News tagged with clinical epidemiology
Health-care systems not using best evidence in decision-making
Health care systems around the world are failing to use evidence obtained through research when making decisions, causing inefficiencies and reduced quantity and quality of life, according to a leading expert in the field ...
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Rise in ultrasounds for low-risk pregnancy needs review
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a decade the use of prenatal ultrasounds in pregnant women increased by 55 per cent, suggesting a need to review current practices, says a McMaster University researcher.
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Managing doctors' practices made easier with new software
(PhysOrg.com) -- A McMaster University-led research team has developed an innovative software tool that gives family doctors up-to-date information on their patients in two seconds or less.
Nov 25, 2009 |
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New report describes types of research conducted at academic medical centers
A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute for Health Policy gives the first detailed look at the types of research currently being conducted within U.S. academic medical centers - medical schools and ...
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Embracing your primitive nature can help in fight against depression
He doesn't care for the term "caveman therapy." But Stephen Ilardi, associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Kansas, has turned to our hunter-gatherer ancestors for clues about how to best combat major ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Researchers Find no Adjustment Method Fully Resolves Confounding by Indication
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston University School of Public Health have found that no adjustment method fully resolves confounding by indication in observational studies, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 26, 2009 |
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New infant feeding and obesity research adds insight to ongoing issue
The February edition of the Journal of Nutrition offers new insights into possible associations between infant feeding and health outcomes related to obesity. According to David Barker, M.D., Ph.D., professor of clinical epidem ...
Jan 16, 2009 |
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