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Urban climate versus global climate change—what makes the difference for dengue?
The expansion in the geographical distribution of vector‐borne diseases is a much emphasized consequence of climate change, as are the consequences of urbanization for diseases that are already endemic, which may be even more important for public health. In this paper, we focus on dengue, the most widespread urban vector‐borne disease. Largely urban with a tropical/subtropical distribution and vectored by a domesticated mosquito, Aedes aegypti, dengue poses a serious public health threat. Temperature plays a determinant role in dengue epidemic potential, affecting crucial parts of the mosquito and viral life cycles. Th...
Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - May 18, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Renaud Misslin, Olivier Telle, Eric Daudé, Alain Vaguet, Richard E. Paul Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
The limited public health impact of “lifestyle” change
Two main factors are responsible for premature disease and mortality. One is smoking, often referred to as a “lifestyle choice”, but better described as a “habit”. The other is poor nutrition resulting largely from the sugar, alcohol, salt, and saturated fat content (SASS components) of ready to consume food and drink, much of which is manufactured on an industrial scale. Collectively these dietary components are the main drivers of the global epidemic of stroke, heart attack, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - July 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Nicholas J. Wald Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Urban climate versus global climate change —what makes the difference for dengue?
The expansion in the geographical distribution of vector‐borne diseases is a much emphasized consequence of climate change, as are the consequences of urbanization for diseases that are already endemic, which may be even more important for public health. In this paper, we focus on dengue, the most widespread urban vector‐borne disease. Largely urban with a tropical/subtropical distribution and vectored by a domesticated mosquito, Aedes aegypti, dengue poses a serious public health threat. Temperature plays a determinant role in dengue epidemic potential, affecting crucial parts of the mosquito and viral life cycles. Th...
Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - May 18, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Renaud Misslin, Olivier Telle, Eric Daud é, Alain Vaguet, Richard E. Paul Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
The limited public health impact of “lifestyle” change
Two main factors are responsible for premature disease and mortality. One is smoking, often referred to as a “lifestyle choice”, but better described as a “habit”. The other is poor nutrition resulting largely from the sugar, alcohol, salt, and saturated fat content (SASS components) of ready to consume food and drink, much of which is manufactured on an industrial scale. Collectively these dietary components are the main drivers of the global epidemic of stroke, heart attack, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - July 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Nicholas J. Wald Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
More Coca-Cola Ties Seen Inside U.S. Centers For Disease Control
In June, Dr. Barbara Bowman, a high-ranking official within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, unexpectedly departed the agency, two days after information came to light indicating that she had been communicating regularly with - and offering guidance to - a leading Coca-Cola advocate seeking to influence world health authorities on sugar and beverage policy matters.
Now, more emails suggest that another veteran CDC official has similarly close ties to the global soft drink giant. Michael Pratt, Senior Advisor for Global Health in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 1, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
China facing epidemic of heart disease, stroke
(Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) A 20-year rise in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in China appears to have been spurred largely by increases in high blood pressure, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Increasing body mass index (BMI), decreasing physical activity, a high prevalence of smoking, and unhealthy diet have also contributed to the growing burden of CVD -- now the leading cause of death in China.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 15, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Bowel movement frequency and cardiovascular mortality, a matter of fibers and oxidative stress?
To the Editor, Hippocrates, the father of western medicine, believed that all disease begins in the gut. Today, the global obesity epidemic, resulting in serious diet-related diseases, including cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2 and certain forms of cancer, including colorectal cancer, reveals that his view is still relevant. The relation between diet and health and the resulting potential for disease prevention has increasingly been emphasized in health promotion messages over the last thirty years [1 –5].
Source: Atherosclerosis - August 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Alphons J.M. Vermorken, Yali Cui, Robbert Kleerebezem, Emmanuel Andr ès Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
The Limited Public Health Impact of ‘Lifestyle’ Change
Two main factors are responsible for premature disease and mortality. One is smoking, often referred to as a “lifestyle choice,” but better described as a “habit.” The other is poor nutrition resulting largely from the sugar, alcohol, salt, and saturated fat content (SASS components) of ready-to-consume food and drink, much of which is manufactured on an industrial scale. Collectively, these dietar y components are the main drivers of the global epidemic of stroke, heart attack, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - July 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Nicholas J. Wald Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Diabetic retinopathy screening: global and local perspective.
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus has become a global epidemic. It causes significant macrovascular complications such as coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, and stroke; as well as microvascular complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. Diabetic retinopathy is known to be the leading cause of blindness in the working-age population and may be asymptomatic until vision loss occurs. Screening for diabetic retinopathy has been shown to reduce blindness by timely detection and effective laser treatment. Diabetic retinopathy screening is being done worldwide either as a national screening...
Source: Hong Kong Med J - August 25, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Gangwani RA, Lian JX, McGhee SM, Wong D, Li KK Tags: Hong Kong Med J Source Type: research
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy : The result of dosage and individual predisposition.
Authors: Maisch B
Abstract
The individual amount of alcohol consumed acutely or chronically decides on harm or benefit to a person's health. Available data suggest that one to two drinks in men and one drink in women will benefit the cardiovascular system over time, one drink being 17.6 ml 100 % alcohol. Moderate drinking can reduce the incidence and mortality of coronary artery disease, heart failure, diabetes, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. More than this amount can lead to alcoholic cardiomyopathy, which is defined as alcohol toxicity to the heart muscle itself by ethanol and its metabolites. Historical exa...
Source: Herz - September 3, 2016 Category: Cardiology Tags: Herz Source Type: research
The New Loneliness
by Mehmet Oz, MD & Michael Crupain, MD, MPH
Today we are more connected than ever. Between social media, text messaging, and email, it feels like we are in almost constant communication with our "friends." Speaking of friends, we've never had more and we can effortlessly keep up with all of their wonderful lives with the mere flick of a thumb. With all of this connectivity, loneliness should be a thing of the past, right?
This summer, with the help of expert political pollster Mike Berland (CEO of Berland Strategy & Analytics) we conducted a survey of women from all around the country to find out the state of women's he...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The pain of chronic loneliness can be detrimental to your health
The changes came so gradually that, for a long time, Paula Dutton didn ’t realize she was in trouble. This was just modern life, after all — the cross-country distance from her close-knit family in Philadelphia, the end of a 10-year marriage, the death of one parent and then the other. By the time Dutton retired from her job, she was lonely to a degree that shocked and frightened her.“I just suddenly realized I was all alone and had no one around me and no one I could turn to,” says Dutton, now 71. “I had a lot of pity parties, I can tell you — and with all kinds of anxiety and depression. And I worked myself i...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - December 22, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
The Emerging Epidemic of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Atherosclerotic Disease in Developing Countries
Publication date: Available online 24 December 2016 Source:Canadian Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Koon K. Teo, Hisham Dokainish Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors, major health burdens in high income countries, are a growing problem in developing or lower income countries, where the vast majority of CVD now occurs. Two case control studies, INTERHEART and INTERSTROKE, which included a majority of patients from developing countries, were seminal in identifying common risk factors explaining the vast majority of risk of acute myocardial infarction and stroke, respectively. The population-based PURE study w...
Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology - December 23, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Severe obesity among American Indian tribal youth in the Southwest
Children with obesity are at risk for adult obesity, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and low self-esteem, and are less likely to participate in physical activity than non-obese youth.1 The obesity epidemic is due largely to lifestyle behaviours and the built environment that shape life habits in obvious and subtle ways.2 With early onset of obesity, risks for chronic disease and associated complications have more time to develop. Various studies show that American Indian youth have the highest prevalence of obesity of all racial/ethnic groups in the US.
Source: Public Health - January 13, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: F.C. Gachupin, J.R. Joe, K. Steger-May, S.B. Racette Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
A machine learning approach to measure and monitor physical activity in children
Publication date: 8 March 2017 Source:Neurocomputing, Volume 228 Author(s): Paul Fergus, Abir J. Hussain, John Hearty, Stuart Fairclough, Lynne Boddy, Kelly Mackintosh, Gareth Stratton, Nicky Ridgers, Dhiya Al-Jumeily, Ahmed J. Aljaaf, Jenet Lunn The growing trend of obesity and overweight worldwide has reached epidemic proportions with one third of the global population now considered obese. This is having a significant medical impact on children and adults who are at risk of developing osteoarthritis, coronary heart disease and stroke, type 2 diabetes, cancers, respiratory problems, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease...
Source: Neurocomputing - January 16, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
