Investing in Midwifery Pays - 05 May 2012
Urgent action is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on child and maternal health before the target year of 2015, and investing in human resources for health, especially midwifery, is one the soundest investments a country can make to accelerate progress, state UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, and ICM Secretary-General, Agneta S. Bridges, on the International Day of Midwife. (Source: UNFPA News)

'Living Off The Land' Associated With Lower Age-Related Blood Pressure Increases
Hunter-gatherers and forager-horticulturalists who live off the land and grow what they need to survive have lower age-related increases in blood pressure and less risks of atherosclerosis, according to two new studies in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension. High blood pressure and atherosclerosis - a disease in which arteries stiffen and fill with plaque - increase with age in the United States and other countries, raising risks for heart attack, stroke, kidney disease and death... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)