Grandmothers play key role in mother and child nutrition and health in...
Grandmothers and other senior female family members should play a key role in nutrition and health programmes for children and women in non-Western societies. However, they are often overlooked by...
View ArticlePre-pregnancy micronutrient exposure associated with gene modifications in...
Micronutrients affect methylation, which has been associated with changes in the immune system The offspring of women who were given micronutrient supplements (minerals needed in small quantities,...
View ArticleHow the poor are being exploited by the growing market for human organs
A Michigan State University anthropologist who spent more than a year infiltrating the black market for human kidneys has published the first in-depth study describing the often horrific experiences...
View ArticleStarvation linked to greater risk of cardiac complications
Russians born during the Leningrad Siege in World War II, which was responsible for some of the greatest losses of civilian life in history, are giving scientists new strategies to identify people who...
View ArticleScreening programs detect cases of undiagnosed rheumatic heart disease in...
Dubai (21 April 2012): Widespread screening of children in poorer countries is now being studied and is resulting in the diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in patients that would likely have...
View Article2 top risk factors for people 50-plus worldwide are not what you think: US...
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Health levels varied greatly among people 50 and older in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa, but hypertension and arthritis were...
View ArticleTurning food waste into hunger solutions with technology called Gratitude
Experts at the University of Greenwich’s Natural Resources Institute are heading up a food technology project to help millions of people in some of the world’s poorest regions. Over the next three...
View ArticleWhy open-fire cooking may affect child cognitive development
Children exposed to open-fire cooking in developing countries experience difficulty with memory, problem-solving and social skills, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside...
View ArticleUN strengthens regulations on melamine, seafood, melons, dried figs and...
4 July 2012 | Rome - The UN food standards body has agreed on new regulations – including the maximum level of melamine in liquid milk formula for babies – to protect the health of consumers across...
View ArticleAnimal-borne disease is heavy burden for 1 billion of world’s poor
NAIROBI, KENYA (5 July 2012)—A new global study mapping human-animal diseases like tuberculosis (TB) and Rift Valley fever finds that an “unlucky” 13 zoonoses are responsible for 2.4 billion cases of...
View ArticleChildren with disabilities more likely to experience violence
Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than non-disabled children, according to a review commissioned by WHO and published today in the medical journal The...
View Article‘Global pandemic’ of physical inactivity needs immediate action, says researcher
Newswise — HOUSTON – (July 18, 2012) – The high prevalence and consequences of physical inactivity should be recognized as a global pandemic, according to a new publication by Harold W. Kohl, III,...
View ArticleHalf of CVD deaths avoidable with taxation, regulation, says EU group
Up to 50% of deaths from cardiovascular disease in Europe could be avoided by implementing population level changes such as taxation and regulation of advertising. Population level prevention will...
View ArticleGlobal ‘sleeplessness epidemic’ affects an estimated 150 million in...
Levels of sleep problems in the developing world are approaching those seen in developed nations, linked to an increase in problems like depression and anxiety. According to the first ever pan-African...
View ArticleSimple new test to combat counterfeit drug problem in developing countries
In a thrust against the major problem of counterfeit medicines sold in developing countries, which causes thousands of illnesses and deaths annually, scientists today described development of a...
View ArticleAre restrictions to scientific research costing lives?
London, UK (05 September 2012) – In ‘Censors on Campus’, Index on Censorship asks whether lives might be saved by making vital research freely available. As malaria expert Bart Knols argues, in some...
View ArticleGlobal diabetes projections much higher than previously thought
Half of all people of South Asian, African and African Caribbean descent will develop diabetes by age 80 according to a new study published today. The study is the first to reveal the full extent of...
View ArticleSARS-like coronavirus: a WHO update
As of 25 September 2012, no additional cases of acute respiratory syndrome with renal failure due to infection with a novel coronavirus have been reported to WHO. WHO is continuing investigations into...
View ArticleDiabetes is out of control globally
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM–(Marketwire – Nov. 14, 2012) - New estimates released by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) today to mark World Diabetes Day 2012 show that 371 million people have diabetes...
View ArticleShould the world’s poor remain unhealthy because their governments won’t do...
Proposed funding cuts within the international body responsible for tobacco control will leave the world’s poorest countries more vulnerable to smoking-related diseases, a study suggests. As many as...
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