Demographics

Gallup Survey finds that 11.3% of American adults have diabetes, and the trend upwards is projected to continue unless aggressive interventions are implemented.

Projected increases in federally subsidized health expenditures put the budgets of twelve EU countries at high-risk.

Report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America highlights the extent to which social factors affect health.

More than half of the babies born today in developed countries will live to be 100, and the extended lifespan will likely come with fewer disabilities and limitations.

New study by University of Michigan (USA) researchers reveals that life expectancy rose by 6.2 years during the harsh economic times of the 1930s.

Swedish study reveals that sixth graders shunned by peers are hospitalized more often as adults.

Coronary Artery Disease drops 31%, Congestive Heart Failure rises 3%, and other intriguing trends in in-patient hospital stays.

Statistical study backs UK residents’ lack of trust in hospitals during the month of August, as newly qualified doctors start work in NHS hospitals on the first Wednesday of August.

Since the mid-20th century, the risk of dying from cancer has been on a steady decline.  Eric Kort, from the Van Andel Research Institute (Grand Rapids, Michigan USA), and colleagues used mortality data from 1955 to 2004 from the World Health Organization's Statistical Information System, tracking the burden of cancer death in individuals born as early as 1875.

Sixty years ago the average woman's figure was fairly trim.  America's Hollywood stars measured 36-24-35 while British women measured at a comparable 37-27-39.  In 2009, hourglass figures are no longer the norm: women are now taller, heavier, and less curvaceous.