The practice of global cartographic representation of diseases dates from the first third of the nineteenth century, that is, from a time when, in the context of largescale exploration of the physical world, naturalists such as Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) devised the conceptual means for such visual representation, namely, the technique of isotherms.' By means of these, a coherent, geogr...

In the course of the nineteenth century, medical thinking took a significant spatial turn. This manifested itself in, among other things, the development of medical cartography. The geographic location, the contours of distribution and the connections with the physical environment of particular diseases were for the first time indicated on maps. On the basis of such cartographic visualizations,...

The United States (US) has a large correctional population. However, many incarcerated persons lack access to evidence-based, up-to-date medical care, particularly by subspecialty providers, due to limitations of geography, travel, cost and other resources. The use of telehealth technologies can remove these barriers, increasing access to high quality, multidisciplinary care. Studies have shown...

1 Institute for Meteorology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria 2 Institute for Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 3 Division for Biomedical Physics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria 4 Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland 5 Division for Medical Physics and Biostatist...

Occupational Health Program and Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Department of Biostatistics, and Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health; Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Geography, National Changhua University of...

Occupational Health Program and Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Department of Biostatistics, and Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health; Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Geography, National Changhua University of...

OBJECTIVE There is a worldwide shortage of doctors, which is true in most countries and on most continents. To enumerate the number of medical schools in the world at two different times, showing the trends and relating this to population is a beginning. The number is actually going up and has done so for some time; this has increased the supply of physicians and broadened healthcare delivery. ...