epidemiology Tag

21 May

Posted at 11:13h in Author Interviews, Heart Disease, JAMA
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: [caption id="attachment_34726" align="alignleft" width="161"]Dr. Gregory Roth MD MPH Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation University of Washington, Seattle Dr. Roth[/caption] Dr. Gregory Roth MD MPH Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation University of Washington, Seattle MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: My colleagues and I at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, evaluated and analyzed mortality rates from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) on the county level from throughout the United States. We obtained the data from: The National Center for Health Statistics and population counts from the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the Human Mortality Database. This data ranged from 1980 through 2014.

30 May

Posted at 12:09h in Author Interviews

MedicalResearch.com eInterview with David Melzer, MBBCH, PhD Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health Medical School - University of Exeter, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW United Kingdom. MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Melzer: Both parents long lived had significantly lower overall mortality and lower incidence of most major diseases of aging, compared...