Noncommunicable Disease

Adults with COVID-19 may be at higher risk for rapid kidney decline after hospitalization compared with other respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, data show.

Improving micronutrient supplementation for mothers during pregnancy could help reduce the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in the next generation, according to researchers.

Studies on women’s health have primarily investigated reproductive health topics, a trend that increased between 2010 and 2020, researchers said.

The prevalence of obesity and diabetes across 56 European Society of Cardiology member countries has increased two- to threefold in 30 years, hampering efforts to reduce CVD burden, according to the ESC.

In 2018, infections were the cause of 13% of all new cancer diagnoses, totaling 2.2 million new cases worldwide, although these totals do not include nonmelanoma skin cancers, according to findings published in The Lancet Global Health.