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...more than 57,000 patients undergoing bariatric surgery in 371 hospitals were included. In coming years, says DeMaria, researchers hope to mine the database for better information on the effectiveness of bariatric surgery in addressing weight loss and reducing the risk of other health problems, such as heart attack, stroke and diabetes, that are associated with excessive weight gain. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...Family Matters Late last summer, his father, 68, suffered a stroke, and that brush with mortality apparently concentrated his mind. North Korea was founded by Kim Jong Il's father, the so-called Great Leader, Kim Il Sung, who has become, in the decades since, the focus of a dynastic cult of personality like no other. (Dead for 15 years, Kim Il Sung is still North Korea's "President for life.") Kim Jong Il has three sons from two wives. The eldest embarrassed his father in 2001 by trying to sneak into Japan on a fake passport. His father thinks...
...last stop before the hospital bed - the last opportunity to connect people back to a primary-care provider," where regular monitoring costs less than an expensive hospital stay for a more serious condition. "I can spend tens of thousands of dollars on an ICU bed [for a stroke patient], and nobody questions it, but if I try to get them an office visit and routine blood-pressure medication, it's a much bigger challenge." (See pictures of the end of the TV show...
Today CNCDs such as cardiovascular disease, stroke and cancer are responsible for about 44% of all premature deaths. Globally, twice as many people die from CNCDs as from infectious diseases, maternal and infant problems and malnutrition combined. "These disorders are becoming more and more important as we see better longevity and economic improvement around the world," says Abdallah Daar, a professor of public-health sciences at the University of Toronto. (See how not to get sick...
...lesson can be learned from health care in the developed world, it's that chronic diseases are a lot less costly when they're prevented from the start: up to 80% of premature death from heart disease, stroke and diabetes can be avoided with basic behavioral changes and inexpensive drug treatments. But so far there has been little effort to tailor those interventions to low- and middle-income nations, such as China and Brazil, where chronic diseases are expected to take a serious toll in coming decades. "Avoiding tobacco, improving nutrition and getting more exercise - we know this works," says...