Editorial overview: Sports endocrinology

Endocrinology and Women’s Sports: the Diagnosis Matters

The participation of women in sports, and in particular elite sports, is a relatively recent phenomenon starting at the turn of the twentieth century. Shortly after the establishment of women’s competitions in the Olympic Games, a few participants who were later found to be biologically male competed in these events. These instances led to efforts to police the entry criteria to the women’s eve...

Editorial: Trends in Comparative Endocrinology and Neurobiology

Editorial overview.

Editorial overview

Computational analysis tools and decision support systems have increased their penetration in the support of clinical processes and management of medical data and knowledge. Applications range from adjunct tools for diagnosis and disease investigation to the treatment and monitoring of therapeutic procedures. As all medical fields, the field of oncology is affected. This special issue includes ...

Overview of the epidemiologic research: Editorial Guidelines

Epidemiology can be considered as a very old science. For example, John Graunt, a statistician, published Natural and Political Observations. In the Bills of Mortality in 1662, he analyzed the mortality rolls in London before the Great Plague, presented one of the first life tables, and reported time trends for many diseases. He provided statist...