Federal appeals courts, interpreting Supreme Court decisions dating to1993, consistently have said companies that offer health, life andretirement benefits under ERISA cannot be sued for large amounts ofmoney, or damages.
A Minneapolis hospital is playing a key role in the development of a new cancer vaccine. The concept is to give the immune system a super-boost, then unleash it on some of the toughest cancers.
Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico.
Drinking red wine might improve your life, a recent study found. Scientists say that a compound found in red wine prolongs life by slowing the aging process of the heart, eyes and bones of mice, though it will not help
A survey finds that four-out-five namebrand sunscreens offer inadequate protection and consumers are advised to be careful which sunscreen they choose to use over the 4th of July holiday weekend.
A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore this week released the follow-up results of a study involving 36 volunteers who were given psilocybin - the chemical ingredient in "sacred" or "magic" mushrooms - in a carefully controlled
Associations between early life growth trajectories and a range of adult (aged ~25 years) hemostatic factors were assessed in the Barry Caerphilly Growth study (N = 517) in South Wales, 1974-1999. Associations of birth weight, birth length, and weight and
The aim of the study was to assess whether perinatal factors are associated with the risk of asthma in childhood in a register-based, nested case-control study in Finland. All children born between January 1, 1996, and April 30, 2004, who
Investigators in several epidemiologic studies have observed an inverse association between body mass index (BMI) and lung cancer risk, while others have not. The authors used data from the Women's Health Initiative to study the association of anthropometric factors with
The etiology of bacterial vaginosis is unknown, and there are no long-term therapies for preventing this frequently recurring condition. Vaginal douching has been reported to be associated with bacterial vaginosis in observational studies. However, this association may be due to
The case-only study is a convenient approach and provides increased statistical efficiency in detecting gene-environment interactions. The validity of a case-only study hinges on one well-recognized assumption: The susceptibility genotypes and the environmental exposures of interest are independent in the
Use of troponin testing in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction substantially increases the number of cases diagnosed as myocardial infarction among suspected cases in comparison with previous criteria. However, the impact of troponin testing on rates reported in national statistics
A four-by-two table with its four rows representing the presence and absence of gene and environmental factors has been suggested as the fundamental unit in the assessment of gene-environment interaction. For such a table to be more meaningful from a
This paper examines the reporting of sexual and other risk behaviors within a randomized experiment using a computerized versus face-to-face interview mode. Biomarkers for sexually transmitted infection (STI) were used to validate self-reported behavior by interview mode. As part of
Evidence for a relation between physical activity and renal cell cancer has been inconsistent. The authors examined physical activity in relation to renal cell cancer in a large, prospective US cohort study of 482,386 participants (289,503 men and 192,883 women)
