A new state-by-state health analysis in India finds that over two decades heart- and lung-related conditions, as well as other non-communicable diseases (NCDs), have surpassed infectious diseases, such as diarrhea and tuberculosis, ...
Nov 14, 2017
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends 50 years and above instead of 60 to define older people in sub Saharan Africa. This is primarily because of low life expectancy in the region. In addition, people aged 50 and ...
Nov 9, 2017
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Efforts to prevent non communicable diseases (NCDs) are dominated by a simple idea: once you know the causes of a disease you can do effective prevention. So behaviours like eating, consuming alcohol, not taking exercise ...
Oct 13, 2017
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The large number of South Africans with unmet diabetes care highlights the challenges the country faces with rising levels of chronic non-communicable diseases, says a new study led by a Boston University School of Public ...
Oct 2, 2017
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Free personalized online nutritional guidance is being offered by nutritionists as part of a new trial run by the University of Reading.
Sep 13, 2017
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Japan should ban smoking in all public places if it wants to successfully host the Tokyo Olympics and promote tourism, a senior World Health Organization official said Friday.
Apr 7, 2017
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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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Low socioeconomic status is linked to significant reductions in life expectancy and should be considered a major risk factor for ill health and early death in national and global health policies, according to a study of 1.7 ...
Feb 1, 2017
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City life and its modern trappings have brought bad habits to developing African nations that will see more die of chronic illness than infectious diseases by 2030, a study showed Tuesday.
Dec 20, 2016
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Life expectancy worldwide has jumped by a decade since 1980, rising in 2015 to 69 years for men and nearly 75 for women, according to a comprehensive overview of global health released Thursday.
Oct 6, 2016
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