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Ban on Hookah Smoking Should Stay, Argue Doctors

... that, beyond 40, people lose three months of life expectancy for every further year of smoking....

Americans Grow Shorter, Blame It on Weak Healthcare

... world, the United States is now dead last in life expectancy at birth, but leads the pack in infant mortality -- forty percent higher than the runner-up -- and in the percentage of the population that will die before reaching 60. Americans also lead the world in mental illness. According to Lauderdale and Ko...

Anti-malarial Drug may Help Reduce Risk of Diabetes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

...entrations of lipids]. As quality of life and life expectancy improve for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and health care costs escalate, the use of inexpensive, safe therapies that have multiple beneficial effects is attractive. Further prospective studies are needed to determine whether this treatment o...

Cancer Cures for Canines

...ne of the major issues associated with longer life expectancy in man and his best friend is an increase in the incidence of cancer. Even though they cannot talk it seems dogs might be able to tell us why and how certain cancers develop. In turn that could lead to better treatments for both canine and human can...

Kerala Government Battles With Chikungunya On All Counts

...against 7.60 for the country. With regards to life expectancy also Kerala leads the rest of the country with 70.9 for males and 76 for women as against 61.8 and 63.5 respectively in the country. In addition, people are highly educated and well informed. Even the remote villages have public health centers. Pe...

Diabetic Death Rate Drops in Men but Remains Unchanged for Women

...e in either category, the CDC study said. Life expectancy for Americans overall has increased over the past ... Gregg, was struck by the gender disparity in life expectancy between diabetic men and women, but said in a statement that the study was not designed to answer it...

Southern England Far Healthier Than the North

...ter - 200 miles to the north - has the lowest life expectancy for men. Near neighbour Liverpool was worst for wo...national average of 81.1 years. The lowest life expectancy levels for men were in Manchester, at 72.5 years and for women in neighbouring Liverpool, 78.1 years...

Indigenous Child Abuse

...ve is an important step in closing the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The AMA will seek cooperation between all levels of government, and between all agencies involved in delivering health and social services to the Indigenous communities. This is potentially a lan...

Cost-effective Treatments for Breast Cancer

...ade name: Herceptin), is projected to improve life expectancy at a relatively low cost. Breast cancer is a maj... Dr. Garrison and co-authors estimated that life expectancy would improve by three years on average with the addition of this drug due to reduced disease recurr...

New Adjuvant Breast Cancer Treatments Found Cost-effective

...ade name: Herceptin), is projected to improve life expectancy at a comparatively low cost. Breast cancer is a m... Dr. Garrison and co-authors estimated that life expectancy would get better by three years on average with the addition of this drug due to reduced disease rea...

Cuban Healthcare Delivers, Experts Say

...in line with the United States. The average life expectancy of a child born in Cuba is 77.2 years, compared with 77.9 years in the United States, according to the WHO. The number of children dying before their fifth birthday is seven per 1,000 live births in Cuba and eight per 1,000 in the United States. ...

Ban on Smoking is Not a Magic Wand to Reduce Health Inequalities, UK Campaigners Warn

...e greatest single factor in the difference in life expectancy between the social classes." The percentage of men who die under 70 ranges from 22% in the highest social class to 48% in the lowest social class, and around half this disparity is accounted for by higher smoking rates. In 2005, 32% of men and 29% ...

Russian Health Care Marred by Corruption

... is one of the few nations in the world where life expectancy has declined sharply in the past 15 years. The average Russian can expect to live only to age 66 at least a decade less than in most Western democracies, according to a 2005 World Bank report. For men, the figure is closer to 59 meaning many Russia...

Non Communicable Diseases to Be the Cause of Deaths in Poor Countries by 2115-World Bank

...ic No communicable Diseases" predicts rising life expectancy for all age groups, lower fertility rates and better control of infectious diseases. It says changing lifestyles with more cigarette smoking, bad diets and lack of exercise mean that poor countries face a future when common diseases become major prob...

Capitalism is Bad for Men's Health: Study

...fter the collapse of the Soviet Union. The life expectancy for men freed from the Iron Curtain dropped by six years between 1991 and 1994 amid social disruption, physical hardships and economic instability. The degree to which men were affected depended upon how rough the transition to capitalism was and h...

1 Billion People to Be Killed by Smoking

... someone else's smoke only once, you cut your life expectancy by half; in other words it is all over, forget retiring you will just die at age 37. "Tobacco is a defective product. It kills half of its customers," Douglas Bettcher, head of the WHO's Tobacco Free Initiative, said at the start of an international...

New Clues for Treatment of Disease That Causes Accelerated Aging

...dly accelerated aging and leads to an average life expectancy of 13 years. Scientists studying the genes of two infants who died of mysterious illnesses found the infants had mutations in LMNA, the same gene altered in patients with the premature aging condition progeria. But the infants' unusual mutations c...

Use of MRI and MRS With New Surgical Technique Proves Helpful

...ve procedure, ideally done on patients with a life expectancy of greater than 10 years and a diagnosis of organ-confined (stage T2), or in the opinion of some, limited T3 disease,' said Dr. Gulati. The study included 16 patients with prostate cancer who went on to have RALRP. Of the 16 patients, MRI/MRS corre...

Doctors Urged To Help Close Indigenous Health Gap

... a plan of action to close the 17 year gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Unity on this matter as a profession sends a powerful message that we are both willing and able to make the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples a top health priority, he says. ...

Labor's Indigenous Health Plan A Good Start

...ent on a promise to bridge the 17-year gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Its admirable that Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd has committed to closing the gap if his party wins Government, Dr Haikerwal said. Mr Rudd has committed $261.4 million over four years to improvin...

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