And the study is relatively recent, but it did get a lot of attention when it first published.
Professor Calder acknowledged that the patients involved in the study took relatively high doses of omega-3 oil.
Though the study was relatively small and limited to a single high school, experts say the findings likely reflect the experience of American adolescents as a whole.
The follow-up period in the new study was relatively short, they say, and breast-cancer diagnosis and treatment may be different in China compared to the United States.
Because of the relatively small size of the study, those differences were not statistically significant and may be due to chance.
The study compared a relatively small number of women who had undergone the procedure - called oopherectomy - with those who had not.
Because the patients in the study had a relatively low risk of heart attack, the absolute benefit of taking Crestor was still very small.
Of course, the financial crisis explains this massive forecasting error, but the study finds that relatively little was due to fiscal stimulus programmes in response to the downturn.
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The relatively small size of the study means that some experts are likely to remain unconvinced that such apparently minor birth complications could cause such obvious difficulties later on.
Lesley Walker, of Cancer Research UK, said the study was based on a relatively small sample.
So my take is: poorly done study, published in a relatively uncompetitive journal (PLoS ONE), with a small effect.
Despite the ominous title and results of the study, New Yorkers actually fared relatively well.
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Nina Gurung, who carried out the University of Kent study, says it is a "relatively stable and comfortable" job for former Gurkhas.
Even if another study is required, it might be done relatively quickly.
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"Our treatment of heart failure is, in this day and age, relatively non-specific, " said Christine Seidman who led the study.
Men and women infected with HIV reduced the risk of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners by taking oral antiretroviral medicines when their immune systems were relatively healthy, according to findings from a large-scale clinical study sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
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The clinical trials tested the drug in a relatively small number of cases, with only 127 men in the main study who showed a benefit.
The toxicology of chromium(VI) in the United States is a really good case study because there are powerful forces aligned on all sides and a relatively small number of scientists really conversant in the details.
DeKosky says that there were two important conclusions to take away from the study: Ginkgo biloba is ineffective in battling dementia, but also that the herb is relatively safe.
Croix rivers found little evidence of bighead and silver carp, according to a study released Thursday that concludes that while the invasive fish are present in Minnesota, their numbers are likely relatively low.
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