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Editorial: introducing the 2013 volume of Epidemiologic Reviews on Aging.

Occasional reviews Teaching medical students about tobacco

There are around 1.1 thousand million smokers in the world which is approximately one third of the global population who are aged 15 years and over (47% of men and 12% of women). Most smokers live in developing countries (800 million) and most are male (700 million). While smoking rates have decreased in developed countries over the last 13 years, there has been a corresponding 50% increase in ...

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What do Cochrane systematic reviews say about diabetic retinopathy?

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Diabetic retinopathy is a disease caused by increased permeability of retinal vessels. Its incidence and prevalence have been increasing due to urbanization, greater life expectancy and the habits of modern life. Its onset is insidious and it may lead to blindness in 75% of individuals who have been diabetic for more than 20 years. The aim here was to evaluate the evidenc...

Opinion Mining in Online Reviews About Distance Education Programs

The popularity of distance education programs is increasing at a fast pace. En par with this development, online communication in fora, social media and reviewing platforms between students is increasing as well. Exploiting this information to support fellow students or institutions requires to extract the relevant opinions in order to automatically generate reports providing an overview of pro...