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Second genetic link to weight and obesity
... the public who provide samples," explains Professor Nick Wareham, Director of the MRC Epidemiology Unit. "Without their willing participation, we could never achieve the power in our research to make ...UK study shows kids are active but not eating their '5-a-day'
... Health. The study was performed by a team of researchers from The Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit and The University of East Anglia, coordinated by Esther van Sluijs. During the Summer ...Discovery of new gene associated with diabetes risk suggests link with body clock
... linking genes to diabetes risk," says Professor Nick Wareham, Director of the MRC Epidemiology Unit in Cambridge. Other genes have previously been shown to be associated with high blood sugar levels ...Brain background to body mass
... gain," explains Dr Ruth Loos, a leading author from the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, "such that people carrying these mutations are severely obese. Such mutations might be considered ...Binge drinking leads to a greater risk of preterm birth
... were collated. The researcher team from the Institute with the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford found that, on average, levels of alcohol intake decreased from ...Does peripheral T-lymphocyte subpopulations correlate with hepatitis B virus load?
... Diseases of the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University of China and the Epidemiology Unit of the Faculty of Medicine of Prince of Songkla University of Thailand, investigated the ...Scientists discover genetic sign of ovarian cancer susceptibility
... group, led by scientists from the Cancer Research UK Genetic Epidemiology Unit, searched the DNA of 1,810 women across the UK with the disease and compared them to 2,535 ...New assessment quantifies risks and benefits of warfarin treatment for atrial fibrillation
... , of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Clinical Epidemiology Unit, the report's lead author, adds, "This comparative effectiveness study gives us more information about ...Scientists from University of Hawaii at Manoa find genetic marker
... by scientists from the Cancer Research Genetic Epidemiology Unit in the United Kingdom. Drs. Marc Goodman, ... cause of cancer death among women in the United States. The five-year relative survival ...
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