Data from treatment studies tends to show women are less likely to quit smoking than men,
but these findings have been disputed, typically based on contradictory evidence from …

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the single largest cause of death in the developed
countries and is one of the leading causes of disease burden in developing countries. In …

Objectives. To evaluate the impact of the excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB)
consumption in Berkeley, California, which became the first US jurisdiction to implement …

Figure 59. Electrocardiogram; atrial fibrillation compared with normal sinus rhythm. Atrial
fibrillation (top) and normal sinus rhythm (bottom). The purple arrow indicates a P wave …

Figure 59. Electrocardiogram; atrial fibrillation compared with normal sinus rhythm. Atrial
fibrillation (top) and normal sinus rhythm (bottom). The purple arrow indicates a P wave …

This report, the fifth in the series of WHO reports on the global tobacco epidemic, presents a
country-level examination of the epidemic and identifies countries that have applied effective …

WHO has produced a first comprehensive analysis of global tobacco use and control: The
WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2008. The report confirms that the global …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the second leading cause of mortality worldwide,
accounting for 17 million deaths in 2013. More than 80% of these cases were in low-and …

The burden of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and mental
disorders is high in low-income and middle-income countries and is predicted to increase …

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the greatest single cause of mortality and loss of disability-
adjusted life years worldwide, and a substantial portion of this burden falls on low-and …