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Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Press Releases
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- 22 January 2003 - One in five older British women has heart disease
- 19 February 2003 - Eating plenty of fruit in childhood may protect against cancer in adulthood
- 19 March 2003 - Copycat effect 14 times more likely after celebrity suicide
- 7 April 2003 - US spending 120 times more on bullets and bombs than on humanitarian and food aid for Iraq
- 29 May 2003 - Breastfeeding may compensate for the harmful effects of smoking during pregnancy
- 29 May 2003 - Association between increased risk of stillbirths and abnormalities with proximity to incinerators
- 24 June 2003 - Northern Ireland “troubles” have worsened mental health problems of population
- 17 July 2003 - SARS could very well return this autumn, leading experts predict
- 29 July 2003 - Unemployment can triple risk of suicide
- 29 July 2003 - London cold is a bigger killer than London heat or the cold of the Bulgarian capital Sofia
- 21 August 2003 - Falls among elderly cost UK government £981 million every year
- 29 September 2003 - High heels do not increase risk of knee osteoarthritis, but overweight in youth does
- 29 September 2003 - Portugal and Spain most at risk from excess winter deaths in Europe
- 5 November 2003 - Disliking school linked to greater risk of teenage pregnancy
- 5 November 2003 - Leisure activities have a positive effect on mental function in middle age
- 5 November 2003 - Job strain and insecurity linked to poor health
- 4 December 2003 - Short mums and fat dads equal poor health for a generation
- 4 December 2003 - Chinese ‘one child family’ policy is increasing birth rates of boys
- 22 December 2003 - Cohabiting better for men’s mental health; marriage better for women’s
- 15 January 2004 - Sunshine may protect against multiple sclerosis
- 15 January 2004 - Hard water (and fluoride) may protect against heart attacks
- 15 April 2004 - Women survivors of childhood physical or sexual abuse 40 per cent more likely to smoke
- 13 May 2004 - Eating fish regularly in late pregnancy boosts fetal growth rate
- 13 May 2004 - Voluntary work is good for society, but may not be so good for the individual
- 10 June 2004 - French ‘fix’ parking and speeding tickets, increasing risk of traffic accidents
- 15 July 2004 - Intelligence in childhood may cut risk of serious disease in adulthood
- 12 August 2004 - Between one in 50 and one in 80 adult injecting drug users in Brighton, Liverpool, and London
- 14 September 2004 - World Health Organisation strategy to control tuberculosis ineffective
- 14 October 2004 - Ignoring “promiscuous 10%” at heart of sexual health crisis in England
- 16 November 2004 - Rate of mental illness combined with drug abuse up by more than 60% in five years
- 16 November 2004 - Heavy computer use may be linked to development of glaucoma in short-sighted people
- 14 December 2004 - More centenarians in Switzerland than any other European country
- 14 December 2004 - High pressure work deadlines boost heart attack risk six-fold
- 14 December 2004 - Men seem to stop trying when they remarry
- 17 January 2005 - Most childhood cancers “probably” down to prenatal exposure to industrial and environmental pollutants
- 15 March 2005 - Mountain life spells longer life
- 14 April 2005 - Suicide in one partner substantially increases suicide risk in the other
- 14 April 2005 - British Asian women have lower risk of breast cancer than all other women
- 24 May 2005 - The better educated a woman is, the better she sleeps at night
- 24 May 2005 - A diet high in milk may cut heart disease and stroke risk
- 24 May 2005 - Lifestyle, rather than fetal or childhood factors, critical for adult bone health
- 16 June 2005 - Good friends, rather than close family ties, help you live longer in older age
- 11 August 2005 - Around one in 25 dads could unknowingly be raising another man’s child
- 11 August 2005 - Childhood cancers strongly linked to air pollution in early life
- 11 August 2005 - Anxious and nervous men run nine-fold risk of attempted suicide
- 11 August 2005 - Cancer link with hormone therapy known since 1930s, say researchers
- 15 September 2005 - Patriarchal attitudes and practices explain half the discrepancy in life expectancy between sexes
- 15 September 2005 - Downward mobility quadruples risk of depression in men, but not women
- 15 November 2005 - Poor diet costs UK health service £6 billion every year
- 14 February 2005 - Civil partnerships likely to boost health of gay and lesbian people
- 14 February 2005 - Costs of “polypill” could drain global health budgets
- 15 March 2006 - Small birthweight and premature births associated with higher risk of child abuse
- 15 March 2006 - Coronary heart disease deaths in Ireland have halved in 15 years
- 15 May 2006 - Combining work and motherhood is good for women’s health
- 13 July 2006 - People living alone double their risk of serious heart disease
- 10 August 2006 - Never marrieds run highest risk of early death
- 10 August 2006 - Violence at work significantly boosts clinical depression risk
- 19 October 2006 - Stress fast tracks puberty
- 19 October 2006 - Inclusion of too few women in clinical drug research puts them at risk
- 21 December 2006 - Doubts cast on organophosphate poisoning as cause of Gulf War Syndrome depression
- 18 January 2007 - British women’s binge drinking clearly defined by age and education
- 18 January 2007 - Redundancies boost mental health problems for those who keep their jobs
- 1 March 2007 - Early life growth spurts protect against “bad” cholesterol
- 1 March 2007 - Gypsies’ and travellers’ health much worse than other vulnerable groups
- 20 March 2007 - Inactive lifestyles costs UK health service annual £1 billion
- 20 March 2007 - Boys from one-parent families twice as likely to report sexual abuse
- 15 May 2007 - Unfair treatment boosts heart attack risk
- 12 July 2007 - “Fat” tax on food could prevent 3000 heart attack and stroke deaths every year
- 12 July 2007 - Milk and dairy products protect against “metabolic syndrome”
- 12 July 2007 - Free fruit in schools scheme may confer no long term benefit
- 14 August 2007 - Even low levels of weekly exercise drive down blood pressure
- 6 September 2007 - Teen binge drinkers risk alcoholism and social exclusion as adults
- 14 November 2007- Little evidence that binge drinking while pregnant seriously harms fetus
- 18 December 2007 - Miscarriage and abortion triple chances of future low birthweight babies
- 18 December 2007 - Shorter legs linked to liver disease
- 18 December 2007 - Lack of sunlight may increase lung cancer risk
- 17 January 2008 - Short birth length more than doubles risk of violent suicide attempts
- 17 January 2008 - Annual bone fracture rate almost 4% and double previous estimates
- 17 January 2008 - Europe should adopt WHO recommendations for particulate matter cuts
- 17 January 2008 - Palestinian refugees living in “slum conditions”
- 13 March 2008 - Quitting smoking in pregnancy boosts chances of easy going child
- 15 April 2008 - Ethnic identity expressed in clothing is good for adolescents’ mental health
- 15 April 2008 - Antidepressants account for only 10% of fall in suicide rates among older people
- 15 April 2008 - Excess pneumonia deaths linked to engine exhaust
- 1 May 2008 - Tree lined streets mean lower rates of childhood asthma
- 13 May 2008 - Children more likely to use fruit tuck shops when schools ban unhealthy snacks
- 15 July 2008 - Emergency hospital admissions due to assault up 30% in four years
- 16 October 2008 - Travel as hazardous 500 years ago as it is today, records show
- 25 November 2008 - Week’s sick leave for mental health problem boosts early death risk
- 11 December 2008 - One in three UK adults will be obese by 2012
- 10 February 2009 - Increasing prosperity has prompted Irish kids to balloon 24 kilos since 1948
- 24 February 2009 - UK diabetes cases have risen 74 per cent in six years
- 9 April 2009 - Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy may curb fetal growth
- 30 April 2009 - Half a glass of wine a day may boost life expectancy by five years
- 30 April 2009 - Repeatedly working when ill boosts risk of long term sick leave
- 28 May 2009 - People with parents who fight are more likely to have mental health problems in later life
- 2 July 2009 - Eight to 14 weekly units of booze boosts overall tally of days spent in hospital
- 2 July 2009 - Study questions popular theory that lower IQ predicts early death
