PUTRAJAYA, July 9 (Bernama) -- One in three patients in Malaysian hospitalsdies before reaching 60, from non-communicable diseases (NCD), Healthdirector-general Datuk Dr Hassan Abdul Rahman said today.The NCD could be cancer, hypertension or diabetes, he said, adding that thedeath was caused largely by unhealthy lifestyle and lack of disease management.He said the average male lifespan was 70 ...

An estimated Rs 1,600-crore initiative to screen people for diabetes, hypertension, heart-related problems, stroke and cancer, besides age-related ailments for senior citizens, is expected to get implemented by April.

Treatments for hypertension, drugs for cancer and viral diseases, and devices to monitor glucose received funding from the National Institutes of Health through a program that was part of the health care reform law. Recipients include Delcath Systems Inc. of Queensbury, which received $244,479.25 for its chemosaturation system; Kinentia Biosciences LLC of Rensselaer, which received four grants ...

In a cross-sectional study from the 2004 and 2007 Australian National Drug Strategy Household (NDSH) surveys, respondents were questioned about their current and past drinking, the presence of formal diagnosis for specific diseases (heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cancer, anxiety, depression) and self-perceived general health status. The sample sizes for the 2004 and 2007 NDSH ...

Coronary artery disease is the No. 1 killer of women in theUnited States. According to the American Heart Association,cardiovascular death is more common in women than the next fivemost commonly diagnosed diseases combined, including cancer.