India: Increased household costs of NCDs
The share of household out-of-pocket health costs attributed to NCDs increased from 32% in 1995-1996 to 47% in 2004, according to new research... Prevention News
Bangladesh: The cost of preventing NCDs
Prevention programs targeting heart attack and stroke risk factors would cost US$3.95 per capita, according to new research... Prevention News
US: Encouraging weight loss and physical activity for people with diabetes
This study demonstrates that an intensive lifestyle intervention can result in weight loss, improvement in aerobic fitness, and slowing down of the decline in mobility associated with the aging process and elevated serum glucose levels... Journal Review
South Africa: Preventing NCDs in the workplace
The workplace is one channel through which well-planned and cost-effective NCD prevention efforts could reach millions of South Africans, according to new research... Prevention News
Cambodia, Mongolia: Early CVD identification and treatment strategies needed
Around half of all people with hypertension and half of all people with diabetes go untreated in both Cambodia and Mongolia, according to new research involving nearly 10,000 people... Prevention News
Israel: Perception of hypertension among those with and without diabetes
Non-diabetics view hypertension as a risk factor, not a disease, while diabetics are more likely to view hypertension as a chronic illness, according to new research... Prevention News
Global: NCD monitoring framework loses key indicators
Several targets - diabetes, alcohol, transfats, obesity, multi-drug therapy, and cancer screening - have been dropped from the WHO's most recent discussion paper on a global monitoring framework and targets for NCDs... Prevention News
Global: White rice linked to diabetes risk
A high consumption of white rice increases risk of type 2 diabetes - particularly among Asian populations - according to a review of research involving more than 13,000 from Australia, China, Japan, and the US... Prevention News
Global: Diabetes and catastrophic spending
People with diabetes in low-income countries are more likely to experience catastrophic health spending, according to new research... Prevention News
Africa, South-East Asia: Cost effective strategies to reduce CVD
Cardiovascular disease prevention and control - such as reducing demand for tobacco, combination drug therapy, and retinopathy screening and glycaemic control - prove to be cost effective and inexpensive in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia, according to new research... Prevention News
Qatar: Preventing CVD through health education
For Qatari women, decisions to participate in healthy lifestyles are based in large part on socio-cultural factors, and targeted health education could increase their awareness of healthy lifestyles, according to new research... Prevention News
Perspective: Urbanization could provide opportunities for healthy living
Urbanization, once the embodiment of humanity's attempt to create a "better" life, is now an entrenched risk factor for NCDs. However, argues Shusmita Hossain Khan, we can turn the curse of urbanization into a boon for healthy living if we first admit the problem and then implement key country-level and regional strategies to reduce urban-related risk factors... Prevention News
US: CVD and lifetime risk
Estimates of the lifetime risk of developing CVD provide a comprehensive measure of the burden of CVD in the general population and can be useful in developing public health policies to reduce the overall burden of CVD... Journal Review
India: Diabetes prevention texts sent to one million people
In January 2011, Arogya World launched its new mHealth project by sending diabetes prevention texts to more than one million consumers... Prevention News
Central America: High rates of diabetes, hypertension
The combined prevalence of diabetes was 8.5% and the prevalence of hypertension was 25.3% in cities across Central America, according to the first study that included a representative sample from Belize, San Jose, San Salvador, Guatemala City, Managua, and Tegucigalpa... Prevention News
US: Community-based diabetes program could save US$5.7 billion
A nationwide community-based lifestyle program could delay or prevent diabetes and save the country US$5.7 billion over the next 25 years, according to new research... Prevention News
Iran: Rural health workers effective in reducing diabetes, hypertension
Thanks to well-trained Behvarz workers - rural primary health care workers - rural areas of Iran are receiving effective diabetes and hypertension treatment, according to new research involving around 65,000 people... Prevention News
Jordan: NCDs a growing concern
The prevalence of NCDs risk factors, such as smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, is a growing public health concern among Jordanian adults, according to new research... Prevention News
Global: Medication adherence a major hurdle in prevention
Medication adherence remains a considerable problem in low- and middle-income countries and the factors influencing adherence need to be discussed with clinicians and policymakers to guarantee access and education to medications... Journal Review
Denmark: Traffic pollution linked to diabetes
People who live in urban areas with high levels of traffic-related air pollution are more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes compared to people living in areas with cleaner air, according to new research involving 52,000 people... Prevention News
