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Emerging trends in non-communicable disease mortality in South Africa, 1997 - 2010.
CONCLUSIONS: NCDs contribute to premature mortality in SA, threatening socioeconomic development. While NCD mortality rates have decreased slightly, it is necessary to strengthen prevention and healthcare provision and monitor emerging trends in cause-specific mortality to inform these strategies if the target of 2% annual decline is to be achieved. PMID: 27138667 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: South African Medical Journal - May 5, 2016 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research

Diseases Neglected by the Media in Espírito Santo, Brazil in 2011–2012
Conclusions Media visibility acts as a strategy for legitimising priorities and contextualizing various realities. Therefore, we propose that the health problems identified should enter the public agenda and begin to be recognized as legitimate demands.
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - April 25, 2016 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Aline Guio Cavaca Source Type: research

The Quality Of Health Care You Receive Likely Depends On Your Skin Color
Unequal health care continues to be a serious problem for black Americans. More than a decade after the Institute of Medicine issued a landmark report showing that minority patients were less likely to receive the same quality health care as white patients, racial and ethnic disparities continue to plague the U.S. health care system. That report, which was published in 2002, indicated that even when both groups had similar insurance or the same ability to pay for care, black patients received inferior treatment to white patients. This still hold true, according to our investigation into dozens of studies about black health...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Global Public Awareness of Venous Thromboembolism.
CONCLUSIONS: On a global level, public awareness about thrombosis overall, and of VTE in particular, is low. Campaigns to increase public awareness about VTE are needed to reduce the burden from this largely preventable thrombotic disorder. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PMID: 26084415 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thrombosis and Haemostasis - June 18, 2015 Category: Hematology Authors: Wendelboe AM, McCumber M, Hylek EM, Buller H, Weitz JI, Raskob G, ISTH Steering Committee for World Thrombosis Day Tags: J Thromb Haemost Source Type: research

Global Public Awareness of Venous Thromboembolism
ConclusionsOn a global level, public awareness about thrombosis overall, and of VTE in particular, is low. Campaigns to increase public awareness about VTE are needed to reduce the burden from this largely preventable thrombotic disorder.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - June 1, 2015 Category: Hematology Authors: Aaron M Wendelboe, Micah McCumber, Elaine M Hylek, Harry Buller, Jeffrey I Weitz, Gary Raskob, Tags: Original Article ‐ Clinical Haemostasis and Thrombosis Source Type: research

Abstract A12: Cancer communication in African American churches
Conclusion: Cancer was a frequent topic for disease-focused messages in African-American churches. In addition, three of the five most frequent disease topics matched the leading causes of death in the African-American community. The match was not as close in regards to leading causes of cancer death. Breast and prostate cancer information was frequently found; however, despite the high rates of mortality associated with lung cancer, colorectal cancer, and leukemia/lymphoma, information on these cancers was present much less frequently. No pancreatic cancer messages were found. Disease related information was seen that inc...
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - November 13, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Harmon, B. E., Chastain, E., Chock, M., Wirth, M., Hebert, J. R. Tags: Cancer Communications: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research