risk of all-cause mortality and deaths from diseases of the circulatory system when compared with unhealthy..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241052.php\">Sugar &#45; Attacking Health Globally</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 22:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A recent study published in Nature by Robert Lustig, MD, Laura Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH, and Claire Brindis, DPH, and colleges at the University of California, San Francisco, reveals that sugar is as dangerous when over&#45;consumed as tobacc..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/757899?src=rss\">Neurologists Weigh in on Tourette\'s-Like \'Mystery Illness\'</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 21:38 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Experts say conversion disorder explains the symptoms experienced by a cluster of girls at a New York school, but environmentalists question chemical spill. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/757882?src=rss\">ACIP Issues 2012 Adult Immunization Schedule </a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 15:38 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The CDC\'s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has issued the 2012 adult immunization schedule, which has broadened the recommendations for HPV and HBV vaccination. Medscape Medical News </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240973.php\">Inquests More Likely For Younger People And Deaths From Medical Care Complications</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Coroners are more likely to hold inquests for deaths involving younger people or people who died of fatal complications from medical care, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240975.php\">Divorce Hurts Health More At Earlier Ages</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Divorce at a younger age hurts people\'s health more than divorce later in life, according to a new study by a Michigan State University sociologist. Hui Liu said the findings, which appear in the research journal Social Science &#38; Medic..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240993.php\">Medication Errors In Hospitals Reduced By e&#45;Prescribing</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 09:00 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=45\">Public Health News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A study published in this week\'s PLoS Medicine shows that commercial electronic prescribing systems (commonly known as e&#45;prescribing, in which prescribers use a computer to order medications for their patients through a system with the ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/757824?src=rss\">The 2012 Immunization Schedules: What\'s New?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 05:01 from <a href=\"http://www.medscape.com/publichealth?src=rss\">Medscape Public Health &amp; Prevention Headlines</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Medscape spoke with Michael Brady, MD, about the new schedule and its implications for practice. Medscape Pediatrics </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/624?rss=1\">Changes in recruitment to public health consultant posts and hospital consultant posts in England: potential impact on the sustainability of the public health system</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background The UK government has proposed major changes to the Public Health system in England. This study aims quantify increasing anecdotal concern that the number of Public Health consultant posts advertised has plummeted since the publ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/630?rss=1\">Communicating with decision-makers through evidence reviews</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/616?rss=1\">Career choices for public health: cohort studies of graduates from UK medical schools</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background The aim of this paper is to describe UK-trained doctors\' early intentions about seeking careers in public health and their eventual speciality destinations. Methods Analysis of longitudinal studies of medical graduates from all ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/634?rss=1\">Social Marketing and Public Health: Theory and Practice</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/634-a?rss=1\">Social Injustice and Public Health</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/636?rss=1\">Erratum</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/635?rss=1\">Health Impact Assessment: Principles and Practice</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/518?rss=1\">The relation between self-reported body weight and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study in Japan</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background Whilst being obese is associated with increased mortality, less is known about the relationship between body weight and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). We aimed to examine this relationship in the general Japanese popula..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/496?rss=1\">Meta-analysis of the association between secondhand smoke exposure and stroke</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background Active smoking is a recognized risk factor for stroke. We determined the evidence for an association with secondhand smoke exposure. Methods A systematic review was undertaken according to PRISMA guidelines. Random effects meta-..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/503?rss=1\">The determinants of health-seeking behaviour during the A/H1N1 influenza pandemic: an ecological study</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background This is an ecological study that examines the relationship between antiviral drug collection during the 2009/2010 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic, and area-level ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation and distance from an antiviral coll..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/511?rss=1\">Media reporting and suicide: a time-series study of suicide from Clifton Suspension Bridge, UK, 1974-2007</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background Media reports of suicide may provoke further &lsquo;copy-cat&rsquo; suicides. Trends in reporting quality and impact of reporting on suicides from a particular &lsquo;hot-spot&rsquo; have not been investigated previously. Method..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/527?rss=1\">The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006-07 NHS costs</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background Estimates of the economic cost of risk factors for chronic disease to the NHS provide evidence for prioritization of resources for prevention and public health. Previous comparable estimates of the economic costs of poor diet, p..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/536?rss=1\">The \'Pounds for Pounds\' weight loss financial incentive scheme: an evaluation of a pilot in NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background Financial incentive programmes have the potential to modify health-related behaviours, including those associated with achieving weight loss. This study evaluated a pilot NHS commissioned financial incentive weight loss programm..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/551?rss=1\">Cost analysis of a community pharmacy \'minor ailment scheme\' across three primary care trusts in the North East of England</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background A large proportion of primary care medical consultations relate to minor ailments, placing a substantial burden on the UK National Health Service (NHS). In response, minor ailment schemes (MAS) have been introduced in several co..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/556?rss=1\">Incentivizing preventive services in primary care: perspectives on Local Enhanced Services</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background General practitioners in the UK play a key role in prevention but provision of preventive services is variable. The 2004 General Medical Services contract allows Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to address health needs through providi..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/565?rss=1\">Doctor\'s injection prescribing and its correlates in village health clinics across 10 Provinces of Western China</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background Unsafe use and overuse of injection play an important role in transmission of very serious blood-borne infections. No studies have been conducted to investigate the levels and determinants of injection utilization in rural Weste..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/571?rss=1\">Where do young adults want opportunistic chlamydia screening services to be located?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background This study measured the acceptability of urine-based chlamydia screening to young adults, where young adults wanted opportunistic chlamydia screening services to be located, and by whom they wanted to be offered screening. Metho..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/579?rss=1\">Family-based health needs along the Texas-Mexico border</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background The population in the Texas&ndash;Mexico border is rapidly increasing and exacerbating a number of public health problems and healthcare services. The needs of this area have been predominantly assessed through a professional le..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/587?rss=1\">Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health Survey Questionnaire: normative data for Wales</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background The Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36) is used to indicate the health status of particular populations, to help with service planning and to measure the impact of clinical and social interventions. Culture-specifi..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/604?rss=1\">Promoting recruitment of minority ethnic groups into research: qualitative study exploring the views of South Asian people with asthma</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background We sought to understand the barriers and facilitators to participation in research from the perspectives of South Asian people with asthma. Methods Eight focus groups were conducted in the preferred language of participants. Sam..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/489?rss=1\">National Family Health Survey-3 reported low full-immunization coverage rates in Andhra Pradesh, India: who is to be blamed?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background National Family Health Surveys (NFHS), the Indian counterpart of Demographic and Health Surveys, are the most recognized surveys in India and provide reliable measures of RCH indicators. But NFHS-3 figures on full immunization c..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/487?rss=1\">Yes, but ... * Comment on Dr R.L. Zimmern\'s Genomics and individuals in public health practice: are we luddites or can we meet the challenge?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/485?rss=1\">Genomics, individuals and public health: a view from clinical genetics * Comment on Dr R.L. Zimmern\'s Genomics and individuals in public health practice: are we luddites or can we meet the challenge?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/483?rss=1\">Public health, genomics and autonomy * Comment on Dr R.L. Zimmern\'s Genomics and individuals in public health practice: are we luddites or can we meet the challenge?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/477?rss=1\">Genomics and individuals in public health practice: are we luddites or can we meet the challenge?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/543?rss=1\">Less exercise and more TV: leisure-time physical activity trends of Shanghai elders, 1998-2008</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Background Surveillance of physical activity trends in older adults is limited in developing nations. This study examined 10-year leisure-time physical activity trends of elderly residents of Shanghai, the largest Chinese city with the nat..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/473?rss=1\">Rose and Lalonde in the age of genomics, epigenetics and disparities</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/4/475?rss=1\">Lessons from the past: celebrating the 75th anniversary of Poverty and Public Health</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">17/11/11 15:32 from <a href=\"http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org\">Journal of Public Health - current issue</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com/content/10/1/26\">Bactericidal activity of oxacillin and glycopeptides  against Staphylococcus aureus in patients with endocarditis: looking for a relationship between tolerance and outcome.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/06/11 00:00 from <a href=\"http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com\">Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials - Latest articles</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Background: There is no clear relationship between in vitro bactericidal activity tests and clinical outcome. We studied bactericidal activity of oxacillin, vancomycin and teicoplanin against Staphylococcus aureus isolates in patients with ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com/content/10/1/25\">Synergistic antimicrobial activity between pentacyclic triterpenoids and antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus strains</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">09/06/11 00:00 from <a href=\"http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com\">Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials - Latest articles</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Background: There has been considerable effort to discover plant-derived antibacterials against methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) which have developed resistance to most existing antibiotics, including the last l..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1453?rss=1\">Collective Efficacy and Major Depression in Urban Neighborhoods</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Depression contributes substantially to the global burden of disease and disability. Population-level factors that shape depression may be efficient targets for intervention to decrease the depression burden. The authors aimed to identify ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/i?rss=1\">Editorial Consultants</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1355?rss=1\">What Happens to Your Manuscript: Characteristics of Papers Published in Volumes 171 and 172</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1357?rss=1\">Variations in Apolipoprotein E Frequency With Age in a Pooled Analysis of a Large Group of Older People</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Variation in the apolipoprotein E gene ( APOE ) has been reported to be associated with longevity in humans. The authors assessed the allelic distribution of APOE isoforms 2, 3, and 4 among 10,623 participants from 15 case-control and coho..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1475?rss=1\">Re: \"Antibiotic Exposure by 6 Months and Asthma and Allergy at 6 Years: Findings in a Cohort of 1,401 US Children\"</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1365?rss=1\">Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Complement Component 3 and Age-related Macular Degeneration: A HuGE Review and Meta-Analysis</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> The authors performed a meta-analysis to estimate the magnitude of polymorphism effects for the complement component C3 gene ( C3 ) and their possible mode of action on age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The meta-analysis included 16 ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1380?rss=1\">A Method for Longitudinal Prospective Evaluation of Markers for a Subsequent Event</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> In this paper, the authors describe a simple method for making longitudinal comparisons of alternative markers of a subsequent event. The method is based on the aggregate prediction gain from knowing whether or not a marker has occurred at..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1388?rss=1\">Invited Commentary: The Importance of Prevalence in the Effectiveness of a (Bio)marker</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Metrics such as relative hazards and relative risks do not account for the prevalence of a marker over time and its relation to whether and when an outcome occurs. Uncommon markers that have good predictive values and common markers that a..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1391?rss=1\">Little et al. Respond to \"(Bio)marker Effectiveness\"</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1392?rss=1\">Instrumental Variable Estimation of Causal Risk Ratios and Causal Odds Ratios in Mendelian Randomization Analyses</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> In this paper, the authors describe different instrumental variable (IV) estimators of causal risk ratios and odds ratios with particular attention to methods that can handle continuously measured exposures. The authors present this discus..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1404?rss=1\">Covariate Selection in High-Dimensional Propensity Score Analyses of Treatment Effects in Small Samples</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> To reduce bias by residual confounding in nonrandomized database studies, the high-dimensional propensity score (hd-PS) algorithm selects and adjusts for previously unmeasured confounders. The authors evaluated whether hd-PS maintains its ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1429?rss=1\">Serum Phospholipid Fatty Acids and Prostate Cancer Risk: Results From the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Inflammation may be involved in prostate cancer development and progression. This study examined the associations between inflammation-related phospholipid fatty acids and the 7-year-period prevalence of prostate cancer in a nested case-co..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1440?rss=1\">Early Life Infections and Onset of Puberty: Evidence From Hong Kong\'s Children of 1997 Birth Cohort</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> As economic development increases, puberty occurs at younger ages, and this could contribute to an increase in the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and hormone-related cancers. The factors that determine pubertal timing are poorly unde..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1419?rss=1\">Association of Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate Cancer: Results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> This study examined the association between symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer risk in 5,068 placebo-arm participants enrolled in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (1993&ndash;2003). These data include 1,..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1475-a?rss=1\">Re: \"Prenatal Exposures to Perfluorinated Chemicals and Anthropometric Measures in Infancy\"</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1414?rss=1\">Availability of Driver\'s License Master Lists for Use in Government-Sponsored Public Health Research</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Although the percentage of US drivers with valid driver\'s licenses varies from state to state, it has historically been high enough to constitute a useful sampling frame for many public health purposes. Over the past decade, states have ha..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1463?rss=1\">The Gap of Visual Impairment Between Economic Groups in Shahroud, Iran: A Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> The authors assessed the role of economic inequality in visual impairment and decomposed the gap between high and low income groups. Study data were extracted from the first phase of the Shahroud Eye Cohort Study, performed in 2009, with 5..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/NP-c?rss=1\">Table of Contents</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/NP-b?rss=1\">Subscription</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/NP-a?rss=1\">Editorial Board</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/NP?rss=1\">Cover</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/12/1468?rss=1\">The Effect of Small Class Sizes on Mortality Through Age 29 Years: Evidence From a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 06:57 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Limiting the number of students per classroom in the early years has been shown to improve educational outcomes. Improved education is, in turn, hypothesized to improve health. The authors examined whether smaller class sizes affect mortal..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com/content/10/1/24\">Variable antibiotic susceptibility patterns among Streptomyces species causing actinomycetoma in man and animals</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/06/11 00:00 from <a href=\"http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com\">Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials - Latest articles</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Background: Drug therapy is recommended in conjunction with surgery in treatment of actinomycetoma. The specific prescription depends on the type of bacteria (actinomycetoma) or fungi (eumycetoma) causing the disease and their in vitro anti..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/suppl_11/S317?rss=1\">Latebreaker Session 1</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/06/11 17:18 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/173/suppl_11/S1?rss=1\">Abstracts of the 3rd North American Congress of Epidemiology, June 21-24, 2011 Montreal, Canada</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/06/11 17:18 from <a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org\">American Journal of Epidemiology - recent issues</a></span><br /></p><!-- Footer --></div><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://hits.informer.com/log.php?id=44&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://174.37.54.170:81/statistics/logging/LH5PVBBNIY?type=exist&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><div class=\"fdpoweredby\" style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 10px; font-family: sans-serif\"><a style=\"color: #888\" href=\"http://feed.informer.com\" target=_blank>Powered by Feed Informer</a></div>";
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