Second - hand smoke was estimated to cause more than 600 000 deaths globally in 2004, mainly
from ischaemic heart disease, respiratory infections, asthma and lung cancer.1 Protecting people from the dangers of second - hand smoke by banning smoking in indoor and other public places is an essential element of effective tobacco control programs.2
Keatinge WR, Donaldson GC, Bucher K, Jendritsky G, Cordioli E, Martinelli M, Dardanoni L, Katsouyanni K, Kunst AE, Mackenbach JP, McDonald C, Nayha S, Vuori I: Cold exposure and winter mortality
from ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, respiratory disease, and all causes in warm and cold regions of Europe.
Relation of infant feeding to adult serum cholesterol concentration and death
from ischaemic heart disease
Not exact matches
The increase in longevity, especially in high - income countries (HICs), has been largely due to the decline in deaths
from cardiovascular
disease (stroke and
ischaemic heart disease), mainly because of simple, cost - effective strategies to reduce tobacco use and high blood pressure, and improved coverage and effectiveness of health interventions.
C - reactive protein, or CRP, levels were measured
from 1,287 healthy, 42 - 60 year - old men at the onset of the Kuopio
Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study in 1984 - 1989 at the University of Eastern Finland.
Frequent consumption of spicy foods was also linked to a lower risk of death
from specific conditions: cancer,
ischaemic heart and respiratory system
diseases.
Early increases in
ischaemic heart disease mortality dissociated
from and later changes associated with respiratory mortality after cold weather in south east England.
Derrick Lopez,
from the University of WA, presented a study on disparities in
ischaemic heart disease care for rural Aboriginal people.