Relative Risk Reduction vs Absolute Risk Reduction
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Alvin B. LinPosted
Mon 01 Aug 2011 8:30am
Like most pre-med students, I was not a big fan of statistics. Sure, there was a time I could tell you about all the mathematical nuances of Major League Baseball, such as on-base average or slugging percentage, but that was way back during the days of Catfish Hunter , Rollie Fingers & Campy Campaneris . But dry numbers? Yuck, at least f ...
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Relative Risk Reduction vs Absolute Risk Reduction Part 3
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Alvin B. LinPosted
Wed 16 May 2012 3:00am
Remember last month's review of absolute vs relative risk ? We looked at how the use of drospirenone doubled to tripled the relative risk of blood clots compared to women not taking any contraception, yet the overall or absolute risk of a deep venous thromboembolism (DVT) remained quite small compared to the number expected during pregnanc ...
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Relative Risk Reduction vs Absolute Risk Reduction Part 2
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Alvin B. LinPosted
Tue 17 Apr 2012 3:00am
So what did yesterday's drivel have to do w/today's topic? Well, a year ago this month , I noted a study suggesting an increase risk of thromboembolism (blood clots) in those women who used oral contraceptives containing drospirenone. Of course, all the evidence did not flow against this particular progestin (very different from bio-identi ...
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Lifestyle Related Risk Factors
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DebbiePosted
Fri 12 Jun 2009 5:04pm
Today is Fitness Friday. Our host is Sandy of God Speaks Today. You can link there to join in or link to other participating blogs with fitness posts.
Have you heard of The Dirty Dozen? Now before you say that The Dirty Dozen is an old movie starring Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin, let me stop you to say ...that's not what I'm writing about ...
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Smokeless Tobacco Labeling Matters: Impact of Warnings and Relative Risk Info
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Brad R.Posted
Thu 19 Jul 2012 10:26am
A study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research (abstract here ) reveals “high levels of appeal for ST [smokeless tobacco] among young adult Canadian cigarette smokers,” despite the fact that “more than one quarter (28%)…were unaware that using ST is less harmful than smoking.” The lead author was William E. Callery at the University ...
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The Relative Risk of Brain Cancer
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Ed H.Posted
Sat 15 Nov 2008 2:46pm
Doctors know that you’re at a higher risk for breast, colon and prostate cancers if they’ve been found in your family. Brain cancer can now be placed on that same list, says a new study by Tel Aviv University and the University of Utah.
Dr. Deborah Blumenthal, co-director of Tel Aviv University’s Neuro-oncology Service at the Tel-Aviv Sourasky ...
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Relative risk vs absolute
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Tom WeidigPosted
Sun 11 Feb 2007 12:00am
Yesterday evening I met up with Melanie and Einar in Luxembourg-City. We all stutter and spend 4 hours discussing many things with varying degrees of fluency.
Medication to treat stuttering came up, and they were concerned about side-effects especially for the long-term. I realised that it is important to look at the relative rather than abso ...
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Vitamins, supplements, and prostate cancer-related risk
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Dr. Arnon KrongradPosted
Wed 02 Mar 2011 12:00am
Many men use vitamins and other supplements to prevent the onset of prostate cancer or to prevent the progression of prostate cancer after diagnosis. However, a new article in Family Practice suggests that there is no really good clinical evidence for either of these practices in the published literature.
Stratton and Godwin ha ...
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Frequency of Vacations is Also Related to the Risk of Depression
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Dr. Jonny B.Posted
Thu 03 Jul 2008 4:12pm
This might seem like a strange time to bring up the subject of vacations. We're all feeling the pinch of ridiculously high gas prices which make taking a trip - whether by car or by plane- increasingly expensive. So a vacation may seem like an almost frivolous expense to contemplate right now.
But it's anything but frivolous. In fact, vacations ...
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