Experts to combat the potential 'health catastrophe' of deadly tuberculosis...
New research aims to estimate the benefits of different ways to carry out screening both patients with tuberculosis (TB) for diabetes and the other way around in parts of the world where both diseases...
View ArticleUS immigration is associated with rise in smoking among Latinos and Asians
Immigration to the U.S. may result in increased smoking in Latino and Asian women, according to new research from sociologists at Rice University, Duke University and the University of Southern...
View ArticleUNL sociologist studies HIV spread in rural Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has one of the highest HIV rates in the United States, primarily from drug users sharing needles. To help prevent HIV infections, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist is using his...
View ArticleGlobal epidemic of diabetes threatens to jeopardise further progress in...
The rapid increase in rates of type 2 diabetes* in low- and middle-income countries where tuberculosis (TB) is endemic could hamper global efforts to control and eliminate TB, according to a new...
View ArticleRate of diabetes in US may be leveling off
Following a doubling of the incidence and prevalence of diabetes in the U.S. from 1990-2008, new data suggest a plateauing of the rate between 2008 and 2012 for adults, however the incidence continued...
View ArticleHigher cigarette taxes and stronger smoke-free policies may reduce alcohol...
Smoking and drinking are often complementary behaviors: smokers are more likely than non-smokers to drink alcohol, and heavy smokers are more likely to be heavy drinkers. While increasing state...
View ArticleCautious optimism as childhood obesity rates in Ireland plateau
Childhood overweight and obesity rates have plateaued in primary school aged children in the Republic of Ireland, reveals research published today in the open access journal BMC Public Health. The...
View ArticleStudy shows dire consequences from elevated HIV cases among US black gay men
Despite efforts to reduce disparities in HIV transmission among gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States by optimizing treatment outcomes, significant racial disparities...
View ArticleSmoking still causes large proportion of cancer deaths in US
A new American Cancer Society study finds that despite significant drops in smoking rates, cigarettes continue to cause about three in ten cancer deaths in the United States. The study, appearing in...
View ArticleDiabetes interventions should be localized, study finds
Factors associated with the prevalence of diabetes vary by geographic region in the United States, according to new research from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
View ArticleHalf a million children predicted to die from smoking as MPs head toward a...
Around 500,000 children will die from smoking when they are adults unless more is done to cut smoking rates according to new Cancer Research UK figures released today (Friday).
View ArticleNew study questions role of breast milk in obesity prevention
A new study supports human milk as the optimal first food for babies, but the study raises questions about whether breast milk protects children from becoming obese.
View ArticleAsthma rates among black youth are similarly high in urban, rural communities
Asthma rates among black youth living in urban Detroit and rural Georgia are essentially the same, researchers report, a finding that conflicts with the widely held theory that city life is a risk...
View ArticleScreening for HIV in GP surgeries leads to increased and earlier diagnosis
Training general practices to offer rapid HIV tests leads to increased detection and earlier diagnosis of patients with HIV infection – according to a new study led by Queen Mary University of London...
View ArticleStudy finds high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in US
Nearly 35 percent of all U.S. adults and 50 percent of those 60 years of age or older were estimated to have the metabolic syndrome in 2011-2012, according to a study in the May 19 issue of JAMA.
View ArticleSoy supplements don't improve asthma
Despite previous findings suggesting a link between soy intake and decreased asthma severity, a new study from Northwestern Medicine and the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Network...
View ArticleGlobal study finds psychotic experiences infrequent in general population
Psychotic experiences were infrequent in the general population, with an average lifetime prevalence of ever having such an episode estimated at 5.8 percent, according to an article published online by...
View ArticleAlcohol use disorder is widespread, often untreated in the US
Alcohol use disorder as defined by a new diagnostic classification was widespread and often untreated in the United States, with a lifetime prevalence of 29.1 percent but only 19.8 percent of adults...
View ArticleStudy estimates deaths attributable to cigarettes for 12 smoking-related cancers
Researchers estimate that 48.5 percent of the nearly 346,000 deaths from 12 cancers among adults 35 and older in 2011 were attributable to cigarette smoking, according to an article published online by...
View ArticleHIV testing to become routine in innovative Coventry GP pilot
HIV testing in Coventry (UK) is to become a routine part of registering with a GP at ten surgeries across the city, which has the highest prevalence of the condition in the West Midlands.
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