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Global health: Disease risk factors such as hypertension, high blood sugar are on the rise
MedicalNewsToday via AOL· 3 weeks agoResearchers are reporting increases worldwide in disease risk factors such as high blood pressure,...
Global life expectancy to increase by nearly five years by 2050 – study
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoLife expectancy across the world is expected to increase by almost five years by 2050, new findings...
Men more likely to have health conditions that lead to premature deaths – study
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMen are more likely to have health conditions that lead to premature death, while women live longer...
Women live longer but sicker lives than men who suffer more deadly diseases
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoElderly lady Women live longer in worse health than men, a Lancet study has found, because diseases...
Global fertility rates to decline, shifting population burden to low-income countries
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoFertility rates in nearly all countries will be too low to sustain population levels by the end of...
Arthritis could affect 1 billion people by 2050
United Press International via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe degenerative joint disease osteoarthritis affects 15% of the global population over age 30, so by 2050 that could be nearly 1 billion people,...
‘Almost half of cancer deaths due to risk factors like smoking and drinking’
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoSmoking, drinking alcohol, being overweight and other known risk factors were responsible for nearly...
Obesity, smoking and diabetes driving global rise in early deaths
dpa international via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe number of people in poor health worldwide has climbed by almost 50% since the turn of the...
Three out of four countries may have a shrinking population by 2050 – analysis
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMore than three out of four countries may have a shrinking population by the middle of the century...
Study: Non-infectious diseases cause early death in Pakistan
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPakistan has considerable control over infectious diseases but now struggles against cardiovascular...