Epidemiology

Art Reingold: Morning. Good morning. Good morning. So, first of all a quick reminder that the midterm is a week from Wednesday. Um, and you will need a calculator. So, please bring a calculator, but...

About 160,000 people die of lung cancer each year. About 85 to 90% of that cancer can be attributed to active smoking. The other 10-15% are caused by factors other than active smoking. If we took lung...

Some of you will recall the story a few months ago that cell phones had been linked to a type of brain cancer. It made the rounds for several days, was a popular topic of news blogs and discussion...

TODAY WE HAVE NATASHA CAPLEN TALKING FIRST. SHE GOT HER Ph.D. FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, AND SUBSEQUENTLY IN 1996 SHE JOINED NHGRI AND STARTED WORKING ON RNA AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY...

>>Again, I want to thank everybody for coming today. This is-- I've been looking forward to this myself for some time as these are-- we have two of the legends in our field here...

MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome. I am so thrilled you could join us today as we mark National Breast Cancer Awareness Month right here at the White House. And I want to...

NANCY COX: Arnold has done some studies that are considered to be classics in the field of influenza. They will remain classics for decades to come. DAVE JOHNSON: Prominent's not strong enough...

>> Dylan: My name is Dylan Galos I'm from Las Cruces, New Mexico and I am a doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of...

Incidence vs. Prevalence. Incidence measures NEW disease incidents compared to all people at risk over time. Prevalence measures ALL diseased people compared to all people being studied over time....

Emergency room use is often a marker for having complex health care needs, or having other unmet needs through other health care services. It’s very costly care, so we want to understand what takes...