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An extensive body of research has documented that people with serious mental illness are at increased risk of mortality in comparison to the general population.

The Society for Epidemiologic Research, or SER, held its annual meeting in Boston, MA this past June 18-21, 2013.

According to Merriam-Webster’s medical dictionary, Spirometry is the measurement by means of a spirometer of the air entering and leaving the lungs.

We recently commented on obesity trends in the US. As we noted there, the CDC provides an online calculator that allows input of weight

This week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)[1] highlighted new mortality rates for children due to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), as shown in the figure below.

Obesity is generally defined as a body mass index greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2. As the units suggest, BMI is calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by the square of height in meters.