The World Health Organisation (WHO) blames excess fat for 44% of cases of diabetes, 23% of ischaemic heart disease and over 40% for some types of cancer.
And although child mortality fell almost everywhere, there was a jump in the number of deaths of people aged 15-49, caused in part by the rise of HIV.DALY breadThe biggest individual contribution to DALYs came from ischaemic heart disease (the sort involving blocked coronary arteries).
A mini-stroke, or transient ischaemic attack (TIA), is caused by a temporary disruption in the blood supply to part of the brain.
There are two main types - a bleed in the brain called a haemorrhagic stroke, or a blood clot that blocks a blood vessel in the brain called an ischaemic stroke.
Participants who said their work pressures were a little too high were found to be at 25% greater risk of ischaemic heart disease than those who found their workload manageable.
We shouldn't have surgeons or even heart surgeons, but rather surgeons working in teams to treat patients with ischaemic heart disease; and instead of having 200 hospitals in England treating patients with ischaemic heart disease we should have perhaps 20.
The blood-thinning drug is already given to people who have suffered a transient ischaemic attack (TIA), or "mini-stroke", after they have been assessed in hospital.
You have to do magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to ensure it's an ischaemic stroke before using these drugs – because they dissolve clots, they will make a haemorrhagic stroke (or intracerebral haemorrhage) worse.
The picture reminds me of a paper I read a couple of weeks ago, using similar techniques to model clot trajectories in the case of atrial fibrillation and ischaemic stroke.
The changes are based on evidence, unavailable in 1995 when the previous guidance was published, which also suggests the protective effect of alcohol against conditions such as ischaemic heart disease is weaker than previously believed.
A number of studies investigating alcohol and ischaemic heart disease in those over 40 have found what's known as a 'J' shaped curve association, whereby those who drink a small amount seem to be at a lower risk for heart disease than those who do not drink at all.
