Fixed low-dose triple combination antihypertensive medication vs usual care for blood pressure control in patients with mild to moderate hypertension in Sri Lanka: a …

R Webster, A Salam, HA De Silva, V Selak, S Stepien… - Jama, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Poorly controlled hypertension is a leading global public health problem
requiring new treatment strategies. Objective To assess whether a low-dose triple …

Problems and prospects: public health regulation of dietary supplements

CW Binns, MK Lee, AH Lee - Annual review of public health, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Dietary supplements are a global business worth more than US $100 billion annually. These
supplements are taken by up to 50% of adults and perhaps one-third of children in …

Universal health coverage and intersectoral action for health: key messages from Disease Control Priorities

DT Jamison, A Alwan, CN Mock, R Nugent, D Watkins… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Summary The World Bank is publishing nine volumes of Disease Control Priorities, 3rd
edition (DCP3) between 2015 and 2018. Volume 9, Improving Health and Reducing …

Quantified, localized health benefits of accelerated carbon dioxide emissions reductions

D Shindell, G Faluvegi, K Seltzer, C Shindell - Nature climate change, 2018 - nature.com
Societal risks increase as Earth warms, and increase further for emissions trajectories
accepting relatively high levels of near-term emissions while assuming future negative …

Ambient air pollution in relation to diabetes and glucose-homoeostasis markers in China: a cross-sectional study with findings from the 33 Communities Chinese …

BY Yang, ZM Qian, S Li, G Chen, MS Bloom… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Health effects of air pollution on diabetes have been scarcely studied in
developing countries. We aimed to explore the associations of long-term exposure to …

Hypertension in HIV-infected adults: novel pathophysiologic mechanisms

SA Fahme, GS Bloomfield, R Peck - Hypertension, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Fahme et al Mechanisms of Hypertension in HIV 45 have been shown to be associated with
hypertension in the context of HIV infection. 23, 34 In a nested, case–control study of HIV …

Ambient PM2.5 exposure and expected premature mortality to 2100 in India under climate change scenarios

S Chowdhury, S Dey, KR Smith - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Premature mortality from current ambient fine particulate (PM2. 5) exposure in India is large,
but the trend under climate change is unclear. Here we estimate ambient PM2. 5 exposure …

Global disability-adjusted life-year estimates of long-term health burden and undernutrition attributable to diarrhoeal diseases in children younger than 5 years

C Troeger, DV Colombara, PC Rao, IA Khalil… - The Lancet Global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Diarrhoea is a leading cause of death and illness globally among children
younger than 5 years. Mortality and short-term morbidity cause substantial burden of …

The effects of digital marketing of unhealthy commodities on young people: a systematic review

L Buchanan, B Kelly, H Yeatman, K Kariippanon - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
The marketing of unhealthy commodities through traditional media is known to impact
consumers' product attitudes and behaviors. Less is known about the impacts of digital …

Changes in the US burden of chronic kidney disease from 2002 to 2016: an analysis of the global burden of disease study

B Bowe, Y Xie, T Li, AH Mokdad, H Xian… - JAMA network …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Introduction Over the past 15 years, changes in demographic, social, and epidemiologic
trends occurred in the United States. These changes likely contributed to changes in chronic …