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Hypertension is most prevalent among the least educated and poorest people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), despite often presumed low rates of common risk factors like sedentary lifestyle...
A recent study looked at the risk posed by hypertension in middle income countries and the results are alarming.
The Year Of Covid-19: How Did Africa Escape The Calamity Of A Pandemic The Year Of Covid-19: How Did Africa Escape The Calamity Of A Pandemic THE EDITOR, One year after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic in March of 2020, the spread of the virus remains unabated. In fact, some countries are now going through a second, and for others, a third wave of the pandemic. The United States, a country recognized as one of the richest countries in the world and a paragon of scientific innovations and medical excellence is still paralyzed by the deadliest public health disa...
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Researchers in the United States, Germany and Uganda have conducted a study showing that the factors responsible for a higher rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality among males are specific to COVID-19 rather than related to men’s shorter life expectancy.