Health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are poorly prepared for the increasing number of people with high blood pressure, with more than two-thirds of people affected going without treatment, according ...
Jul 19, 2019
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Greater economic development across Africa in the years ahead could cause its population to grow at an even quicker rate than current projections, according to an important new demographic study released today.
Jul 18, 2019
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People in Europe have the lowest levels of trust in vaccines, according to a global survey of public attitudes toward health and science published Wednesday.
Jun 19, 2019
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Social media use contributing to poor mental health in Indonesia, research has found.
Jun 10, 2019
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Rates of pediatric cancer have been rising since the 1980s; however, this increase varies by age group and cancer type. University of Minnesota researchers studied children under 5 years of age to understand cancer trends ...
Apr 23, 2019
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Motivational text messages are a well-liked, feasible new way to provide additional support to Chinese patients with heart disease, reports a preliminary study by researchers at Yale and in China. However, the study did not ...
Apr 8, 2019
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Getting people involved in community activities like playing games and social events could be a low-cost way to tackle depression in the developing world, according to a study in the Journal of Affective Disorders.
Feb 5, 2019
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President Trump reinstated and expanded the global gag rule with the goal of reducing abortions, but new research suggests the policy could do the opposite. A study by Rutgers University Professor Yana Rodgers finds that ...
Jan 23, 2019
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Bio Farma, Indonesia's national vaccine company, is completing a phase 1 trial of a new rotavirus vaccine invented in Melbourne and has started pilot manufacture of the vaccine. Licencing trials are next, followed hopefully ...
Dec 14, 2018
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Women who do not respond to invitations to attend cervical cancer screening could be sent kits and asked to take their own vaginal samples at home so that samples can be sent to a laboratory for testing, suggests a study ...
Dec 5, 2018
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