The Epidemiological Signature of an Over Diagnosis Problem

The epidemiological signature of an over diagnosis problem is when you see rising incidents, but without the concomitant increase in severity or a clear reason why only milder forms of disease are on the rise. So just look out for new england journal work by addie addleson, who's a dermitologist in texas,. He suggests that we're not seeing a ultra violet light caused epidemic of skin cancer, but were actually seeing was a problem of over diagnosis.