Word: epidemiologist
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...HSPH deans and a Harvard-educated epidemiologist presented scientific research on the deleterious health effects of smoking and the strong behavioral influence of movies, following a request last February by MPAA Chair Daniel R. Glickman, who is also a former director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics...
...anti-Tamiflu forces in Japan are led by Dr. Rokuro Hama, an epidemiologist and internal medicine specialist who heads the Japan Institute of Pharmacovigilance, a medical industry watchdog. Hama believes that Tamiflu can directly cause temporary neurological disorders in a small percentage of users - especially young people. That can lead to abnormal behavior, such as a seemingly happy, healthy teenager suddenly deciding to leap off a high-rise apartment building. Hama also notes that the Tamiflu doses taken in Japan can be as much as 10 times greater than the normal amount taken in the U.S., which could aggravate...
...hormones that regulate gender. Animal and human studies have linked these substances to a broad swath of health problems, inlcuding prostate and breast cancer, and altered genital development. "Virtually all of us are regularly exposed to low levels of phthalates and BPA," says Shanna Swan, a University of Rochester epidemiologist and an expert on endocrine disruptors. "The risks from these products have not been firmly established. But there are some measures we can take, until the use of these chemicals in everyday materials and products is more aggressively restricted...
...today feel that they are being constrained not to say anything positive about condoms, while others complain that more cash bonuses are being given to administrators than to researchers. "It's the policies and the direction of the institute I'm most concerned about," says Dr. Brad Woodruff, an epidemiologist in the organization's Maternal and Child Nutrition Branch. Woodruff is particularly incensed that the agency's new jet, which is supposed to be for medical emergencies, was used by HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt to make promotional appearances on behalf of President Bush's Medicare drug plan...
...know, for that matter, that as counties get more cable access, they don't also get more pediatricians scanning for autism? Easterbrook, although intrigued by the study, concedes that it could be indoor-air quality rather than television that exerts an influence. Moreover, says Drexel University epidemiologist Craig Newschaffer: "They ignore the reasonable body of evidence that suggests that the pathologic process behind autism probably starts in the womb...