This type of study, known as a meta-analysis, can highlight problems that no single study typically can.
This type of study can't prove conclusively that NSAIDs are responsible for the lower risk of breast cancer.
All of the studies ran for at least a year, and all were randomized controlled trials, the most rigorous type of study.
Researchers measured brain activity of 47 healthy adults -- a small but scientifically valid size group for this type of study -- while using a mobile device.
In a type of study design known as a crossover, patients received their allotted pill (either Ampyra or placebo) for two weeks twice daily, then all switched to placebo.
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"I would call this a Bill Buckner type of study, " says Robert Califf, vice chairman for clinical research at Duke University who is leading a big study of Zetia and takes the drug himself.
Scientists have been able to do this for some time but the recent projects to fully decode the two primates' genomes have provided details that have taken this type of study to a more advanced level.
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When you have selected the type of scientific study of a painting or sketch, a simple slider movement left or right takes you on an X-ray journey through one of the master's works.
The type of post hoc study that Harvard did has to be moved into a real time dashboard for marketing and sales management as well as agents to see and use.
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Is there somewhat of a study or some type of assessment on the psychological costs on the soldiers to go into combat again and the possibility to do more combat?
The amount of practice, study and hours spent mastering every type of environment (shooting from buildings, helicopters, ships, shooting thru glass, walls, different mathematical calculations for temperature, humidity, altitude, load, etc.).
Several previous transactions have successfully implemented this type of structure and it merits study by the Board of Directors.
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It calls for students to receive the same amount of funding for their education, irrespective of the type of institution at which they study.
Depending on just how researchers tailor the virus that carries the light-sensitive protein, they now can target almost any type of neuron they want to study.
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One type of therapy used in the study is body-weight-support treadmill training, in which a patient's weight is supported by a harness over a treadmill while therapists help move his legs.
The power of this type of genetic analysis was demonstrated earlier this year when a study of 2, 000 breast cancers showed the cancer should be thought of as 10 completely separate diseases.
Having any allergy was associated with a 59% reduced risk of any type of head and neck cancer, the study found.
Results from this study suggest that the type of exercise may not be as important as how much individuals run or walk.
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Bizarrely, the new organic diet substantially increased exposure to one type of phthalate, DEHP, suggesting the study was probably contaminated, raising questions about all the data and its conclusions.
Plus, the study could not determine if one type of bariatric procedure was better than the others.
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The researchers cautioned that the study was done in only one type of cancer, and that more research is needed to see how much genetic variation there is in other types of tumors.
Tom Dargie, who runs Boreas Ecology argues that the 1972 study was based was a different type of peatland which is much wetter, and therefore inappropriate for calculating impacts on the Lewis peatlands.
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Piloting small aircraft represents the riskiest type of transportation, according to fatality data analyzed for the study.
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They are concentrating on a study of stable isotopes - atoms of the same type but with different masses - and trace elements in the birds' feathers.
Given that the association between diet drinks and with vascular events is unexpected and unsupported by other research, a study that controlled for specific ingredients, such as the type of sweetener and caffeine content, is needed to assess whether there are grounds for a plausible mode of action.
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Study designed to determine whether the dose (amount) or type of treatment impacts outcome.
One study found that 46% of recently diagnosed adult diabetics (type 2) don't take their medicine correctly.
While opponents claim this type of crude is more corrosive, they have been unable to produce a single study which agrees with their assertions.
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