The G20 should acknowledge that diseases like high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes are part of a system in which commercial actors are causing ill health.
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People who suffer from everyday discrimination are more likely to have anxiety and depression.
Communities with unstable housing, food deserts and less access to health care contribute to the problem.
If Australia followed England’s lead and listed drugs such as Wegovy on the PBS for weight loss, this could bring the cost down from around $500 a month to $31.60.
The study shows rates for smoking, obesity and chronic conditions such as heart disease are comparatively higher in rural areas, leading to shorter life expectancy.
Busting for the toilet? Having a full bladder can raise your blood pressure. So make sure you go before you take a reading.
Isometric exercises such as wall sits and planks can be more beneficial for heart health than other types of cardiovascular exercise.
Elvis died on the toilet, possibly of a heart attack. A new Australian-led study involving thousands of people sheds new light on how constipation and heart attacks are linked.
Clinical trials look promising, and if these drugs are approved, would change how we manage high blood pressure. But there’s much we don’t know about these injectables.
As it is now, the transplant system treats kidneys from all Black donors as if they are at higher risk for failing, even though only some are.
Research shows climate change carries greater risks for unborn babies than previously thought. Some of the alarming effects of global warming may include worsening health and wellbeing in later life.
A simple switch from regular salt to salt substitute alternatives will help reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and kidney disease. It would also provide much-needed health expenditure savings.
South Africa’s national survey of food and nutrition security identifies the areas most in need.
Salt is an essential nutrient that has helped civilizations flavor and preserve their foods for millennia. Too much dietary salt, however, is linked to a host of health problems.
Western Australia has introduced a limit on ham in school canteens. Here’s what has changed and the evidence it’s based on.
Agincourt, the University of the Witwatersrand’s rural research centre 500km from Johannesburg, has documented the lives of 120,000 people over decades.
Weight loss can seem like an impossible, unachievable task. But you don’t need to lose a lot of weight to start noticing the health benefits.
Potassium-enriched salt tastes like regular salt and you don’t need to change how you cook or season your food. You just need to switch the type of salt you buy.
Can a trip to a museum help cure mental dullness? Here’s what the science has to say.
Planned early delivery is a key component of reducing child and maternal mortality.
Top contributors
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SHARP Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, UNSW
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Health Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor of Global Health, Institute for Applied Research, University of Birmingham
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Senior Research Fellow, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor (Reader), Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Cardiologist at Westmead Hospital; Director of the Westmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney
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Research Manager at MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor: Health and Population Division, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Brett Montgomery is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Director: MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Specialist Scientist Researcher, South African Medical Research Council
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PhD Candidate in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph