Health
Diabetes reflects Auckland's health inequities
Residents of South Auckland are nearly two times more likely to suffer from diabetes than those who live 25 kilometres across Auckland in the North Shore.
Jun 10, 2016
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Global epidemic of diabetes threatens to jeopardise further progress in tuberculosis control
The rapid increase in rates of type 2 diabetes* in low- and middle-income countries where tuberculosis (TB) is endemic could hamper global efforts to control and eliminate TB, according to a new three-part Series about TB ...
Sep 4, 2014
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Heavy moms-to-be at greater risk of C-section
Researchers from Norway found that women with a pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) of 40 had an increased risk of vacuum extraction delivery or Cesarean section (C-section). Findings that appear in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica ...
Mar 5, 2013
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Increase in proportion of livers not used for transplantation
(HealthDay)—The proportion of livers not used for transplantation is increasing, with the primary causes being donation after cardiac death (DCD), older donor age, greater body mass index (BMI), and increasing diabetes ...
Jan 22, 2013
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Diabetes
New study shines light on barriers to diabetes care in NYC Bangladeshi community
A new research survey conducted by the Center for the Study of Asian American Health at NYU Langone Medical Center shows the Bangladeshi community in New York City experiences numerous barriers to diabetes care because of ...
Mar 14, 2012
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Health
New research identifies differences in metabolic disease markers in healthy, obese 7-to-9-year-olds
Research led by Dr. Melinda Sothern, Professor of Public Health and Jim Finks Endowed Chair in Health Promotion at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that obese 7-9-year-old children had nearly three times ...
Aug 25, 2011
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