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Drought in the Semiarid Region of Brazil: Exposure, Vulnerabilities and Health Impacts from the Perspectives of Local Actors
Conclusion The results obtained from this research shows, in general, the fragility in the social and political infrastructure necessary to improve the living conditions of populations, particularly those that depend on family agriculture in drought prone areas. The conditions of social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities presented in the region can be amplified by the drought process, and can aggravate the impacts resulting drought events, thus disadvantaging the population of this region, as shown in the Fig. 1. The general perception of the interviewees of the health sector shows an agreement with what is found...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - October 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Aderita Sena Source Type: research

Hormone therapy use in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: a cross-sectional analysis
Conclusions:These findings provide a recent national picture of HT use in Canada that may be used to inform opportunities for improved physician–patient communication regarding menopause management. Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with hormone therapy (HT) use among Canadian women. Methods: Baseline data from the Tracking cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) was used for this analysis. The main outcome was HT use among women aged 45-85 years, defined as current, past, and never users. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to examin...
Source: Menopause - January 1, 2018 Category: OBGYN Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Abstract IA03: Genetic and non-genetic risk factors of pancreatic cancer
In the United States, incidence and mortality rates of pancreatic cancer (PC) have remained largely unchanged since 1973. During 2005-2009, the incidence rate for Whites was 11.6/105 and for African-Americans, 15.2/105. Mortality rates were 10.7/105 for Whites and 13.8/105 for African-Americans. The 5-year survival has been 4-7% for decades. The absolute number of new cases and deaths due to PC has been increasing steadily since 2004 due to the baby-boomer generation reaching the risk window (where median age at diagnosis is 71 years). By 2030, PC will be the second most common cause of cancer mortality, after lung cancer....
Source: Cancer Research - December 13, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Gloria M. Petersen Tags: Epidemiology and Risk Factors Source Type: research

Abstract P6-08-39: Influence of lifestyle factors and tumor cell dissemination in 632 early breast cancer patients
Conclusion: Lifestyle factors seems to influence the outcome in our cohort of EBC patients as shown in previous studies. Final data and results regarding to tumor cell dissemination compared to lifestyle behaviour will be available for the SABCS 2014. Citation Format: Bahriye Aktas, Anna Frackenpohl, Siegfried Hauch, Johann Kraus, Hans Armin Kestler, Rainer Klaus Kimmig, Sabine Kasimir-Bauer. Influence of lifestyle factors and tumor cell dissemination in 632 early breast cancer patients [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: 2014 Dec 9-13; San Antonio, TX. Ph...
Source: Cancer Research - April 30, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Aktas, B., Frackenpohl, A., Hauch, S., Kraus, J., Kestler, H. A., Kimmig, R. K., Kasimir-Bauer, S. Tags: Poster Session Abstracts Source Type: research

Is breast milk really best, American study asks
Conclusion This study does not alter the current body of research, which has shown the beneficial effects of breastfeeding. There were statistically significant differences in health, behaviour and academic outcomes in the full cohort, although there was an association between breastfeeding and asthma. It is unclear why this reverse trend was found in this study, but it does not show that breastfeeding causes asthma or that bottle feeding prevents it. The study did not show a significant difference between siblings within a family who were breastfed. This may be because genetic and environmental factors have more influen...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy/child Source Type: news