Non-physician clinicians in 47 sub-Saharan African countries
Many African countries have healthcare providers who are not trained as physicians but who are capable of many of the diagnostic and clinical functions of medical doctors...
Obesity and diabetes in the developing world - A growing challenge
In the past 20 years, the rates of obesity have tripled in developing countries that have been adopting a Western lifestyle involving decreased physical activity and overconsumption of cheap, energy-dense food...The growing prevalence of type 2 diabetes and CVD is tied to excess weight...
Children and obesity: A pan-European project examining the role of food marketing
The Children, Obesity and Associated Avoidable Chronic Diseases project of the European Heart Network is a response to the rising levels of childhood obesity in Europe, which focuses on food marketing...
Briefing 5: A health research perspective on the African Regional Health Report
A briefing by COHRED (Council on Health Research fro Development) on a health research perspective on the African Regional Health Report...
Effectiveness of community health workers in the care of people with hypertension
Community health workers may have an important impact on the self-management of hypertension. They are important advocates who can bridge cultural and social gaps between providers of health and social services and the community members they seek to serve...
Adolescents with a chronic condition: Challenges living, challenges treating
Growing evidence suggests that young people with chronic conditions are doubly disadvantaged-engaging in risky behaviors at similar if not higher rates as healthy peers, while having the potential for greater adverse health outcomes from these behaviors...
Should women be offered cholesterol lowering drugs to prevent cardiovascular disease?
Two commentaries from the 12 May 2007 issue of BMJ debating the question "Should women be offered cholesterol drugs to prevent cardiovascular disease?"...
Telephone interventions for physical activity and dietary behavior change: A systematic review
Public attention to the obesity epidemic, along with the proliferation of cellular phone use in developing countries, suggest that now is an opportune time to evaluate telephone counseling interventions...
Availability and affordability of selected essential medicines for chronic diseases in six low- and middle-income countries
The World Health Organization conducted a survey in three low-middle income countries and three low-income countries to determine the availability and affordability of essential medicines for chronic diseases...
Tobacco tightrope and Making smoking history
New England Journal of Medicine 12 April 2007 issue features two open access commentaries on global tobacco control issues. Excerpts and links provided...
South African Hypertension Society guidelines 2006
Editorial from the March 2007 issue of South African Family Practice on the South African Hypertension Society guidelines 2006...
Food marketing and childhood obesity - A matter of policy
After the US Congress asked the CDC in 2004 to examine the marketing of foods directly to children as a potential cause of childhood obesity, the Institute of Medicine conducted a study that provides an account of how food marketing affects children's health...
Global health issue of Preventing Chronic Disease
The April 2007 issue of Preventing Chronic Disease is devoted to global health and explores the efforts of several countries to respond to the challenges of chronic disease and support the health and well-being of their citizens. All articles are available free full-text...
International pandemic of chronic cardiovascular disease
The REACH Registry may represent a novel approach for epidemiological research with the ability to collect data rapidly on tens of thousands of study participants...
Cross-national comparison of environmental and policy correlates of obesity in Europe
The study describes geographical patterns of obesity in Europe and examines correlations between country-specific obesity prevalence rates and macroenvironmental factors including physical, economic, and policy domain indicators...
Physician knowledge levels and barriers to coronary risk prevention in women: Survey results from the Women and Heart Disease Physician Education Initiative
Researchers in 2002 sought to identify barriers affecting the provision of recommended coronary risk factor therapies in women and to determine physician knowledge, attitudes and practice patterns related to CHD prevention in women by surveying internists and obstetricians/gynecologists (OB/GYNs) who attended Grand Rounds presentations developed for the New York State Women and Heart Disease Physician Education Initiative...
Cardiologist's role in improving glucose control and global cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
The growing number of patients with type 2 diabetes has contributed significantly to the global cardiovascular health crisis. Simultaneously, managing patients with type 2 diabetes has become an increasingly complex challenge for cardiologists and other clinicians...
Reducing the growing burden of cardiovascular disease in the developing world
The January/February 2007 issue of Health Affairs is devoted to cardiovascular disease, the first time the journal has focused a thematic issue on a disease state. A summary of "Reducing the growing burden of cardiovascular disease in the developing world" is included...
Should smokers be refused surgery?
Two commentaries in the 6 January 2007 issue of BMJ debate whether smokers should be refused surgery...
Worldwide goal for stroke prevention
An editorial in the Lancet calls for governments and international agencies to recognize the need for prevention of stroke through interventions that reduce hypertension, poor diet, and tobacco use...
