what is the meaning of epidemilogy?
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The branch of medicine that deals with the study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations.\n\nEpidemiology, field of medicine concerned with the study of epidemics, outbreaks of disease that affect large numbers of people. Epidemiologists, using sophisticated statistical analyses, field investigations, and complex laboratory techniques, investigate the cause of a disease, its distribution (geographic, ecological, and ethnic), method of spread, and measures for control and prevention. Epidemiological investigations once concentrated on such communicable diseases as tuberculosis, influenza, and cholera, but now also encompass cancer, heart disease, and other diseases affecting large numbers of people.
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The correlation is one of the most common and most useful statistics.  A correlation is a single number that describes the degree of relationship between two variables. [1]\n\nCorrelation implies causation, also known as cum hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin for "with this, therefore because of this") and false cause, is a logical fallacy by which two events that occur together are claimed to be cause and effect. [2]
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psy·cho·so·mat·ic    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (sk-s-mtk)\nadj. \nOf or relating to a disorder having physical symptoms but originating from mental or emotional causes. \nRelating to or concerned with the influence of the mind on the body, and the body on the mind, especially with respect to disease: psychosomatic medicine.
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Pharmacology..because it is more diverse.
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To the other responder, epidemiology has nothing to do with skin diseases, in short, it's the study of the distribution of disease and risk factors in a population.  There are many options as far as career choices with an MPH in epi.  The first thing you should think about is whether you want to get into public health practice, which is essentially working at a health department or research, in which case you could either work in academia at a university or there are careers in private industry and private research corporations, such as U.S. Oncology and Wyle Labs.  The second question you should ask is what type of epi are you most interested in...are you interested in clinical epi and being involved in clinical trials, in which case, there is plenty of opportunity working for pharmaceutical companies.  Or, are you interested in environmental epi, infectious disease epi, cardo epi, reproductive epi, cancer epi, health promotion, are you interested in studying health disparities..this list goes on and on.....\n\nAnyway, there are definitely plenty of opportunities out there, good luck in your studies!
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Yes, you have to understand a lot of Biostatistics.  In a nutshell Biostatistics is the application of statistical techniques to scientific research in health-related fields, including medicine, biology, and public health, and the development of new tools to study these areas. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the field of biostatistics has become an indispensable tool in improving health and reducing illness. Biostatisticians play essential roles in designing studies, analyzing data and creating methods to attack research problems such as :\n\n* the determination of major risk factors for heart disease, lung disease and cancer \n* the testing of new drugs to combat AIDS \n* the evaluation of potential environmental factors harmful to human health, such as tobacco smoke, asbestos or pollutants, etc
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Disease:  A pathological condition of a part, organ, or system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms.\n\nDisorder: An ailment that affects the function of mind or body: eating disorders and substance abuse.
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Incidence refers to how many people are diagnosed with the disease at a particular time. Incidence just includes new cases. Prevalence refers to the total number of people who have the disease, regardless of when they were diagnosed.
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Co-morbidity: the presence of more than one disease.\n\nThe term has been used to describe the overlap of illnesses which tend to occur together.  "Co" means together or jointly.  "Morbidity" refers to disease.  Co-morbidity simply means diseases which occur simultaneously.
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It is a term used in medical studies to describe death from all causes.  This is in contrast to a death from a particular treatment or disease that the study may be looking at.  So a study of a cancer drug may report "one year cancer mortality" and/or "one year all-causes mortality."
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Your question isn't very clear.  Try again.\n\nYou might be thinking of the different approaches that can be taken in descriptive studies and experimental studies.  Descriptive studies look for qualitative and quantitative differences between groups, and can be analyzed using very basic chi-square, analysis of variance, and regression techniques.  Such tests can establish associations and correlations among set of variables, but they cannot be used to evaluate causation, i.e. we could say that A is strongly correlated with B in a certain group, but we cannot say that A causes B or vice-versa.\n\nIn experimental studies, observations are made in such a way that statements about causality can be made, whether the outcome is a disease or a treament for that disease.  Experimental studies should always have at least two arms, one for the intervention or exposed group, and one for the control group.  The results can be analyzed in many different ways, including analysis of variance, multiple regression, logistic regression, proportional hazards models, and life table analysis.  The results permit definite statements about whether or not exposure A is likely to be a cause of disease B, or whether treatment A is more effective, less effective, or no different than treatment B or a placebo.\n\nI hope this helps.
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you mean...PATHOPHYSIOLOGY...??\n\nPathophysiology is the study of the disturbance of normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions that a disease causes, or that which causes the disease. An example, from the field of infectious disease, would be the study of a toxin released by a bacterium, and what that toxin does to the body to cause harm, in cases of sepsis. Another example is the study of the chemical changes that take place in body tissue that is undergoing inflammation.
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Hydrology\n\nHydrology (from Greek: Yδρoλoγια, Yδωρ+Λoγos, Hydrologia, the "study of water") is the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water throughout the Earth.
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I believe epi- means above.  I'd go with that answer. :*)
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that would be a question to address to the Ukrainian department of health or whatever.  no one here will be able to provide that type of statistic to you.  sorry.
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mortality = death\nmorbidity = sickness
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An epidemic is an illness that a lot of people catch, and it can be lots of different things like influenza or polio. Plague is one type of illness, like the black plague, and is also an epidemic if almost everyone catches it.