If you are a non-identical twin the risk falls to around 10 percent in most studies.
Much of the research has been conducted in obese people -- a population that can actually benefit from these extreme diets -- and in most studies the health of the participants is carefully monitored.
It is not clear, however, that the same people appear in the bottom quintile in 1999 as did in 1977: most studies show a rapid turnover of people in the lowest income group, reflecting temporary problems or self-employed people exploiting tax loopholes.
In fact, most studies prove that trying to time the market can be detrimental to the success of a portfolio.
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Most studies in humans have looked at people who choose to sharply reduce their calorie intake long-term, he noted.
Olestra is the most tested food substance in history, having undergone more animal studies and human clinical trials than most prescription drugs.
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It said appropriate conditions had been set in most of the world and their studies were "essential for pandemic preparedness".
The most frequently cited studies in a field used to be the product of a lone genius, like Einstein or Darwin.
Rather than a traditional trial setup, his patients pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege of participating in the studies (not the most ethical or effective subject selection strategy).
Among the most interesting studies presented in Phoenix, by a Canadian professor of kinesiology named Joan Vickers, explained why the "quiet eye" technique, which she first reported 15 years ago, works so effectively.
In Bangladesh, case studies suggested that some of the most healthy societal constructs had strong woman in or near the center of them.
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The big exception, he says, are statin medications like Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor, and Pravachol, most of which are now cheap and generic and have been shown to reduce heart attacks and deaths in big studies, and which are among the most commonly prescribed medicines.
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As studies have found, in most cases taking action, even wrong action, is more fruitful than doing nothing.
The effects are most severe in children, but the studies identify neurological issues in virtually every age group.
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It appears to be getting harder to replicate the results of studies published in even the most prestigious peer-reviewed journals like Science and Nature.
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The sports theme got me thinking about the Los Angeles Lakers and how they provide one of the most unique leadership case studies in recent professional sports history.
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As I discussed in March, the most recent set of studies by economists indicates that hospital mergers have no effect on the quality of care, but do have a significant effect on the price that hospitals charge.
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However, most studies have focused on exposures in adulthood rather than in earlier periods when susceptibility may be greater.
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Societal costs in those countries can't be calculated the same way they would be in the U.S., where most studies measure how much smokers burden taxpayers with extra Medicare and Medicaid payments.
The Danish study is prospective in nature, which distinguishes it from most other studies on the health effects of cell phone use, which were case-control studies and enrolled subjects diagnosed with brain tumors and a comparison group of subjects who were free of brain tumors in order to compare reported cell phone usage in the two groups.
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In years past most foreign-born graduate students remained in the U.S. after completing their studies.
According to the Centre for Policy Studies in Johannesburg, the public facilities most often used by migrants in South Africa are public libraries.
They found an annual rate of return of 7% to 10%, lower than the rates reported in the earlier studies, though higher than from most financial investments.
Both studies concluded that most of the decline in gun homicide rates occurred in the 1990s.
Studies show that the poorest people in the most-free societies are 10 times better off than the poorest in the least-free.
The studies focused on the most vulnerable populations in Kenya and Tanzania.
Though studies are limited in number and scope, most have likened the potential role of robots among seniors to that of live pets.
Studies have shown that most iPads stay in the home, around the coffee table, but the iPad Mini will be a much more mobile device.
Indeed one well-known monument site, known as Eflatun Pinar, holds a sacred pool that "is fed by a spring beneath the pool itself, " write Yigit Erbil and Alice Mouton in an article that was published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Near Eastern Studies.
Studies have shown most people feel happier in a five-figure job where they are earning more than the majority of other people in the company than they do in a six-figure job where they are making significantly less than others, says Stan Smith, founder and CEO of Smith Economics Group Ltd.
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