Heart failure: a growing public health problem

Heart Failure: A Growing Problem

Heart Failure: A Growing Problem With 550 000 new cases diagnosed annually and $37 billion spent per year, heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction is one of the largest contributors to disease burden and healthcare expenditure in the United States. Despite significant progress in the treatment of HF with medications, the prognosis of HF remains dismal, with a mortality rate of 42% at ...

Heart failure-a growing epidemic in Asia.

Neurocysticercosis a public health problem

Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic disease of the central nervous system that constitutes a public health problem in endemic regions. Here, we present a patient with epilepsy and cognitive impairment due to neurocysticercosis. A public health intervention could eradicate this disease in endemic regions such as Ecuador.

Hypertension – a Public Health Problem

Hypertension, considered a “silent murder”, is the largest social problem in developed countries and in a large number of developing countries. Despite of known efficacy and affectivity of various preventive and control measures, including the pharmacological ones, hypertension will continue, for decades, representing one of the largest health challenges and high cost disease for individuals an...

Composting: A Public Health Problem