Indu B. Ahluwalia

TL;DR: Findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey could be used by countries to inform tobacco control strategies in the retail environment to reduce and prevent marketing and sales of tobacco products to youths.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the epidemiological and social impact of Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in an affected village in Bangladesh and found that female patients were ill longer than males before they received treatment.

TL;DR: Compared to women with private health insurance, women with Medicaid-paid deliveries were more likely to experience risk factors during pregnancy such as physical abuse, stress, and smoking, and postpartum depressive symptoms for which continued screening, counseling, or treatment in the post partum period could be beneficial.

TL;DR: High proportions of women in the WV-WISEWOMAN project had uncontrolled hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes at baseline, and race/ethnicity was the main predictor; white women were less likely than other groups to have untreated or uncontrolled diabetes.

TL;DR: The majority (71%) of physicians reported frequently counseling their patients, however, there was significant variation by physician specialty, and perceived relevance of counseling was strongly associated with counseling behavior.