Science news articles about 'greatest health'

What are the greatest health challenges facing American adolescents, and to what degree is the nation's health care system meeting these challenges? ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES: MISSING OPPORTUNITIES, ...

Poor countries need to improve their surveillance and research capacity to reduce the damage climate change will do to health, says a report.

... said in an interview. "Given that these individuals are doubling their risk of developing numerous health conditions compared with those who are even moderately active and fit, we're looking at a ...

... many of them are preventable. "The fact that these neglected infections of poverty represent some of the greatest health disparities in the United States, but they remain at the bottom of the public ...

... on walking for health purposes. The article also considers the type of walking that produces the greatest health benefits and considers methodological issues relevant to epidemiologic studies on the ...

... Asian patients. This finding is of particular concern because these patients are likely to have the greatest health risk, say the researchers. South Asian patients with poorly controlled high blood ...

... disturbingly steady growth in incidence. The two conditions are among Canada's, and indeed the globe's, greatest health challenges," said Dr. Alex MacKenzie, CEO of the CHEO Research Institute and a ...