29-03-2010   |   Smoking, High Blood Pressure, Elevated Blood Glucose And Obesity Reduce Life Expectancy In US

Smoking, High Blood Pressure, Elevated Blood Glucose And Obesity Reduce Life Expectancy In US
Article Date: 26 Mar 2010  
A new study by researchers in the US (the first to examine the effect of four preventable risk factors on life expectancy across the nation), suggests that smoking, high blood pressure, elevated blood glucose, and overweight and obesity reduce life expectancy in the US by 4.9 years in men and 4.1 years in women and lead to health disparities.

29-03-2010   |   Diabetes At Epidemic Proportions In China According To New Tulane University Study

Diabetes At Epidemic Proportions In China According To New Tulane University Study
Article Date: 26 Mar 2010  
A large population-based study of diabetes in China conducted by investigators from Tulane University and their colleagues in China has concluded that the disease has reached epidemic proportions in the adult population of China.

29-03-2010   |   Kidney Disease Hides In People With Undiagnosed Diabetes

Kidney Disease Hides In People With Undiagnosed Diabetes

Source: American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Article Date: 26 Mar 2010
Millions of Americans may have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and not know it, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN).