A recent paper in JAMA Network Open, entitled “Patterns in cancer incidence among people younger than 50 years in the US,” analysed […]
Posts Tagged ‘Epidemiology’
Cholesterol and Breast Cancer
Cholesterol is an organic molecule that has a chequered history and is generally associated with an unhealthy diet. High levels […]
Leadership Matters
Twenty years ago, when the AIDS pandemic was ravaging South Africa, the country’s president, Thabo Mbeki, criticised the scientific consensus that the […]
Launch of a New Journal
The Society of Breast Imaging and Oxford University Press have recently launched the Journal of Breast Imaging (JBI), the first peer-reviewed journal […]
Breast Cancer in China
Three years ago, The Economist Intelligence Unit produced a 96-page report entitled “Breast cancer in Asia: the challenge and response” in which […]
Welch Found Guilty of Plagiarism
Two years ago we featured a paper by Gilbert Welch (seen right, © The Dartmouth Institute) published by the New England Journal […]
Taking the Initiative
Earlier this year the Cancer Research Initiative (CRI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) celebrated its fifth anniversary. The aim of […]
Vitamin D Reduces Breast Cancer Risk
Technically speaking, vitamin D is not actually a vitamin – it is a steroidal hormone – that controls the levels of calcium […]
Night Shifts Can Be Risky
The International Commission on Occupational Health held its triennial congress in Dublin, Ireland two weeks ago, where the opening keynote speaker was […]
Cat Among the Pigeons
Over the past four years we have highlighted the battle between the proponents of mammography – typically radiologists – and […]