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Body-mass index, blood pressure, and cause-specific mortality in India: a prospective cohort study of 500 810 adults
Publication date: July 2018Source: The Lancet Global Health, Volume 6, Issue 7Author(s): Vendhan Gajalakshmi, Ben Lacey, Vendhan Kanimozhi, Paul Sherliker, Richard Peto, Sarah LewingtonSummaryBackgroundThe association between cause-specific mortality and body-mass index (BMI) has been studied mainly in high-income countries. We investigated the relations between BMI, systolic blood pressure, and mortality in India.MethodsMen and women aged 35 years or older were recruited into a prospective study from the general population in Chennai, India between Jan 1, 1998, and Dec 31, 2001. Participants were interviewed (data collect...
Source: The Lancet Global Health - July 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Body-mass index, blood pressure, and cause-specific mortality in India: a prospective cohort study of 500 810 adults
Publication date: July 2018 Source:The Lancet Global Health, Volume 6, Issue 7 Author(s): Vendhan Gajalakshmi, Ben Lacey, Vendhan Kanimozhi, Paul Sherliker, Richard Peto, Sarah Lewington Background The association between cause-specific mortality and body-mass index (BMI) has been studied mainly in high-income countries. We investigated the relations between BMI, systolic blood pressure, and mortality in India. Methods Men and women aged 35 years or older were recruited into a prospective study from the general population in Chennai, India between Jan 1, 1998, and Dec 31, 2001. Participants were interviewed (data collecte...
Source: The Lancet Global Health - June 14, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Prevent 2nd Stroke: a pilot study of an online secondary prevention program for stroke survivors.
CONCLUSIONS: The results indicated that online programs are an acceptable way to address these health outcomes. Implications to public health: Further research is needed to assess the effectiveness of these interventions using powered trials.
PMID: 29888829 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - June 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Denham AMJ, Halpin S, Twyman L, Guillaumier A, Bonevski B Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research
Cardiovascular disease prevention at the workplace: assessing the prognostic value of lifestyle risk factors and job-related conditions
ConclusionsLS&JRC are as accurate as clinical risk factors in identifying future cardiovascular events among working males. Our results support initiatives to improve total health at work as strategies to prevent cardiovascular disease.
Source: International Journal of Public Health - May 25, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Racial Disparities and Factors Affecting Michigan Colorectal Cancer Screening
ConclusionThe racial disparity in colorectal cancer screening in Michigan was explained by other characteristics. The healthcare community can work to eliminate racial disparities in colorectal cancer screening by increasing screening efforts for individuals with these characteristics.
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - November 3, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Falling off the health-care radar
Vani S. Kulkarni is a Lecturer in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.; Raghav Gaiha is (Hon.) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, U.K.By Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav GaihaPHILADELPHIA and NEW DELHI, Sep 28 2017 (IPS)Care for the elderly needs to be better targeted by the health system and social networks. The National Health Policy (NHP), 2017 is unable to see the wood for the trees. Life and death questions are dealt with perfunctorily or simply overlooked. For example, it overlooks the rapid rise in the share of the old (60 years or more), and associated morbiditie...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 28, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: S Kulkami Tags: Aid Asia-Pacific Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Care for the elderly needs to be better targeted by the health system and social networks
Vani S. Kulkarni is a Lecturer in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.; Raghav Gaiha is (Hon.) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, U.K.By Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav GaihaPHILADELPHIA and NEW DELHI, Sep 28 2017 (IPS)The National Health Policy (NHP), 2017 is unable to see the wood for the trees. Life and death questions are dealt with perfunctorily or simply overlooked. For example, it overlooks the rapid rise in the share of the old (60 years or more), and associated morbidities, especially sharply rising non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and disabilities. With rising...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 28, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: S Kulkami Tags: Aid Asia-Pacific Headlines Health Human Rights Source Type: news
Has Disability Risen among the Elderly?
Disability is neither purely medical nor purely social. Rather, it is an outcome of their interplay.By Veena S. Kulkarni, Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav GaihaNEW DELHI, Jul 31 2017 (IPS)The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 (or RPD Act) is laudable in its intent and procedural detail, but mostly silent on disabilities among the elderly. Indeed, for this reason alone, it is arguable that its overarching goal—“The appropriate Government shall ensure that the persons with disabilities enjoy the right to equality, life with dignity and respect for his or her integrity equally with others” —is mere rhetoric, if ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 31, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Veena Kulkarni Vani Kulkarni Tags: Aid Asia-Pacific Headlines Health Human Rights Labour TerraViva United Nations Water & Sanitation Women's Health Source Type: news
Dancing to death: a case of heat stroke - Nadesan K, Kumari C, Afiq M.
Heat stroke is a medical emergency which may lead to mortality unless diagnosed early and treated effectively. Heat stroke may manifest rapidly, hence making it difficult to differentiate it from other clinical causes in a collapsed victim.(1) We are prese...
Source: SafetyLit - June 28, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Impact of preventable risk factors on stroke in the EPICOR study: does gender matter?
ConclusionsHalf of strokes are attributable to potentially modifiable factors. The proportion of prevented cases is gender unbalanced, encouraging sex-specific intervention.
Source: International Journal of Public Health - June 22, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Texas A & M research suggests strokes may cause increased preference for alcohol
(Texas A&M University) Brain changes after stroke may lead to increase in alcohol-seeking behavior, at least in animal models, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Scientific Reports.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 31, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Feasibility of a cardiovascular cohort in a Sub-Saharan Africa community: preliminary report of the pilot project TAHES (Tanv è Health Study) in Benin.
CONCLUSION: These preliminary results support the feasibility of establishing a cohort in Benin. It would require technical and resource support.
PMID: 28498739 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Global Health Action - May 14, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Glob Health Action Source Type: research
An investigation to identify potential risk factors associated with common chronic diseases among the older population in India
Conclusion: The results show that within the older population, the contribution of lifestyle risk factors to the common chronic diseases investigated in this study was limited. Our findings showed that the major health issue within the study population was multimorbidity.
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - February 7, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Enemona Emmanuel Adaji Anand S Ahankari Puja R Myles Source Type: research
Recovery from spinal cord infarction associated with cannabis use - Akel T.
CONTEXT: Cerebrovascular and cardiovascular accidents have been associated with illicit drug use. The most commonly used substance worldwide is cannabis. It has been related to acute ischemic cerebral stroke in multiple reports, with different mechanisms s...
Source: SafetyLit - February 2, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
