Extreme poverty in LMICs can lead to heart disease among adults, finds Stanford study

Extreme poverty in LMICs can lead to heart disease among adults, finds Stanford study

New Delhi: Adults living in extreme poverty in low- and middle-income countries, or LMICs, have health conditions like hypertension and diabetes that can lead to heart disease, according to new research published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. Researchers examining the relationship between poverty and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) discovered that CVD risk factors were highly …

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‘40 mn women have long-term health issues after childbirth’

‘40 mn women have long-term health issues after childbirth’

NEW DELHI: At least 40 million women are likely to experience a long-term health problem caused by childbirth every year, a recent study published in The Lancet Global Health journal stated. Researchers found the symptom of experiencing pain during sexual intercourse, or dyspareunia, affected more than a third of such post-partum women (35 per cent), …

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