Why some are more physically active than others
An international team of researchers examined the current understanding of why some people are more physically active than others.
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Inactivity puts 1 in 3 adults at risk for disease
Worldwide, around a third of adults (about 1,5 billion people) and four out of five adolescents are failing to do the recommended amount of physical activity, placing them at a 20 to 30 percent greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer.
The Lancet physical activity series: special release
With the world's biggest sporting showcase kicking off in London Friday, researchers are warning that physical inactivity has become a contributor to the burden of disease similar to tobacco smoking or obesity, responsible for 5,3 million of the 57 million deaths that occurred globally in 2008.
The pandemic of physical inactivity
The high prevalence, global reach, and colossal harms of physical inactivity means it should be recognised as pandemic, according to a paper in The Lancet.
Cellphones could get people moving
Information and communication technologies, especially mobile phones, could be an effective way of encouraging millions of people worldwide to become more physically active.
Effective ways to get people exercising
Researchers have identified various successful and promising interventions from around the world that could be used to improve opportunities for regular physical activity and encourage more people to be physically active.
New drug combination offers hope in fight against tuberculosis
A new combination of drugs to treat tuberculosis (TB) could offer renewed hope in the fight against the disease, thought to kill around 1.4 million people every year. The results of a Phase II trial involving 85 patients, and reported in The Lancet, show that the new combination could kill more than 99% of patients' TB bacteria within two weeks, and could lead to improved treatment for patients infected with forms of TB that are resistant to existing drug treatments, as well as those infected with drug-susceptible TB.
Kgalema Motlanthe’s address at the International AIDS Conference
Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe addressed the delegates at the opening of the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington. Read it here.
HIV/AIDS: Better paediatric HIV formulations
WASHINGTON DC, 23 July 2012 (PLUSNEWS) - Fewer babies are being born HIV-positive, but treatment for the more than three million children living with HIV remains under-researched and underfunded. As part of efforts to boost access to paediatric HIV treatment, researchers are getting creative, moving to better pills, kid-friendly treatment "sprinkles", micro-tabs and even medicine-dispensing pacifiers.
Global Fund results show broad gains
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced new results today that show a significant increase in treatment of HIV and in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
Family planning key in maternal health outcomes
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says it's time that the country focuses on family planning programmes to reduce the scourge of maternal and child mortality. The minister was speaking at the opening of a new health facility whose primary purpose is child and maternal health.
An unlikely tool for turning the HIV tide
'We believe that after six months, our patients will have become strong so they can go back and do their usual work,' said Esther Oduli, a social worker in Western Kenya, who works for the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH).
AIDS 2012: In a watershed year, breakthroughs await
When the International AIDS Conference was last held in Washington, D.C. in 1987, Ronald Reagan was U.S. president, the Soviet Union stood, a wall scarred a divided Berlin and China's economy was roughly the size of Spain's. The wider world ' and the AIDS epidemic ' has changed more than anyone foresaw. By David Wilson
Headway in the fight against FAS
A far-flung Northern Cape town has been making world headlines over the last few years. Unfortunately for the wrong reasons - a 2002-study revealed that more than one in 10 (12.2%) children in the De Aar community had foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), giving the town the highest reported rate in the world.
Coca-Colonisation has arrived ‘ Noakes
Sport scientist Professor Tim Noakes continued his controversial stance yesterday, stating that dietary advice fed to the public for the last few decades are part of a conspiracy to promote higher consumption of corn-based products that are harmful to human health.