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Environmental risks kill 1.7mn kids under 5 a year: WHO
More than one in four deaths in children under five are linked to polluted environments, according to two new World Health Organization reports published Monday.
Mar 6, 2017
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A better name for 'non-communicable diseases'
I came across an interesting read last week in The Lancet. In it, Drs Allen and Feigl make an interesting case for changing how we refer to non-communicable diseases
Feb 9, 2017
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Where you live may determine how you die
(HealthDay)—People along the southern stretch of the Mississippi River are more likely to die from heart problems than anywhere else in the United States.
Dec 13, 2016
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Immunology
Resveratrol can help to reduce inflammation, study finds
A component of red wine and grapes can help control inflammation induced by a bacterial pathogen that is linked to upper respiratory tract inflammatory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) ...
Sep 28, 2016
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High-fiber diet may promote healthy, disease-free aging
(HealthDay)—A diet inclusive of foods rich in fiber may fuel more successful aging, according to research published online June 1 in the Journals of Gerontology.
Jun 25, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pulmonary rehabilitation can improve health for patients with lung disease
Kentucky is well known for basketball and horses. Unfortunately, it is also well known as a "smoker's state" as more than one quarter of all Kentuckians smoke. That translates to poor health: we have the highest rate of ...
Mar 21, 2016
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Using steroids before late preterm delivery reduces neonatal respiratory problems
A multicenter clinical trial led by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and NewYork-Presbyterian has found that the use of corticosteroids in mothers at risk for late preterm delivery significantly reduced ...
Feb 4, 2016
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Inflammatory disorders
Breath of fresh air for asthmatics
People in good health don't usually think about breathing. But for the one in 10 Australians who have asthma and other respiratory diseases, research into inhalable medications to help them breathe more easily could change ...
Aug 18, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Millions of smokers may have undiagnosed lung disease
More than half of long-term smokers and ex-smokers who are considered disease-free because they passed lung-function tests have respiratory-related impairments when more closely evaluated with lung imaging, walking and quality-of-life ...
Jun 22, 2015
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Emerging doctors call for action on global epidemic of non-communicable disease
This week, special guest-bloggers and Australian doctors-in-training, Rebecca Kelly and Tim Martin of the Australian Medical Students' Association, call for greater focus, discussion and action on the world's leading causes ...
May 12, 2015
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