Epidemiology

A medical education video on the topic of hypertension. Visit our companion website at www.finalgraft.com. This video includes epidemiology, aetiology, patho...  

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chantal Guimont. Chantal is a Family Doctor who works in a in a mixed pediatric and adults tertiary care center in Quebec City. She has a PhD in epidemiology and is on faculty at Laval University.  

In a cross-sectional manuscript analysis, David Moher and colleagues score the prevalence, quality of conduct and completeness of reporting among systematic reviews published across medical disciplines in 2014.  

MedEducation - Your Gate for Public Health , Epidemiology and Infection Control  

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Spring 2016 Conference: Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from SHEA 2016.  

More evidence of a link between children’s surroundings and their risk of developing cancer later in life is shown in a new report published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.1  

More evidence of a link between children’s surroundings and their risk of developing cancer later in life is shown in a new report published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.1  

More evidence of a link between children’s surroundings and their risk of developing cancer later in life is shown in a new report published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.1  

A step-by-step approach for choosing an appropriate statistical test for data analysis.  

Abstract and Introduction: The epidemiology of influenza A(H7N9) human infections has been changing across 3 epidemic waves, with increasing severity of human infections and hospitalized cases.  

Easily understand the concepts of SENSITIVITY and SPECIFICITY! These two words can be confusing when you are first learning the basics of biostatistics.  

This study indicates that the incidence of AKI not requiring dialysis has increased in England by more than twelve fold since 1998. What's the possible explanation?  

Otis Webb Brawley, chief medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society and professor of oncology and epidemiology at Emory University, is a trailblazer. He has faced fierce criticism at times for his seemingly radical views, yet he has also won over many doctors, professional associations, and members of the public, who now embrace those views. It hasn’t always been easy going.  

Otis Webb Brawley, chief medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society and professor of oncology and epidemiology at Emory University, is a trailblazer. He has faced fierce criticism at times for his seemingly radical views, yet he has also won over many doctors, professional associations, and members of the public, who now embrace those views. It hasn’t always been easy going.  

The first session of the project, a collaboration between the Grand Union Orchestra, Community Music (an organisation encouraging children to get involved in digital music), and the epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani, was held on 23 April in London. Musicians and …  

Otis Webb Brawley, chief medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society and professor of oncology and epidemiology at Emory University, is a trailblazer. He has faced fierce criticism at times for his seemingly radical views, yet he has also won over many doctors, professional associations, and members of the public, who now embrace those views. It hasn’t always been easy going.  

Suzi Gage: Today is the bicentenary of the birth of John Snow, the physician who worked out how cholera is transmitted. He is often called the father of epidemiology, but would he recognise the field today?  

Walsh M, Srinathan SK, McAuley DF, et al. The statistical significance of randomized controlled trial results is frequently fragile: a case for a Fragility Index. Journal of clinical epidemiology. 67(6):622-8. 2014. [pubmed]  

Pediatric coccidioidomycosis cases and hospitalizations have increased in California since 2000. More awareness and research is needed to decrease the burden of this fungal disease.  

American Heart Association Epidemiology and Prevention - Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health (EPI-Lifestyle) 2016 Scientific Sessions: Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from EPI-Lifestyle 2016.