Recent epidemiological research published in the British Journal of Cancer points to the fact that as many as 40% of cancers in the UK are directly attributable to potentially modifiable lifestyle factors. In a report published by Cancer Research UK, as expected,...

Although the long term impact on smoking – particularly on heart health and a range of cancers – has been known for decades, recent research shows that smoking is capable of causing damage to the body in minutes, not just years. According to this report,...

An International Conference on Prehypertension and Cardio Metabolic Syndrome is being held in Vienna on 24-27 February 2011. The focus of the conference is broad, examining the public-health impact, identification, etiology and pathogenesis of prehypertension as...

The main message of this year’s World Stroke Day is that ‘everyone can do something about stroke’. More information can be found at http://www.world-stroke.org/wsd/ Individuals can: Find out their stroke risk Check or review their lifestyle Measure their...

 The National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling is predicting that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes will almost double in the next 40 years to 1.6 million people – by which time the disease will be costing Aus$14 billion per year. Complications arising...

China ratified the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2006, but Vice Health Minister Huang Jiefu recently admitted that China is making only ‘slow progress’ in implementing it. Tobacco output has increased by 18.4% between 2004 and 2008, with the tobacco...