News tagged with industrialised countries


Vets and medical doctors should team up to tackle diseases transmitted from animals to humans, study suggests

A new study at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp analyses the impact of animal brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis (BTB) on animals and people in urban, peri-urban and rural Niger. The World Health Organization ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Implementation of smoke-free legislation reduces the number of acute myocardial infarctions by 11 percent

Researchers participating in the REGICOR Study (Girona Heart Registry), with the participation of IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) from Barcelona, the Josep Trueta Hospital, the Blanes Hospital and IDIAP ...

Health created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Frequent antenatal screening dramatically reduces maternal mortality on Thai-Myanmar border

Frequent antenatal screening has allowed doctors to detect and treat malaria in its early stages on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, dramatically reducing the number of deaths amongst pregnant women.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bile acids may hold clue to treat heart disease

Heart disease is a major cause of death in industrialised countries, and is strongly associated with obesity and diabetes. Many scientists believe that what links these conditions is a chronic, low-grade inflammation. The ...

Cardiology created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Children as young as 10 vomit to lose weight, with highest rates in boys

Children as young as ten are making themselves vomit in order to lose weight and the problem is more common in boys than girls, according to a study of nearly 16,000 school pupils published online early, ahead of print publication, ...

Health created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0