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Scott T. Weiss

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Verified email at channing.harvard.edu
Cited by 114925

Obesity and asthma

DA Beuther, ST Weiss, ER Sutherland - American journal of …, 2006 - atsjournals.org
Asthma and obesity are prevalent disorders, each with a significant public health impact,
and a large and growing body of literature suggests an association between the two. The …

Is vitamin D deficiency to blame for the asthma epidemic?

AA Litonjua, ST Weiss - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2007 - Elsevier
In the 1960s, the prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases began to increase worldwide.
Currently, the burden of the disease is more than 300 million people affected. We …

Anxiety and coronary heart disease: a synthesis of epidemiological, psychological, and experimental evidence

LD Kubzansky, I Kawachi, ST Weiss… - Annals of Behavioral …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
The purpose of this review is to examine the epidemiological, psychological, and experimental
evidence for an association between anxiety and coronary heart disease (CHD). Papers …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study

…, CJ Steves, MI Tiirikainen, ST Weiss… - The Lancet Public …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Data for front-line health-care workers and risk of COVID-19 are limited. We
sought to assess risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers compared with the …

Worldwide severity and control of asthma in children and adults: the global asthma insights and reality surveys

…, JB Soriano, PA Vermeire, KB Weiss, ST Weiss - Journal of Allergy and …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In 1995, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines recommended
goals for the management of asthma, which were updated in 2002. However, there are no …

The Salmeterol Multicenter Asthma Research Trial: a comparison of usual pharmacotherapy for asthma or usual pharmacotherapy plus salmeterol

HS Nelson, ST Weiss, ER Bleecker, SW Yancey… - Chest, 2006 - Elsevier
Weiss is a consultant for GlaxoSmithKline, and was also a member of the MMRC for this
study. Dr. Bleecker is a consultant, speaker, and recipient of research grants from …

Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes

…, S Redline, BM Psaty, EK Silverman, ST Weiss… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Age is the dominant risk factor for most chronic human diseases, but the mechanisms
through which ageing confers this risk are largely unknown 1 . The age-related acquisition of …

Prospective study of body mass index, weight change, and risk of adult-onset asthma in women

CA Camargo, ST Weiss, S Zhang… - Archives of internal …, 1999 - jamanetwork.com
Background Obesity and asthma are common disorders, and their prevalence rates continue
to rise. Although individuals with asthma may gain weight as a result of activity limitations, …

Symptoms of anxiety and risk of coronary heart disease. The Normative Aging Study.

I Kawachi, D Sparrow, PS Vokonas, ST Weiss - Circulation, 1994 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND Several studies have suggested an increased risk of fatal coronary heart
disease (CHD) among patients with panic disorder, phobic anxiety, and other anxiety disorders…

[HTML][HTML] Maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of recurrent wheeze in children at 3 y of age

…, AA Litonjua, JW Rich-Edwards, ST Weiss… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Background:Vitamin D deficiency and asthma are common at higher latitudes. Although
vitamin D has important immunologic effects, its relation with asthma is unknown. Objective:We …