Article: Regional growth in China under economic reforms.(Statistical Data Included)

Transcript: Analysis: New study suggests fewer deaths linked directly to ...
NPR All Things Considered;  April 20, 2005 ;     699 words ... ... to obesity or being overweight than earlier studies Host: ROBERT SIEGEL Time: 9:00 ... overweight is significantly lower than earlier studies found. But as NPR's Patricia Neighmond ... deaths in this study were lower than in earlier studies. In this study, as expected, obese ...

Article: Second-Home Market Surges, Bigger Than Shown in Earlier ...
U.S. Newswire;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... in 2003. David Lereah, NAR's chief economist, said earlier studies underestimated the number of second-home sales because ... million units. "The lion's share of second-home sales in earlier studies were vacation homes, and previously reported figures for ...

Article: Earlier studies question the value of back belts.
Employee Health & Fitness;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Earlier studies question the value of back belts Much of the literature prior to the UCLA study questioned the effectiveness of back belts in preventing ...

Article: ELITE II, BEST fall short of earlier studies' ...
Formulary;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... failure, who experienced no benefit. The overall lack of a significant treatment effect in BEST is not in keeping with some earlier studies of beta blockers for heart failure. Dr. Eichhorn noted, however, that the results of BEST and prior trials do support ...

Article: Study links short thighs, diabetes risk; 8,738 people: ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  March 8, 2003 ;     607 words ... ... adds to the evidence that growth and development early in life influence the risk of a variety of diseases later on. Earlier studies have found that short people are more prone to heart attacks. In this report, researchers zeroed in on the length of the ...

Article: Sex may cut men's cancer risk Research contradicts earlier ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 7, 2004 ;     573 words ... ... Levine, a urologist at Rush University Medical Center who was not involved in the study, which he called "high quality." Earlier studies found that frequent sex increased the risk of prostate cancer. Some researchers have proposed that testosterone, which ...

Article: Seniors can keep healthy brains by giving them regular workouts ; ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  June 23, 2003 ;     348 words ... ... Herald (Maine) 06-23-2003 Seniors can keep healthy brains by giving them regular workouts ; Researchers have reinforced earlier studies that show stimulation is key to fighting off dementia. Edition: FINAL Section: Editorial Those who are fighting the battle ...