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Clinical trials look promising, and if these drugs are approved, would change how we manage high blood pressure. But there’s much we don’t know about these injectables.
As it is now, the transplant system treats kidneys from all Black donors as if they are at higher risk for failing, even though only some are.
Research shows climate change carries greater risks for unborn babies than previously thought. Some of the alarming effects of global warming may include worsening health and wellbeing in later life.
A simple switch from regular salt to salt substitute alternatives will help reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and kidney disease. It would also provide much-needed health expenditure savings.
South Africa’s national survey of food and nutrition security identifies the areas most in need.
Salt is an essential nutrient that has helped civilizations flavor and preserve their foods for millennia. Too much dietary salt, however, is linked to a host of health problems.
Western Australia has introduced a limit on ham in school canteens. Here’s what has changed and the evidence it’s based on.
Agincourt, the University of the Witwatersrand’s rural research centre 500km from Johannesburg, has documented the lives of 120,000 people over decades.
Weight loss can seem like an impossible, unachievable task. But you don’t need to lose a lot of weight to start noticing the health benefits.
Potassium-enriched salt tastes like regular salt and you don’t need to change how you cook or season your food. You just need to switch the type of salt you buy.
Can a trip to a museum help cure mental dullness? Here’s what the science has to say.
Planned early delivery is a key component of reducing child and maternal mortality.
Hypertension is a manageable condition – but left untreated, it can damage organs such as the kidneys, heart and brain.
This common heart condition puts you at increased risk of having a stroke, especially if you also have high blood pressure. But our new research shows what you can do to lower your risk.
Research shows the key to changing your diet is focusing on changing eating habits and food behaviours, one at a time.
Nearly half of all Americans ages 20 and up have high blood pressure. Yet research shows that most people in the US don’t know the cutoff numbers for healthy blood pressure.
Our research has shown that people with high blood pressure are more likely to be admitted to hospital and die from COVID. But effective blood pressure control helps.
Outpatient visits, screening and diagnostic services, and child immunisation were particularly negatively affected.
Lowering obesity and overweight rates will lift the burden on healthcare spending.
Top contributors
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SHARP Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, UNSW Sydney
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Global Health, Institute for Applied Research, University of Birmingham
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research Manager at MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor (Reader), Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor: Health and Population Division, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Brett Montgomery is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Director: MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of the Centre for Health Policy , University of the Witwatersrand
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Harvard University
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Accredited Practising Dietitian; Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, Flinders University
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PhD Candidate in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph
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Specialist Scientist Researcher, South African Medical Research Council
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Lecturer, University of Johannesburg
