The changes that came with the transition from foraging to farming paved the way for disease. Nastasic/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images The last pandemic was bad, but COVID-19 is only one of ...

In the period 1960-2000, male and female life expectancy in Spain’s Autonomous Region of Catalonia increased by 8.2 and 10.5 years, respectively, thus raising it to among one of the highest in the ...

Aims: To describe die epidemiological development of a rural Ethiopian population from 1987 to 2004 in terms of mortality and associated sociodemographic factors. Methods: A rural population ...

Economic and programmatic transitions are changing the global health landscape profoundly. A cohort of countries that have historically relied on development assistance for health (DAH) is ...

While any specific country or region enters these ages at different times, the progression from one to another usually proceeds in a predictable manner that is closely linked with several parallel ...

A new study of the burden of disease and injury across Mexico has found that the south suffers the highest rates of infectious and nutritional diseases, injuries, and non-communicable diseases. A new ...

The second epidemiological transition describes a shift in predominant causes of death from infectious to degenerative (non-communicable) diseases associated with the demographic transition from high ...

The number of people dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Asia is increasing rapidly, with over half of all CVD deaths globally in 2019 occurring in Asian countries, according to a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ron Barrett, Macalester College (THE CONVERSATION) The last pandemic was bad, but ...