Urgent action on diet needed to stem rising tide of chronic disease in less developed nations

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Researchers investigating differences in diet and related disease risk factors between men and women in lower income countries instead found an alarming degree of poor dietary habits that likely masked effects of gender, according to a new study published today.

Low-cost intervention by community health workers can help reduce blood pressure in rural areas

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In what could come as a big boost to control of hypertension in rural areas of the country, a new study has provided fresh evidence that a low-cost education and monitoring intervention delivered by community health workers is effective in controlling blood pressure and is potentially scalable in resource-poor settings in India and globally.