Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are 12 times more likely to be in jail than non-Indigenous Australians, and their rate of imprisonment has more than doubled in two decades. The issue of Indigenous incarceration has been thrust back on the agenda in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests earlier this month, which attracted tens… Read More »
Asthma in Infants and Young Children. Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases affecting children. Surveys indicate that nearly five million American children under age 18 have experienced asthma symptoms. Many of those children begin developing asthma in very early childhood, before they turn five years of age. This fact sheet provides detailed… Read More »
But people who lose weight gradually and steadily about 1 to 2 pounds per week are more successful at keeping weight off. Losing weight is not easy, and it takes commitment. Even a modest weight loss of 5 to 10 percent of your total body weight is likely to produce health benefits, such as improvements… Read More »
Merck and Pfizer’s Steglatro, late the SGLT2 party, has been working to catch up to its in-class rivals, which already bear heart-helping approvals. But it’s cardiovascular outcomes data won’t help it get on their level. Steglatro showed it could match placebo when it comes to the combined rate of heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death… Read More »