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Cardiovascular disease high in Vietnamese youths

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20-Jul-16 Vietnam has recorded an increasing number of young people suffering from cardiovascular disease, which kills 200,000 people per year. According to Director of the Vietnam National Heart Institute Do Doan Loi, the situation is attributable to objective reasons like physical inactivity, drinking alcohol and smoking, and subjective ones including stress and pressure of living. [image: Vietnam+]

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Unicef report lays bare stark reality of India

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30-Jun-16 India has a long way to go before it can attain the Millennium Goal for infant mortality rate. The latest State of the World’s Children report by Unicef suggests 1.2 mn children under five died of preventable diseases in 2015. These deaths were caused by factors like unhygienic conditions and lack of medicines as inexpensive as sugar and salt. [image: India TV News]

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Philippines one of Asia’s most unhealthy countries – study

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29-Jun-16 The Philippines is still one of the unhealthiest countries in Asia, lagging behind India, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Sri Lanka. 44% of adults are overweight due mainly to insufficient exercise and poor food habits, but only 25% would like to lose weight. [image: Gulf News]

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India and China account for a third of global mental health burden

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19-May-16 A third of the global burden of mental, neurological and substance use disease occurs in India and China – more than all high-income countries combined. Yet most sufferers do not receive the needed treatment. By 2025, 40 mn years of healthy life will be lost to mental illness in China (10% increase from 2013), and 38 mn in India (23% increase). [image: OnMedica]

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