Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test is used as a screening test for prostate cancer. Like with other screening methods, however, its is controversial and according to the CDC “currently, there is not enough evidence to decide if the potential benefits of prostate cancer screening outweigh the potential risks”. It is, therefore, very important that results from… Read more »
1Let’s say someone asked you to collect everything you plan to eat and drink today and take a picture. How would that look like? And what difference would your age, ethnicity, occupation, education, social class would make on how the picture would look like? The NY times reports on a very interesting project : Peter… Read more »
The International Journal of Public Health is very much interested in work relating to socioeconomic inequalities in health. In the past, we have published a themed issue on that subject, while relevant papers appear regularly in our pages, reporting both on research results and methodological issues (example of the latter here). Roma is a population… Read more »
A Symposium on “Regional Differences in Health and Health Care. What There is to Learn”, will be held on 16 November 2011 in the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern (in German and French). All interested persons are invited to celebrate the 10th Birthday of the Swiss Health Observatory Obsan. Admission is free and on a… Read more »
