Babies born to mothers who don’t receive prenatal care are three times more likely to have a low birth weight and five times ...

“I might have a little disordered eating, but I don’t think it’s an eating disorder”(when it is an eating disorder). "I throw up sometimes to manage my weight, but it's not a big deal." These types of ...

Among the prerequisite courses for medical school, the subject of statistics doesn't usually pop into one's mind. Statistics is the study of data collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation.

Life expectancy in New York City has increased over the past decade to 81.3 years, teen birth rates declined 55.1 percent and the infant mortality rate reached a new low of 3.9 deaths per 1,000 live ...

Misuse of statistics in medical and sports science research is common and may lead to detrimental consequences to healthcare. Many authors, editors and peer reviewers of medical papers will not have ...

As part of Mental Health Awareness month, organizations and governmental bodies are releasing reports with astounding statistics about the state of mental health in the U.S.. Perhaps the most tragic ...

Epidemiology is considered to be the cornerstone of public health, enabling the study of distribution patterns that assist with identifying the determinants of health and disease conditions. This ...

Most medical schools and teaching hospitals offer 16 to 21 vacation days to their medical residents, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges “Survey of Resident/Fellow Stipends and ...

Among the many "mosts" that can be attributed to this nation can be added "most statistically analyzed." In partial proof note may be taken of the recent publication by the National Center for Health ...

The Alaska Health Analytics and Vital Records Section (HAVRS), which oversees data from the Alaska Cancer Registry (ACR) and Medical Marijuana Registry that is later shared as needed, has released ...