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Burden of systolic and diastolic left ventricular dysfunction among Hispanics in the United States

Participants of Hispanic/Latino origin across the United States aged 45 to 74 years were enrolled into the Echocardiographic Study of Latinos (ECHO-SOL) and underwent a comprehensive echocardiography examination to define left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD). Clinical HF was defined according to self-report, and those with cardiac dysfunction but without clinical HF were characterized as having subclinical or unrecognized cardiac dysfunction.

Publication Date:

01/03/2016

Author(s): Hardik Mehta, Anderson Armstrong, Katrina Swett & et al

Source: Circulation: Heart Failure

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1-12

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Heart Diseases, United States Of America (US), Diagnostic Methods, Smoking, Diabetes, Renal Failure, Non Communicable Diseases, Obesity

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Cancer on the rise in England as 813 people diagnosed with the disease every day

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Publication Date:

24/02/2016

Source: International Business Times

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Health, Cancer, Smoking, United Kingdom (UK), European Union (EU)

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Graphic images may not scare smokers off cigarettes, says study

Images of disease and suffering should move smokers to kick the habit - at least, that's the thinking behind graphic warning labels used on cigarette packages in much of the world, and maybe someda

Publication Date:

23/02/2016

Source: Medical Express

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Health, Tobacco, Smoking, United States Of America (US), Global

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Tobacco in India is cheaper than essential food items, says study

Report says existing excise and VAT rates are insufficient to increase the prices of tobacco products, making them easily affordable

Publication Date:

19/02/2016

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

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Tobacco, India, WHO, Diseases, Smoking, Health Effects, Health Policy, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Health

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E-cigarettes putting your heart at risk

While "vaping" has been seen as a healthier alternative to smoking, a new study has provided more evidence on the potential harmful effects of e-cigarettes.

Publication Date:

15/02/2016

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Smoking, Heart Diseases, Indoor Air Pollution, Health Effects, Tobacco, Respiratory Diseases, Health

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WHO for age-wise ratings for films with tobacco imagery

The WHO has asked all countries, including India, to introduce age-classified ratings for films and other entertainment programmes with tobacco imagery to restrict the number of new adolescent smok

Publication Date:

01/02/2016

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

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Tobacco, India, WHO, Smoking, Tobacco Related Cancer, Health Effects, Health

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Early life origins of lung ageing: Early life exposures and lung function decline in adulthood in two European cohorts aged 28-73 years

Early life environment is essential for lung growth and maximally attained lung function. Whether early life exposures impact on lung function decline in adulthood, an indicator of lung ageing, has scarcely been studied.

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Publication Date:

26/01/2016

Author(s): Julia Dratva, Elisabeth Zemp, Shyamali C. Dharmage & et al

Source: PLoS ONE

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1-14

Tags:

Smoking, Health Effects, Europe, Respiratory Diseases, European Union (EU), Air Pollution

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FDA starts special drive to implement tobacco act in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: The Food and Drug Administration in probably its first serious attempt to implement the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) has penalized nearly 2500 people and establishments

Publication Date:

22/01/2016

Source: Times Of India (Mumbai)

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Maharashtra, Tobacco, Smoking, Health Effects, Compensation, Health

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National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4): states fact sheets

More than half of the children in 10 out of 15 states are still anaemic shows National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) for 2015-16 released by the Union Health Ministry today said. It also showed that more than half of women were anaemic in eleven states .

Publication Date:

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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