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Frank E. Speizer
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 641
Citations - 140522
Frank E. Speizer is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Relative risk & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 193, co-authored 636 publications receiving 135891 citations. Previous affiliations of Frank E. Speizer include Medical Research Council & Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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Alcohol intake and colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of 8 cohort studies.
Eunyoung Cho,Stephanie A. Smith-Warner,John Ritz,Piet A. van den Brandt,Graham A. Colditz,Aaron R. Folsom,Jo L. Freudenheim,Edward Giovannucci,R. Alexandra Goldbohm,Saxon Graham,Lars Holmberg,Dong Hyun Kim,Nea Malila,Anthony B. Miller,Pirjo Pietinen,Thomas E. Rohan,Thomas A. Sellers,Frank E. Speizer,Walter C. Willett,Alicja Wolk,David J. Hunter +20 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship of total alcohol intake and intake from specific beverages to the incidence of colorectal cancer and evaluated whether other potential risk factors modify the association.
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Menstrual Cycle Irregularity and Risk for Future Cardiovascular Disease
Caren G. Solomon,Frank B. Hu,Andrea Dunaif,Janet E. Rich-Edwards,Meir J. Stampfer,Walter C. Willett,Frank E. Speizer,JoAnn E. Manson,JoAnn E. Manson +8 more
TL;DR: Assessing prospectively the risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke associated with a history of irregular menstrual cycles found increased risks for CHD associated with prior cycle irregularity remained significant after adjustment for body mass index and several potential confounders.
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Intake of Fruits and Vegetables and Risk of Breast Cancer A Pooled Analysis of Cohort Studies
Stephanie A. Smith-Warner,Donna Spiegelman,Shiaw Shyuan Yaun,Hans-Olov Adami,W. Lawrence Beeson,Piet A. van den Brandt,Aaron R. Folsom,Gary E. Fraser,Jo L. Freudenheim,R. Alexandra Goldbohm,Saxon Graham,Anthony B. Miller,John D. Potter,Thomas E. Rohan,Frank E. Speizer,Paolo Toniolo,Walter C. Willett,Alicja Wolk,Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte,David J. Hunter +19 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the association between breast cancer and total and specific fruit and vegetable group intakes using standardized exposure definitions and concluded that fruit and vegetables consumption during adulthood is not significantly associated with reduced breast cancer risk.
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A Prospective Study of Cigarette Smoking and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Women
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the relationship between cigarette smoking and incidence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) among women and found that women who currently smoke 25 or more cigarettes per day had a relative risk (RR) of AMD of 2.4 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.4-4.0) compared with women who never smoked.
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Intake of fish and omega-3 fatty acids and risk of stroke in women.
Hiroyasu Iso,Kathryn M. Rexrode,Meir J. Stampfer,JoAnn E. Manson,Graham A. Colditz,Frank E. Speizer,Charles H. Hennekens,Walter C. Willett +7 more
TL;DR: Higher consumption of fish and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids is associated with a reduced risk of thrombotic infarction, primarily among women who do not take aspirin regularly, but is not related to risk of hemorrhagic stroke.