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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Marvella Ford about including diverse populations in the In Our DNA SC research project. Dr. Ford is a Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and Associate Director of Population Sciences at Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC.
Fifty-eight per cent of 45- to 60-yearolds who drop out of work or curtail it do so because of ill health
Nearly 23 per cent middle-aged people with chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in India have no other way but to curtail their paid work due to illnesses while 7 per cent have to stop working, says the country’s first-ever population-based study that estimates how such chronic diseases impact economic productivity.
Chronic diseases are growing in India and largely affecting the middle-aged and elderly population; many of them are in working age. Though a large number of studies estimated the out-of-pocket payment and financial catastrophe due to this condition, there are no nationally representative studies on productivity loss due to health problems. This paper examined the pattern and prevalence of productivity loss, due to chronic diseases among middle-aged and elderly in India. We have used a total of 72,250 respondents from the first wave of Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), conducted in 20...
Despite strong evidence that all alcoholic beverages increase the risk of many types of cancer, Americans continue to be little aware of this risk, a new survey reveals.