Genetic research in Indigenous health: significant progress, substantial challenges

Genetic research in Indigenous health: significant progress, substantial challenges.

Tobacco Control in the Obama Era - Substantial Progress, Remaining Challenges.

T steady decline in smoking rates among U.S. adults that began in the early 1960s has accelerated substantially during the 7 years of the Barack Obama presidency. Since 2009, the prevalence of cigarette smoking in the United States has fallen at a rate of about 0.78 percentage points per year1 — more than double the rates observed during the administrations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush (m...

One Health Research in Northern Tanzania – Challenges and Progress

East Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing human populations—many of whom are dependent on livestock—as well as some of the world’s largest wildlife populations. Humans, livestock, and wildlife often interact closely, intimately linking human, animal, and environmental health. The concept of One Health captures this interconnectedness, including the social structures and beliefs driving...

Affirmative Challenges in Indigenous Resilience Research.

Substantial Progress Yet Significant Opportunity for Improvement in Stroke Care in China.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke is a leading cause of death in China. Yet the adherence to guideline-recommended ischemic stroke performance metrics in the past decade has been previously shown to be suboptimal. Since then, several nationwide stroke quality management initiatives have been conducted in China. We sought to determine whether adherence had improved since then. METHODS Data were ob...