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Chronic diseases are the major causes of morbidity and mortality across the globe in developed and developing countries, and in countries transitioning from former socialist status. Chronic diseases — including heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and respiratory diseases — share major risk factors beyond genetics and social inequalities including tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity,...
Death resulting from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is potentially preventable. Screening for AAA is cost-effective, reducing risk of AAA-related death by 50%. For various reasons screening programs have not been implemented widely. Therefore, the need to identify subgroups with increased prevalence of AAA remains. Recently, men over 59 years of age presenting with stroke or a transient...
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