Women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy are at greater risk for high blood pressure later in life. But research in the journal Hypertension has found that a healthy diet can reduce that risk by 20%. That includes eating more fruits, vegetables and whole grains and less red meat and salt.
A new study has found that the latest vaccine against human papillomavirus could decrease cervical cancers by as much as 73%. That’s about a 10% improvement over the older HPV vaccines. Researchers at Yale are calling for expanded use of the vaccine and say it will cut both the cancer rate and healthcare costs.
Doctors are warning that climate change will have devastating consequences for public health. A policy paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine points to higher rates of respiratory illnesses, diseases spread through insects and malnutrition.
Sources
1- Hypertension
2- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
3- Annals of Internal Medicine
