Recent trends in induced abortions: a global perspective

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Epidemiology of miscarriage

Miscarriages account for about one in six/one in seven pregnancies, and probably over one in five excluding induced abortions, i.e. over 20 million events per year. However, any precise and valid estimate is made difficult by uncertainties in diagnosis, ascertainment, distinction in registration between induced and spontaneous abortions, and certification. These uncertainties vary across geographic region, country and socio-economic status..

Cancer and other alcohol–related diseases in women and men

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Luigi Mangiagalli

Luigi Mangiagalli (1850-1928) is a well known figure and a “founding father” of obstetrics and gynecology in Italy, but less recognized are the wide range implications of his work on a public health and social level. In fact, apart from its surgical, clinical and academic values, all the activities of Mangiagalli had a public health, and hence a political relevance. Thus, when at age 27 hewas named professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Sassari, Sardinia, he not only focused on the improvement of the local obstetrics clinic -when he arrived there were no beds and only a one broken forceps- and the control of puerperal infections, but also to the control of malaria and syphilis in pregnancy

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health, EBPH: a new vision for two old journals

The launch of this new journal, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health (EBPH), enables us to embrace new challenges, and renew our commitment to our readers, our authors and fellow editors, and ultimately to the public health community worldwide. EBPH is an open access journal streaming from two previous journals, one focused on public health (The Italian Journal of Public Health, http://ijphjournal.it/) [1-8], ..

Alcohol and cancer risk, with focus on moderate drinkers

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Mediterranean diet, overweight, cancer risk and sustainable benefits

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A note of thanks

The editors-in-chief, editors, members of the editorial board and publisher of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health wish to express their sincere gratitude to the referees of the articles considered for the 2013 volume of the Journal.  Giuseppe Arbia Fabio Barbone Joana Bastos Stefania Boccia Anna Bossi Silvio Brusaferro Chiara Cadeddu Caterina Caminiti Giovanni Capelli Guido Citoni Gianfranco Damiani Antonio De Belvis Emma De Feo Elisabetta De Vito Chiara de Waure Domitilla Di Thiene Ana Duarte Bruno Federico Monica Ferraroni Alessandra Frustaci Carlotta Galeone Silvano Gallus Maurizio Genuardi Guglielmo Giraldi Maria Rosaria Gualano Carolina Ianuale Farhad Islami Giuseppe La Torre Patrizia Laurenti Laura Lauria Carlo La Vecchia Emanuele Leoncini Alice Mannocci Walter Mazzucco Silvia Miccoli Cristina Montomoli Eva Negri Nicola Nicolotti Caterina Palazzo GianCarlo Paradisi Patrizio Pasqualetti Claudio Pelucchi Brunella Posteraro Delphine Praud Gianluigi Quaranta Luca Sbrogiò Benedetto Simone Giuliana Solinas Maria Lucia Specchia Annamaria Tortorano Fabio Turone Brigid Unim Maria Assunta Veneziano Francesco Vitale Antonella Zambon Alessandro Zanetti