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CVD prevention can wide...

25th August, 2010
To prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD), primary prevention aims to tackle and reduce the major risk factors that are related to tobacco control and diet. One approach to achieving this reduction is an approach that tackles those at high risk. Usually this involves population screening...
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Urban-rural diabetes ri...

13th May, 2010
A study published in April’s PLoS Medicine has found that the obesity and diabetes epidemic in India is strongly associated with rural–urban migration. The study worked with over 6,500 participants, including both migrants as well their non-migrant, rural relatives. In the case...
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China: largest diabetes...

25th March, 2010
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that the prevalence of diabetes is much higher than previously thought. The survey, of over 46,000 people, found that 10.6% of men and 8.8% women have diabetes, which equates to around 92.4 million cases country-wide...
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Neighbourhood health ri...

08th February, 2010
Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found a driect link between neighbourhood socioeconomic status and risk for type 2 diabetes in African American women. Recent studies indicated that the socioeconomic characteristics of a neighbourhood can...
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Neighbourhood and heart...

31st January, 2010
A study by Yariv Gerber et al. from the Israel Study Group on First Acute Myocardial Infarction has found that neighbourhood socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly associated with long-term survival after myocardial infarction (MI). Patients <65 years of age discharged from eight...
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Public health at climat...

18th December, 2009
Delegations from 192 countries have been in Copenhagen this month for talks aimed at paving the way for a new global treaty on climate change. A side event was held on 17 December by the World Health Organization, bringing experts together to put public health at the heart of the...
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Obesity in urban Africa...

16th December, 2009
A study has found that patterns of obesity and being overweight in urban sub-Saharan Africa are increasing and might reach epidemic proportions in the near future. The increase was higher among the poorest than among the richest. Importantly, there was an increase of 45-50% among...
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NYC bike access...

10th December, 2009
A new bike access law has taken effect in New York City, requiring employers to allow employees to use elevators to bring their bicycles inside to store them. This law was passed to encourage bike commuting by eliminating theft of bikes parked on the street. Encouraging physical forms...
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