China Heart Diseases

The majority of the effects, according to the researchers, were in China, India, Russia, and Indonesia, where cancer, heart disease, and strokes were already common due to unhealthy diets, smoking and insufficient exercise.

A study has discovered that cutting salt intake by 1 gram daily is enough to prevent roughly 9 million cases of heart attack and stroke, saving four million lives by 2030. According to World Health Organization, one must keep the daily salt consumption below 5 grams to keep such diseases at bay, but some regions like China have a daily average int...

A team of scientists have found links between use of pesticides and the high prevalence of diabetes in India. They have suggested that view of the high occurrence of diabetes in India, the use of OP (organophosphate) pesticides should be reconsidered.

Increase in cases of high blood pressure and obesity in China has contributed to a rising epidemic of heart diseases which has turned out to be the leading cause of death in the country, particularly among the youth and rural residents, finds a study.

High blood pressure in China has risen from 7.7 percent of the population in 1979 to 33.5 percent in 2010.

China is facing an epidemic of heart disease brought on by a shift toward the Western lifestyle, and researchers said Monday the trend shows no sign of slowing down.

Researchers at Vanderbilt University in US and Shanghai Cancer Institute in China examined the association of peanut and nut consumption with mortality and found that intake of peanuts was associated with fewer deaths.

Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) - such as lung cancer, stroke, heart disease and diabetes - accounted for 8.6 million deaths in China in 2012, according to the WHO.

The majority of the effects, according to the researchers, were in China, India, Russia, and Indonesia, where cancer, heart disease, and strokes were already common due to unhealthy diets, smoking and insufficient exercise.

A study has discovered that cutting salt intake by 1 gram daily is enough to prevent roughly 9 million cases of heart attack and stroke, saving four million lives by 2030. According to World Health Organization, one must keep the daily salt consumption below 5 grams to keep such diseases at bay, but some regions like China have a daily average int...

A team of scientists have found links between use of pesticides and the high prevalence of diabetes in India. They have suggested that view of the high occurrence of diabetes in India, the use of OP (organophosphate) pesticides should be reconsidered.

Increase in cases of high blood pressure and obesity in China has contributed to a rising epidemic of heart diseases which has turned out to be the leading cause of death in the country, particularly among the youth and rural residents, finds a study.

High blood pressure in China has risen from 7.7 percent of the population in 1979 to 33.5 percent in 2010.

China is facing an epidemic of heart disease brought on by a shift toward the Western lifestyle, and researchers said Monday the trend shows no sign of slowing down.

Researchers at Vanderbilt University in US and Shanghai Cancer Institute in China examined the association of peanut and nut consumption with mortality and found that intake of peanuts was associated with fewer deaths.

Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) - such as lung cancer, stroke, heart disease and diabetes - accounted for 8.6 million deaths in China in 2012, according to the WHO.