Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major global
challenge, one that causes most of the deaths and disability
among humans.
These diseases are not transmissible from one person to
another. They include cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic
respiratory disease, diabetes and mental health disorders, b...
Regular physical activity (PA) is an underlying factor since childhood and adolescence for having a healthy and active future for life. The aim of this stud y was to review the evidence on increasing the youth PA to develop the national program at country level. At first, the databases were searched usin...
Opportunities exist to disseminate evidence-based cancer control strategies to state-level policy makers in both
the legislative and executive branches. We explored factors that influence the likelihood that state-level policy
makers will find a policy brief understandable, credible, and useful....
Clinical research has led to spectacular developments in health care. It has provided us
with knowledge about how to prevent diseases, like heart disease, how to reduce the
consequences of disease, such as complications of diabetes, and to alleviate symptoms,
such as those of lung disease, and how to reh...