The same risk factors that contribute to making heart disease the leading cause of death worldwide also impact the rising global prevalence of brain disease, including stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to the American Heart Association’s Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics — 2022 Update, published today in the Association’s flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation. Experts… Continue reading What’s Good for The Heart Is Good for The Brain
Category: Global Health
Do Birth Years Affect Flu Pandemics?
Researchers now say that the year you were born can predict to a certain extent how likely you are to get seriously ill or die in an outbreak of an animal-origin influenza virus. The study was conducted by investigators from the University of Arizona and UCLA and could hold important clues for public-health measures aimed… Continue reading Do Birth Years Affect Flu Pandemics?
An Improved Approach to Global Health
A new and radically different approach is needed to deal with infections on a global basis, an expert says. “What often seems like an abstract notion becomes very concrete when a deadly virus previously contained in Western Africa infects people on American soil,” said Wondwossen Gebreyes, professor of veterinary preventive medicine at The Ohio State… Continue reading An Improved Approach to Global Health