Epidemiology, the study of epidemics, is sometimes called the medical aspect of ecology because it is the study of diseases in animal populations, including humans. The epidemiologist is concerned with the interactions of organisms and their...

Throughout human history diseases have played an important role. The black death in Europe in the middle ages is one example, and more recent examples include the flu pandemic of 1918 and 1919 and diseases such as AIDS and various childhood diseases....

Epidemiology is a multidisciplinary enterprise which assesses the causes, natural history and treatment of disease. It originates from the study of epidemics of communicable diseases, but is now much more concerned with chronic disease and health care...

Epidemiology is a term that refers to the techniques and analysis methods that are used to pinpoint the source of an illness. As well, epidemiologists (those who conduct the epidemiological investigations) are concerned with the distribution of the...

Epidemiology is the study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations, and serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. It is considered a cornerstone methodology of...

Buenos Aires, Argentina - Comparing different populations can provide valuable information about the potential risk factors and causes for skin disorders, one expert says. "Practicing dermatologists are interested in learning about what factors can affect the incidence and severity of the skin disorders...

Epidemiological studies report prevalence rates for psychiatric disorders from 9.5 to 370/1000 populations in India. This review critically evaluates the prevalence rate of mental disorders as reported in Indian epidemiological studies. Extensive search of PubMed, NeuroMed and MEDLARS using search terms "psychiatry" and "epidemiology"...

"Critical" (Putnam, 452 pages, $25.95), by Robin Cook: Call him a crusader. Robin Cook writes his thrillers not so much to entertain, but, as he once said in an interview, to "alert the public to medical dangers, to get them interested in an issue before...

Women in Asia are likely to face increased risks of acquiring breast and cervical cancers in a region where screening and treatment remain too expensive for most, cancer specialists said Sunday.Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer attacking women in Asia, followed by...