Tag Archives: seasonality

Russian ecological study finds increase in cancer rates at higher latitudes

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Dr. William Grant dissects latitudinal studies and shares a finding from Michael F. Borisenkov, who in a paper reported that a number of cancer rates increase significantly with increasing latitude in Russia. Continue reading

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New study on vitamin D and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

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Dr. Mirjam Belderbos and his colleagues from the University Medical Center in Utrecht, Netherlands, present a truly remarkable study on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in infants. Continue reading

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The relationship between vitamin D and prescription drugs

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From the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden comes the first of what I hope will be many studies on how vitamin D affects the prescription drugs people take. Continue reading

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Newsletter: Pascal’s wager and pandemic influenza

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Dr Cannell recounts the interesting story of epidemiologist Robert Edgar Hope-Simpson’s hunt for the facts about Influenza. Continue reading

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