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CVD prevention can widen inequalities

25 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...

Urban-rural diabetes risk in India

13 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...

China: largest diabetes population

25 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...

Neighbourhood health risk

08 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...

Neighbourhood and heart health

31 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...

Public health at climate talks

18 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...

Obesity in urban Africa

16 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...

NYC bike access

10 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...

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