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Cardiovascular disease causing increasing inequity between rich and poor

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created Dec 02, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new paper released today by The George Institute for International Health is warning a cardiovascular disease based epidemic is gaining pace among many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), exemplified at its worst in ...


NTDs burden in Latin America and the Caribbean may exceed that of HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria

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created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

According to a new analysis published September 24th in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, "The Neglected Tropical Diseases of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of Disease Burden and Distri ...





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Liver disease responsible for most alcohol-related illness and deaths

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Liver disease is the most prevalent cause of alcohol-related deaths, followed by car accidents and cancer, according to new research conducted in Portugal and presented today at EASL 2009, the Annual Meeting of the European ...


More Men Die from COPD Compared to Women

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created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Men across the Asia-Pacific region have consistently higher mortality and hospitalization rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than corresponding rates for women in the region.


Estrogen therapy could be dangerous for women with existing heart risk

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created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hormone therapy could accentuate certain pre-existing heart disease risk factors and a heart health evaluation should become the norm when considering estrogen replacement, new research suggests.


Estrogen therapy could be dangerous for women with existing heart risk

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created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hormone therapy could accentuate certain pre-existing heart disease risk factors and a heart health evaluation should become the norm when considering estrogen replacement, new research suggests.


What proportion of psychotic illness is due to cannabis?

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (11) | comments 12

In this week's PLoS Medicine, a team of researchers from Australia and the US, led by Louisa Degenhardt at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, makes the case for estimating the role that cannabis has worldwide as a r ...


More pills, less quality of life for kidney patients

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The more pills a dialysis patients takes, the worse their health-related quality of life, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findin ...


New analysis details devastating toll of neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa

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created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An analysis published August 25 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases sheds new light on the toll that neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) take on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with an estimated 500 millio ...


Journal special edition outlines rotavirus burden and need for vaccines

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Journal of Infectious Diseases has released a special edition, Global Rotavirus Surveillance: Preparing for the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccines. This special edition provides a significant contribution to the unders ...


Study reviews health risks, economic burden of migraine

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created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study published in Value in Health reviews the economic burden of migraine in the U.S. and recent clinical findings of the health risks of this neurological condition. This study traces the history of economic articl ...


SAfrica to limit trans fats as heart disease rises

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- South Africa's health department says it will draft regulations aimed at reducing the trans fats South Africans consume.



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