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News & Notes
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Biostatistics Forum -
April 15, 2009
HESC Room 103, 4-5 pm
Xianzheng Wang from the Department of
Statistics, University of South Carolina,
will present a lecture at the biostatistics forum titled
"Information-Reduction Diagnostic Methods for Latent Variable Models." |
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Banned in most parts of the world, DDT is still being produced at plants in China and India
Wilfried Karmaus and a team of researchers from Michigan State University and Ohio State University have found that DDE, a contaminant or breakdown product of DDT, is still having harmful health consequences.
A study among Michigan women shows the breakdown product,
DDE, may contribute to obesity. |
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 Diabetic youth can lower risk of
high blood pressure, particularly those who have Type 1 diabetes
Arnold School researcher, Dr. Angela Liese, says the key is to follow a diet rich
in fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products.
Dr. Liese, director of the Center for Research in Nutrition and
Health Disparities, is co-author of a study publishing these results in the journal
Hypertension.
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