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Nine years after the World Health Organization adopted a global strategy on diet, physical activity, and health to address risk factors for chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes (referred to internationally as noncommunicable diseases), only a few low-and middle-income countries have implemented robust national policies to help prevent such diseases, according to a study by international researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-low-and-middle-income-countries-prioritize-noncommunicable.html Health Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:02:54 EST news290188948 They may appear to be a sweet treat, but a new study from researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, has revealed the high level of salt in many biscuits. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-reveals-high-salt-biscuits.html Health Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:30:01 EST news289642659 It is entirely possible to reduce the salt content in a range of foods by up to 30% without reducing the taste. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-salt-food.html Health Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:10:01 EST news289464218 (Medical Xpress)—International researchers are studying the salt intake of Indian adults to provide vital new data to aid the development of a national salt reduction strategy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-salt-consumption-india-population-based-efforts.html Health Tue, 21 May 2013 06:30:07 EST news288334609 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have cut through conflicting advice about salt consumption by demonstrating that each person has a "personal salt index," an upper limit on daily salt consumption for good health. In addition, they have developed a test to determine that level – and to identify people who should consume more salt. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-diagnostic-person-optimal-salt-intake.html Health Wed, 01 May 2013 06:34:21 EST news286608850 Cutting down on salt and, at the same time, increasing levels of potassium in our diet will have major health and cost benefits across the world, according to studies published in BMJ today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-salt-potassium-major-global-health.html Health Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news284317431 A new smart phone app that helps patients manage heart disease and stay out of the hospital has been developed by a team led by a Rutgers–Camden nursing student. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-app-heart-disease.html Cardiology Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:35:18 EST news284031308 The love affair between U.S. residents and salt is making us sick: high sodium intake increases blood pressure, and leads to higher rates of heart attack and strokes. Nonetheless, Americans continue to ingest far higher amounts of sodium than those recommended by physicians and national guidelines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-america-salt-habit.html Health Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:04:54 EST news283680288 Many Canadians are concerned about dietary sodium and welcome government intervention to reduce sodium intake through a variety of measures, including lowering sodium in food, and education and awareness, according to a national survey. The top barriers to limiting sodium intake are a lack of lower sodium packaged and processed foods and lower sodium restaurant menu options. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-canadians-interventions-dietary-salt.html Health Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:01 EST news282333162 (Medical Xpress)—A newly published study has found that it would be relatively easy for New Zealanders to reach recommended levels of lower salt intake to reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke and stomach cancer. This is even if some meals have occasional high salt ingredients such as sausages or other processed foods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-lowering-salt-intake-diets-important.html Health Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:30:01 EST news282208595 Three top priority cost-effective interventions to counter non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are recommended as essential for health policy by an Auckland researcher in a recent paper published in the medical journal, the Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cost-effective-interventions-early-deaths-chronic.html Health Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:20:01 EST news280143141 (HealthDay)—Risk factors for chronic disease seem to be common in Vietnam, and include high blood pressure, increasing overweight and obesity, tobacco and alcohol use, and inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Preventing Chronic Disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-factors-chronic-disease-vietnam.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:20:01 EST news279175134 The number of people in England adding salt to food at the table fell by more than a quarter in the five years following a national campaign, according to research published in the British Journal of Nutrition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-people-adding-salt-table.html Health Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:23:06 EST news278590935 Clinical pharmacologist Jens Titze, M.D., knew he had a one-of-a-kind scientific opportunity: the Russians were going to simulate a flight to Mars, and he was invited to study the participating cosmonauts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-simulated-mars-mission-reveals-body.html Medical research Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:00:08 EST news276861989 People from low socio-economic positions in Britain eat more salt than the well off, irrespective of where they live, states a paper led by Warwick Medical School published on Tuesday in the BMJ Open journal . http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-high-salt-intake-linked-social.html Health Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:00:05 EST news276775176 (HealthDay)—Children who eat a lot of salty food also tend to down more sugary drinks—which, in turn, might be related to their risk of obesity, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-kids-salt-intake-affect-weight.html Pediatrics Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:30:01 EST news274357780 (Medical Xpress)—Medical organizations that make race-based recommendations are misleading some patients about health risks while reinforcing harmful notions about race, argues a Michigan State University professor in a new paper published in the journal Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-medical-scholar.html Health Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:55:58 EST news270226524 (Medical Xpress)— Deakin University study has found seven in ten children are eating more than the recommended upper limit of salt each day, putting their health at serious risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-children-daily-salt-limit.html Health Mon, 08 Oct 2012 08:19:05 EST news268903115 Agreement by governments, by the end of 2012, on a set of ambitious global targets to curb the growing scourge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which includes cardiovascular disease (CVD; heart disease and stroke), is critical to avoiding the millions of premature deaths worldwide. This, according to a new paper published by the Global Cardiovascular Disease Taskforce a group of eminent experts who represent five leading heart-health organizations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-cardiovascular-disease-tougher-curb-global.html Cardiology Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:40:05 EST news267169199 (AP)—American children eat as much salt as adults—about 1,000 milligrams too much, or the same amount as in just one McDonald's Big Mac hamburger. Extra salt is linked with higher blood pressure, even in kids, but government research says those who are overweight and obese may be most vulnerable to its effects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-kids-salt.html Health Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:24:01 EST news267085432 High blood pressure is responsible for many cardiovascular diseases that are the leading cause of death in industrialized countries. High salt intake has long been considered a risk factor, but not every type of high blood pressure is associated with high salt intake. This has puzzled scientists for a long time. However, new findings by Professor Jens Titze (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA and the University of Erlangen) now point to previously unknown mechanisms. Accordingly, the skin and the immune system play an important role in the regulation of the sodium balance and hypertension, as he reported at the 1st ECRC "Franz-Volhard" Symposium of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin on September 7, 2012 in Berlin-Buch. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-skin-immune-salt-storage-blood.html Medical research Sat, 08 Sep 2012 04:41:05 EST news266298058 Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day doubles the risk of a potentially fatal brain bleed as a result of a burst aneurysm, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-smokers-aneurysm.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:30:05 EST news265479387 If you've consulted with a nutrition educator about how best to lose weight or manage your diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol, you may not have learned as much as you could have, said a University of Illinois professor of nutrition extension. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-professor-tool-dietitians-info-clients.html Health Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:51:18 EST news262965066 Lifestyle behaviour in adolescents may adversely affect blood pressure and cardiovascular risk in adulthood, according to results from a large pregnancy follow-up study in Australia. In particular, alcohol consumption among boys, use of the Pill among girls, and high salt intake and increasing body mass index (BMI) in both sexes were important factors linked to blood pressure levels in late adolescence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-oral-contraceptive-girls-alcohol-consumption.html Cardiology Wed, 11 Jul 2012 07:32:11 EST news261210718 (HealthDay) -- Teen girls who use birth control pills and teen boys who drink alcohol are at increased risk for elevated blood pressure, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-teens-lifestyle-choices-affect-blood.html Cardiology Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:50:01 EST news261131227 "The South African government should develop a plan to make healthy foods such as fruit, vegetables, and whole grain cereals more available, affordable, and acceptable, and non-essential, high-calorie, nutrient-poor products, including soft drinks and some packaged foods and snacks, less available, more costly, and less appealing to the South African population," write international health experts in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-south-african-big-food-corporations.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:00:06 EST news260553049 An ancient heart drug that's inspired the work of herbalists and poets for centuries may treat a condition that plagues millions of overstressed and overweight Americans today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-ancient-heart-drug-body-mechanisms.html Medications Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:58:00 EST news258897461 Salt levels vary significantly in the fast foods sold by six major companies in various developed countries, which suggests that technical issues, often cited as barriers to salt reduction initiatives, are not the issue, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-salt-fast-food-vary-significantly.html Health Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:50:18 EST news253799410 The life expectancy of a person born in Japan is among the highest in the world (82.9 years) yet tobacco smoking and high blood pressure are still the major risk factors for death among adults in Japan, emphasizing the need to reduce tobacco smoking and to improve ongoing programs designed to help people manage multiple cardiovascular risk factors, including high blood pressure, according to a study published in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-tobacco-high-blood-pressure-biggest.html Addiction Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:00:02 EST news246643765 Salt policy makers in the Netherlands are consuming more than the average daily recommended salt intake of 6 grams in one hot meal at their work canteens, finds a study in the Christmas issue published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-salt-policy-makers.html Health Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:30:02 EST news243622099