Cancer-related mortality: the advantage of the “oldest-old” and other surprising findings
*This is a guest blog post by Dr. Lee Liu. Dr Liu is Professor of Geography at University of Central Missouri. His current interests include… Read more »
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Temperature increase between neighboring days has a significant adverse impact on mortality
According to the WHO , climate change is expected to cause about 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050. When we think about… Read more »
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To combine or not to combine? Specific vs general self-reported health indicators
In many population surveys, health status is represented either by self-reported specific measures or by single questions… Read more »
Changing patterns in mortality in 25 European countries, 1955-1989
Mortality patterns in Europe after 1990 have been extensively analyzed. Such patterns, however, have not been adequately studied… Read more »
Innovations in health care and mortality trends from 5 cancers in 7 European countries
Although the contribution of health care to survival from cancer has been studied extensively, much less is known about its… Read more »
FREE study: Indicators for quantifying the health impacts of climate change in Canada
Climate change might impact health through temperature changes, extreme weather events, air pollution, as well as through… Read more »
A country divided? Regional variation in mortality in Ukraine
We just published a very interesting study by Adrianna Murphy, Nataliia Levchuk, Andrew Stickley, Bayard Roberts and Martin… Read more »
New article on Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) testing – free access!
Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test is used as a screening test for prostate cancer. Like with other screening methods,… Read more »