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NICE Public Health Guidance

Cut salt and saturated fat levels in processed food to save thousands of lives, says NICE

State Of The Artery: An Outside-in View

The road less traveled

World Health Organization - Sixty-Third World Health Assembly - 1 April 2010

Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: implementation of the global strategy.

World Health Organization - Sixty-Third World Health Assembly - 21 May 2010

Fourth Report of Committee A.

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Focus on Science

Physical Activity: From Animal Models To Health Protection

Over the past decades regular physical activity has been shown to be associated with a significant reduction of chronic degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, osteoporosis, and diabetes mellitus.

The Importance For Women Of Maintaining A Healthy Weight From Early Adulthood

Adiposity and weight change in mid life in relation to healthy survival after 70 in women: BMJ 2009; 339:b3796

Physician And Pharmacist Collaboration To Improve Blood Pressure Control

Studies have demonstrated that blood pressure control can be improved when clinical pharmacists assist with patient management.

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HealthEurope.org!

The loss of life, disability, and economic burden attributed to non communicable disease (NCD) in Europe has created an urgent need for all stakeholders in NCD prevention to partner together to address the barriers in local health policy and produce effective programs in individual and population risk reduction and rational use of health services.

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Biomarkers In Chronic Diseases: Diabetes, Obesity, Cardiovascular Diseases, And More…

State of the art, opinions, challenges from the 4th International Symposium on Integrated Biomarkers – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 4-6 May 2010. In the conference, scientists coming from Arabian Peninsula, India, USA, Europe, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Tunisia, Somalia, and other Countries convened to.....

Barriers to Cardio Vascular Disease Prevention

Numerous barriers to CVD prevention and management remain to be conquered, both in the individual patient and in the at-risk population as a whole.

Hypercholesterolemia And Cardio Vascular Diseases

Is the effective management of hypercholestelomia still an open question?

Cardiovascular Diseases Are Killing Every Year More Than 17.5 Million People Worldwide

They are the main cause of death and disability in Europe, accounting each year for more than 4.2 million deaths in the WHO European region, and more than 2 million deaths across the EU member states, and costing the EU economy an estimated €192 billion a year.

Further Lessons To Understand Better Statins And Cell-Dependent Effects In The Brain

Reports on the effectiveness of the use of statins in Alzheimer’s disease, though controversial, could encourage researchers to understand better the effects of statins on the brain, which are less well understood than their effects on other target organs, rather than justify a discontinuation of the research.

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