According to the World Health Organisation, 1 billion people are affected by hypertension, which makes it a global health issue. There are not a lot of studies comparing hypertension prevalence rates between the United States and Europe, especially in older adults. In a study we recently published, Irene Mosca and Rose Anne Kenny compared… Read more »
Although there is some international ambiguity, studies in the US show more frequently a self-reported health advantage among immigrants. In study we just published, Emma KT Benn uses a method that aims to reduce selection bias when studying immigrant populations: children who were born outside the US and immigrated with their foreign-born parents were… Read more »
According to the World Health Organisation, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) kill millions of people every year, and nearly 80% of NCD deaths occur in low and middle income countries (this amounts to 29 million deaths!). Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) account for most NCD deaths; so naturally, preventing and control CVDs should be a priority, especially in… Read more »
According to the World Health Organisation, arsenic exposure in drinking water is a hazard to human health. The association of arsenic exposure and lung cancer risk has been studied quite extensively; the association of such exposure, however, to non-malignant respiratory diseases. In a recently published study, Das Debangshu** and colleagues aimed to investigate the… Read more »
Amsterdam. Even if you have never been there, you surely have seen images of bicycles flooding the city. In fact, there are more bicycles than humans in this town (!) and this is partly due to a “cycling culture” present in the Netherlands (where 80% of people cycle at least once per week). Children… Read more »
