Health
Poorer patients face malnutrition risk
Patients with chronic lung disease living in deprived areas are more likely to be malnourished than those from wealthier postcodes, a QUT study has found.
Nov 16, 2016
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Genetics
New research on body parts' sensitivity to environmental changes
Research by a team of Michigan State University scientists has shed new light on why some body parts are more sensitive to environmental change than others, work that could someday lead to better ways of treating a variety ...
Nov 21, 2011
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Medical research
Child malnutrition monitoring in Mauritius transformed with mobile technology
Child malnutrition in Mauritius, and across Sub-Saharan Africa, could be monitored more accurately and quickly, thanks to simple mobile-based data collection forms, according to new research by the University of Warwick, ...
Dec 9, 2019
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Health
Chinese people spend a greater proportion of their lives in good health than people in other G20 countries
However, the incidence of stroke, ischaemic heart disease, road injury, diabetes, and some cancers all increased in incidence during the same period, and poor diet, tobacco use, and high blood pressure all now present substantial ...
Jun 6, 2013
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Health
Researchers investigate long-term outcomes after severe childhood malnutrition
New findings from one of the few studies reporting long-term health outcomes for children with severe malnutrition were published on February 15, 2024, in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. The paper is titled "Long-term ...
Feb 16, 2024
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HIV & AIDS
Malnutrition decreases effectiveness of HIV treatment in pregnant African women
In Uganda the prescription of three antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, which aim to suppress the virus to prevent disease progression, have resulted in huge reductions in HIV mortality rates. However, disease is not the only scourge ...
Feb 18, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Study finds HIV/AIDS funding does not undermine health care services for other diseases
While the battle against HIV/AIDS attracts more donor funding globally than all other diseases combined, it has not diverted attention from fighting unrelated afflictions -- such as malaria, measles and malnutrition -- and ...
May 3, 2012
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Health
Calls for malnutrition screening for at-risk elderly
New Massey University research highlights the importance of screening for risk of malnutrition among older people as a preventative health measure.
Oct 5, 2017
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Health
Nepal's child malnutrition 'silent emergency'
Padma Biswokarma covers her young son with a blanket as she breastfeeds, a broad smile spreading across her face.
Jan 5, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Co-infection with two common gut pathogens worsens malnutrition in mice
Two gut pathogens commonly found in malnourished children combine to worsen malnutrition and impair growth in laboratory mice, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens.
Jul 27, 2017
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