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Prevalence and associated factors of self-reported ischaemic heart disease and/or stroke: a cross-sectional nationally representative community-based study of adults in Malawi in 2017
Conclusions Almost 1 in 10 women and 1 in 20 men aged 18–69 years had IHD and/or stroke in Malawi. Several risk and protective factors were found that can be targeted in population health interventions.
Source: BMJ Open - September 23, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pengpid, S., Peltzer, K. Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine Source Type: research

Voluntary Unemployment Is Associated With Increased Prevalence of Stroke and its Risk Factors in Middle-Aged Adults
Conclusions We found higher chances of stroke among the voluntarily unemployed middle-aged adults, presumably because of increased prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity.
Source: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - November 1, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Tags: ONLINE-ONLY: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research

Association of Ambient Air Pollution with Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Older Adults: Results from the NSHAP Study
Conclusion: PM2.5 was associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms, with associations the strongest among individuals with lower SES or among those with certain health-related characteristics. Citation: Pun VC, Manjourides J, Suh H. 2017. Association of ambient air pollution with depressive and anxiety symptoms in older adults: results from the NSHAP study. Environ Health Perspect 125:342–348; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP494 Address correspondence to H. Suh, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02153 USA. Telephone: (617) 627-2941. Email: Helen.Suh@tufts.edu We acknowl...
Source: EHP Research - March 1, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Research Articles March 2017 Source Type: research

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

Long-Term Exposure to Transportation Noise in Relation to Development of Obesity —a Cohort Study
Conclusion: Our results link transportation noise exposure to development of obesity and suggest that combined exposure from different sources may be particularly harmful. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1910 Received: 17 March 2017 Revised: 5 October 2017 Accepted: 9 October 2017 Published: 20 November 2017 Address correspondence to A. Pyko, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. Telephone: 46(0) 852487561. Email: Andrei.pyko@ki.se Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1910). The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing fina...
Source: EHP Research - November 20, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research

Clinical correlates of obesity in an inner-city adult medicine clinic.
In conclusion, obesity was associated with many diseases, as well as with healthcare utilization, unemployment and disability in this predominantly minority inner-city population. PMID: 23691735 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Connecticut Medicine - April 1, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Yassir S, Chopra R, Roush G Tags: Conn Med Source Type: research

The overall health and risk factor profile of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants from the 45 and up study
Conclusions: Aboriginal participants from the 45 and Up Study experience greater levels of disadvantage and have greater health needs (including physical disability and psychological distress) compared to non-Aboriginal participants. The study highlights the need to address the social determinants of health in Australia and to provide appropriate mental health services and disability support for older Aboriginal people.
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - July 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lina GubhajuBridgette McNamaraEmily BanksGrace JoshyBeverley RaphaelAnna WilliamsonSandra Eades Source Type: research

The Best (And Worst) Areas In The Country For Sleep
We know Americans aren't getting the requisite 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night that the National Sleep Foundation recommends. But some areas of the country are in much worse shape than others. A study published in the September issue of the journal Sleep Health analyzed data from 2,231 U.S. counties, deeming 84 of them "sleep hotspots," or areas with high levels of insufficient sleep. Appalachia stood out as a major hub for sleep deprivation, with the top 17 counties with the highest sleep deprivation rates (15 of them with reporting extremely high levels of poor sleep). "This area is a hotspot for...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 13, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

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

Abstract B16: Comparing heart age among Alabama residents with and without a history of cancer
Conclusion: Among the sample of 8,153 Alabama residents, cancer survivors have significantly higher heart age score, suggestive of greater risk for developing cardiovascular disease than residents with no history of cancer. Additional analyses will include exploring decision tree and logistic regression models to predict cancer diagnosis. Disparities in race, age, socioeconomic status, and geographic locations will be explored. Future research includes developing interventions to reduce the cardiovascular risk among cancer survivors.Acknowledgments: This study was approved by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Institu...
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - February 4, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Bui, J., Raju, D., Landier, W., Kenzik, K., Scarabelli, T., Meneses, K. Tags: Novel Technologies: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research

Psychosis Polyrisk Score (PPS) for the Detection of Individuals At-Risk and the Prediction of Their Outcomes
Conclusions The combination of risk/protective factors encompassing genetic (PRS) and non-genetic information (PPS) holds promise for overcoming the epidemiological weakness of the CHR-P paradigm. The PPS conceptually and empirically developed here will facilitate future research in this field and hopefully advance our ability to detect individuals at-risk for psychosis and forecast their clinical outcomes. Ethics Statement This study was supported by the King's College London Confidence in Concept award from the Medical Research Council (MRC) (MC_PC_16048) to PF-P. This study also represents independent researc...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - April 16, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Vital Signs: Estimated Proportion of Adult Health Problems Attributable to Adverse Childhood Experiences and Implications for Prevention - 25 States, 2015-2017.
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE: Efforts that prevent adverse childhood experiences could also potentially prevent adult chronic conditions, depression, health risk behaviors, and negative socioeconomic outcomes. States can use comprehensive public health approaches derived from the best available evidence to prevent childhood adversity before it begins. By creating the conditions for healthy communities and focusing on primary prevention, it is possible to reduce risk for adverse childhood experiences while also mitigating consequences for those already affected by these experiences. PMID: 316...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - November 7, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Merrick MT, Ford DC, Ports KA, Guinn AS, Chen J, Klevens J, Metzler M, Jones CM, Simon TR, Daniel VM, Ottley P, Mercy JA Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research

Our Diets Are Changing Because of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Is It for the Better?
The coronavirus pandemic has changed a lot about modern American life: how we work, socialize, and even how we eat. Dining out is a distant memory. But nutritionally, people weren’t exactly thriving in pre-pandemic America. “Before COVID-19 came along, it was increasingly clear that the diet quality and nutritional status of Americans was terrible,” says Dr. Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. More than 40% of U.S. adults are obese. After years of declines, heart disease death rates are on the rise again. So are rates of obesity-linked canc...
Source: TIME: Health - April 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mandy Oaklander Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

Non-communicable diseases in the southwest of Iran: profile and baseline data from the Shahrekord PERSIAN Cohort Study
CONCLUSIONS: The SCS provides a platform for epidemiological studies that will be useful to better control NCDs in the southwest of Iran and to foster research collaboration. The SCS will be an essential resource for identifying NCD risk factors in this region and designing relevant public health interventions.PMID:34903205 | DOI:10.1186/s12889-021-12326-y
Source: Cancer Control - December 14, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ali Ahmadi Majid Shirani Arsalan Khaledifar Morteza Hashemzadeh Kamal Solati Soleiman Kheiri Mehraban Sadeghi Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani Hadi Raeisi Shahraki Alireza Asgharzadeh Ali Zamen Salehifard Masoumeh Mousavi Elaheh Zarean Reza Goujani Seyed S Source Type: research