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More Than A Third Of Americans Don't Get Enough Sleep
We spend about one-third of our life doing it, but more than one in three Americans still aren’t getting enough sleep, according to a new government report.  In their first study of self-reported sleep length, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 34.8 percent of American adults are getting less than seven hours of sleep -- the minimum length of time adults should sleep in order to reduce risk of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, mental distress, coronary heart disease and early death. In total, an estimated 83.6 million adults in the U.S. are sleep deprived, the CDC repor...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 18, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Social and Medical Determinants of Cardiometabolic Health: The Big Picture.
Authors: Puckrein GA, Egan BM, Howard G Abstract Cardiometabolic diseases, including diabetes and heart disease, account for >12 million years of life lost annually among Black adults in the United States. Health disparities are geographically localized, with ~80% of health disparities occurring within ~6000 (16%) of all 38,000 US ZIP codes. Socio-economic status (SES), behavioral and environmental factors (social determinants) account for ~80% of variance in health outcomes and cluster geographically. Neighborhood SES is inversely associated with prevalent diabetes and hypertension, and Blacks are four times mo...
Source: Ethnicity and Disease - December 19, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ethn Dis Source Type: research

Unemployment in COPD: Results from the BOLD study
Conclusion: There was substantial variation in employment of COPD-patients, but the overall effect of COPD on unemployment was modest when we adjusted for geography, demographic factors and comorbidities.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 30, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Gronseth, R., Erdal, M., Tan, W. C., Gislason, T., Juvekar, S. K., Salvi, S., Koul, P. A., Hafizi, H., Vollmer, W. M., Studnicka, M., Obaseki, D., Buist, A. S., Johannessen, A. Tags: 6.1 Epidemiology Source Type: research

Lessons Learned From Trends in Insufficient Sleep Across the United States
This article originally appeared on the Amerisleep blog. Rosie Osmun is the Creative Content Manager at Amerisleep, a progressive memory foam mattress brand focused on eco-friendly sleep solutions. Rosie writes more posts on the Amerisleep blog about the science of sleep, eco-friendly living, leading a healthy lifestyle and more. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The global impact of non-communicable diseases on macro-economic productivity: a systematic review
Abstract Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have large economic impact at multiple levels. To systematically review the literature investigating the economic impact of NCDs [including coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), cancer (lung, colon, cervical and breast), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD)] on macro-economic productivity. Systematic search, up to November 6th 2014, of medical databases (Medline, Embase and Google Scholar) without language restrictions. To identify additional publications, we searched the reference lists of retriev...
Source: European Journal of Epidemiology - April 3, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Prevalence of coronary heart disease or stroke among workers aged
Abstract Cardiovascular disease accounts for one in three deaths in the United States each year, and coronary heart disease and stroke account for most of those deaths. To try to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched the Million Hearts initiative, promoting proven and effective interventions in communities and clinical settings. In workplace settings, cardiovascular disease can be addressed through a Total Worker Health program, which integrates occupational safety and health protection with health promotion. To identify workers likely to ben...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - August 1, 2014 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Luckhaupt SE, Calvert GM, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research

Awareness of Kidney Disease among US Adults: Findings from the 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
Conclusion: The overall awareness of kidney disease was low in the general population. Efforts are needed to promote the awareness and early detection of kidney disease in public health services and clinical practice. © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel. PMID: 24732234 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Nephrology - April 12, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Li C, Wen XJ, Pavkov ME, Zhao G, Balluz LS, Ford ES, Williams D, Gotway CA Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research

The contribution of diet and lifestyle to socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality
Conclusion: The socioeconomic distribution of diet, smoking and alcohol consumption largely explained the inequalities in CHD and stroke in the Netherlands. These findings need to be considered when developing policies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular diseases.
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - September 3, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Caroline Méjean, Mariël Droomers, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Ivonne Sluijs, Sébastien Czernichow, Diederick E. Grobbee, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Joline W.J. Beulens Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

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